GOP to hold primary to face Woerner
Carrie Woerner, the Democrat whose current Assembly district, the 113th, will shift to include Glens Falls under newly-drawn maps, will likely face a Republican challenger, the Post-Star is reporting. Just who it is will remain to be seen. Glens Falls Republican Chairman Michael Borgos told the paper the party is likely to see a primary between David Catalfamo and Michael York. Catalfamo (also hawking a novel he wrote: “Dynasty on the Hudson”) lost to Woerner in 2020, and York was forced not to run by the party that year, the story says.
Glens Falls YMCA’s new head
Alisha Stosic-Hanley will oversee daily operations of the Glens Falls Family YMCA, a story in the Post-Star says. The new position was created after the CEO Brian Bearor left last year. He had run the organization and daily operations. Stosic-Hanley has been in nonprofit management for years, including at the Queensbury Senior Center, the story says.
Traffic at the center of Hoffman’s proposed car wash in Queensbury
Public and planning board comment on the Hoffman Car Wash Route 9, near Walmart in Queensbury, has slowed the project, the Post-Star is reporting. The town’s engineer wants to see more data on the traffic, the story says. Residents in the area fear the line for the car wash will spill onto Weeks Road and block access for local traffic.
Limo owner answers questions about crash that killed 20
Prestige Limo was the only limousine service that Nauman Hussain and his father owend, he told attorneys in a court hearing, the Times Union is reporting. The limo operator admitted to criminal negligence in 2018 for his role in the Schoharie crash that killed 20 people when the brakes on the car failed. He is facing a civil suit from the families of the people who died. He said that the other companies under his or his father’s names were just middle-man companies, without any cars of their own. Those companies referred callers to Prestige or other limo companies, the story says. The questioning is expected to cover more substantial topics in the coming days.
Victory Mill project delayed
The proposed apartment project in the former textile mill in the Village of Victory will not get started until the fall, but the developer is still bullish, the Albany Business Journal reports. The $68.7 million project was partially funded with state affordable housing funds. Payment from the state Housing Finance Agency has been delayed, the story says. The company has also secured $41.9 million in tax incentives through the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency. The building has been empty two decades.
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269 Broadway moves forward
The six-storey office and retail building planned for 269 Broadway in Saratoga Springs drew favorable praise from the Saratoga Springs Planning Board, according to a story in the Daily Gazette. The city’s Design Review Commission approved the project in a close vote last month. The national self-storage company Prime Group Holdings LLC is proposing the building that neighbors say will overwhelm the neighborhood and will not fit with the local, Victorian-era design.