ALBANY- DETROIT
ON THE HUDSON
UPDATE 12 Oct 2015
Albany, NY is fast becoming
Detroit on the Hudson.
A 12 million dollar plus
gap in the proposed city
budget for next year.
One third of the housing
units in the city are owner
occupied mostly by aging
homeowners with declining
or fixed incomes.
The single family residential
zoned neighborhoods pay the
lion's share of the property taxes
that support city schools and
city government services.
The City Administration is
in the process of rezoning
and reassessing these
neighborhoods in accordance
with the federal (HUD) agenda
to social engineer the socioeconomic
character of these largely white
higher income neighborhoods.
The plan is to redistribute the
poverty by building high rise
low income, subsidized housing
in these neighborhoods.
This is part and parcel of the
Obama plan to grant amnesty
to the tens of millions of
illegals who have invaded
our Nation and to resettle
hundreds of thousands of
"refugees" from the Middle
East and Africa, largely
Muslims , throughout America.
Read:
https://lexingtonlibertarian.wordpress.com/2015/06/28/obama-to-diversify-neighborhoods-by-federal-takeover-of-local-zoning-laws/comment-page-1/
http://www.rocklandtimes.com/2013/09/26/new-hud-rule-takes-control-of-local-zoning/
Transformation of America
right down to your residential
neighborhoods.
Family Promise, Bethany Reformed
Church, Mater Christi and other
churches and synagogues in the
City of Albany, as well as suburban
towns in the county, who are participating
in the Family Promise homeless empire
are sowing the seeds of destroying the
residential integrity and quality of life
of single family residential zoned
neighborhoods and property tax
bases, in the City of Albany
and the County of Albany
whether, intentionally, or not.
HUD will reward compliant
municipalities with generous
cash grants. Perhaps, partcipating
not for profits, churches and
synagogues too?
In the case of Albany, this
will help the present Mayor
balance the books.. for a
little while.
However, in a few years the
residential integrity and
character of those single
family residentially zoned
neighborhoods will be
destroyed. Property values
will fall, a mass exodus of
single family homeowners
will occur, the city tax base
will decline. Support for city
schools and city government
services will dry up.
The transformation of Albany
to Detroit on the Hudson will
be complete.
What of the current Mayor?
The Mayor will be long gone
rewarded with a high paying
administrative post in the
federal government.
The Article 78 proceeding which
I brought to Annul the Albany
City Board of Zoning Appeals
decision granting Family Promise
and Bethany from destroying
the residential integrity integrity
of the Buckingham Pond Crestwood
and adjacent single family zoned
residential neighborhoods, by
converting the use of the vacant
parsonage at 738 New Scotland
Avenue , to a regional homeless
social services "hub", asks the Court
to uphold the City Code Administrator's
denial of the Family Promise
application for a permit to convert
738 New Scotland Avenue, to a
homeless, social services hub is
the correct interpretation of the
City Code.
The Supreme Court will decide
this case after the November 3
Election.
Do you suppose that the
Common Council will quietly
vote to change the City Zoning Code
at the last meeting in December?
Residents of single family zoned
districts in the Towns of Albany
County, pay attention, you are
next.
You might check with candidates
for Town Board and County
Legislature seats in the November
Election, to see where they stand
on this issue. School Board candidates
too.
Be sure to do this before the
November 3 Election.
Enjoy Albany's new theme
song. Check to see if it on the
juke box when you hit your
favorite watering hole tonight.
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=detrit+city+bobby+bare&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=detrit+city+song&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&h
Joe Sullivan
UPDATE 12 Oct 2015
The song of flight. Albany homeowners.
Some will go South, others West:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC50XxmgDCg
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yYc8mYfrkg
(followed by the Magpie)
Joe Sullivan
SULLIVAN CAMPAIGN
FOR ALBANY COUNTY
LEGISLATOR UNDERWAY
Joseph P Sullivan is the Conservative
(Row C) and Reform (Row H)
candidate for Albany County Legislator
District 10 in the November 3 General
Election. Polls open 6 AM to 9 PM.
District 10 is entirely in the City of
Albany and includes the following
Wards/Election Districts - 8-3, 8-4
8-6. 9-2, 9-9, 10-1, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5
14-6, 14-7 and 14-8.
The 10th district is largely comprised
of the last, best single family neighbor-
hoods in the City of Albany.
