Oppose the Red Tape Resolution - Advocating for a safer Albany

Oppose the Red Tape Resolution

On Monday, July 29, 2019, the Albany Common Council's Planning, Economic Development, and Land Use Committee will consider a resolution being pushed by the NIMBY group called "Stop the Stories." It is an attempt to improperly link two projects—over a mile apart—and call them a single development for purposes of the state environmental review statute. This kind of gamesmanship paints Albany as anti-investment, anti-development, and just plain not neighborly. Rather than new housing, shops, restaurants (and parking!), they would rather keep this:

Please write to your common council members to oppose it. A sample email is below. It is especially important to write in if your council member is a member of the committee (Fahey, Doesschate, Balarin, Farrell, Johnson). If you are not sure who your council member is, you can look them up here: Here are the council members' email addresses:

1. Hon. Dorcey Applyrs: [email protected]
2. Hon. Derek Johnson: [email protected]
3. Hon. Joyce Love: [email protected]
4. Hon. Kelly Kimbrough: [email protected]
5. Hon. Jahmel K. Robinson: [email protected]
6. Hon. Richard Conti: [email protected]
7. Hon. Catherine Fahey: [email protected]
8. Hon. Jack Flynn: [email protected]
9. Hon. Judy Doesschate: [email protected]
10. Hon. Owusu Anane: [email protected]
11. Hon. Alfredo Balarin: [email protected]
12. Hon. Mike O'Brien: [email protected]
13. Hon. Ginnie Farrell: [email protected]
14. Hon. Joseph Igoe: [email protected]
15. Hon Tom Hoey: [email protected]

Here is a sample letter you can use: