DIOCESE AND CITY OF ALBANY SHOULD COOPERATE
TO PROVIDE VETERAN HOUSING
The City of Albany is a big provider of public assisted housing for low income persons.
The Albany RC Diocese is closing many parishes and has a large inventory of substantial former rectories and convents that would make excellent sites for low income veterans housing.
Two examples: Our Lady of Angel's Rectory on Central Ave and the former St Teresa's Parish Convent on New Scotland Ave.
What kind of message do we send to our servicemen and women who put their lives on the line for us, when we are not there for them in their hour of need?
See Times Union article, today, "Veterans mired in losing battle" p B2 by Brian Nearing.
On his 9 am-Noon WGY (810 AM) Radio Talk Show, this morning, Andrew Wilkow rightly asked why the City of Albany is providing housing for crack heads, but not for veterans? (Who have served their country and society..I would add)
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