The district includes St Peter's Hospital
several neighborhood commercial zones
along New Scotland Avenue, between
South Main Ave and the NYS Thruway
Crestwood Plaza, on Whitehall Road
the CP Center,Temple Israel, Mercy
Convent, Maria College, Bethany
Reformed and Mater Christi Churches
Ohav Shalom Synagogue and several
apartment zones including South Allen St
Hackett Blvd,Weis Rd and Picotte Dr and
Ohav Shalom Senior apartments on
Krum Kill Rd
Sullivan has served as Buckingham
Pond Crestwood Neighborhood
Association President for the past
30 years.
The main objective of the BPCNA
has been to maintain/improve the
residential integrity/quality of
life of the neighborhood.
To that end, Sullivan's leadership
has resulted in saving open spaces
including green spaces along
New Scotland Avenue at South
Manning, Krum Kill and Whitehall
blocking a plan to build luxury housing
and rezoning Albany Muni Golf Course
Land Conservation (LC) - park land
resulting in creation of the Hartman
Rd Community Garden; rezoning
Buckingham Pond, and shore area
LC which created Buckingham Pond
Park and subsequent improvements
to the park over the years.
Sullivan provided leadership that
resulted in blocking undesirable
land use changes that would have
adversely impacted the residential
integrity of the neighborhood
including a proposed big box store
at Krum Kill and New Scotland
a 12 story apartment house-
parking garage on Krum Kill Rd
converting Mercy Convent to office
space, siting a halfway house for
drug treatment at the NW corner
of South Manning and New Scotland
Avenue and building a 3rd middle
school at Whitehall and New Scotland
or along Krum Kill Rd bordering
Crescent Dr.
Read the neighborhood website
for the past decade, but particularly
posts from January to present in
2015:
http://bcpnanews.blogspot.com
for much more, including an
update on the Article 78 Sullivan
has before the State Supreme
Court to annul the Albany City
BZA determination which over
ruled the City Code Administrator's
denial of the Bethany Family Promise
application to operate their proposed
Capital Region homeless social
services program hub out of 738 New
Scotland Avenue - which is not a
permitted use of a single family
dwelling in this single family
residential zoned neighborhood
pursuant to the Albany City
Zoning Code.
If left to stand the BZA action
will have a disastrous impact
on neighborhood home values
the city tax base and
support for city schools and
city services.
Something that a city on the
verge of bankruptcy, with a
12 million dollar plus budget
shortfall, can not survive.
Explore the posts on this blog
Lonerangeralbany
right side links including:
Urban Blight, Welfare Spending
Unsustainable and more.
You can also search topics
like albany city schools by
entering topics in the
search bar at the top of
Lonerangeralbany and
bpcnanews
Sullivan's priorities as County
Legislator include:
1. Upholding his oath of office
the U.S and NYS Constitution
2. Representing the residents of
the 10th District, and County
of Albany, to the best of his ability
3. Maintaining/improving the
residential integrity/quality of
life of this largely single family
residential zoned district.
Click on Urban Blight link
right side of this blog.
4. Working to keep local farmers
and farmland as a vital source
of local food production
5. Improving education in Albany
schools, which includes return
to K-8 neighborhood schools
rejecting common core, a return
to local-state control of education
and improved graduation rates.
Read:
http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/2015/05/some-thoughts-to-ponder-when-you-vote.html
http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/2009/09/change-is-in-air-change-is-in-air.html
6. Tapping into the 765 KV Quebec
to NYC hydro power line that
will be built through Albany in
the near future, to help reduce
electric rates and provide a
reliable source of clean energy
for local homes, schools, hospitals
and businesses.
7. Curbing social services expenses
and abuses. Social services spending
is the major portion of the county
budget and the social services burden
falls most heavily on the City of Albany.
Sullivan, as county legislator, will
request a full review and audit of
county social services to determine
who collects what and for how long
and to purge the county social service
rolls of illegal aliens and double-triple
dippers who travel to collect benefits
in other counties/states under multiple
assumed names.
Click on Welfare Spending
Unsustainable link right side of blog.
Read:
http://lonerangeralbany.blogspot.com/2015/07/no-sanctuary-for-illegals-in-albany.html
8. Sullivan will do his best to be an
informed representative, helping to
create an informed electorate
which goes to the polls to vote in
greater numbers casting informed
votes rather than blind party line
votes.
This is essential to the survival of
our Nation, state, city and neighbor-
hoods as well as to the survival of
each and every citizen.
More personal responsibilty and
less reliance on and interference
from government is essential to
protecting our Liberty.
Joseph P Sullivan
