The Albany Common Council met on Monday, June 15, 2026, for a full agenda including committee meetings, caucus, and a regular meeting. Key actions included advancing legislation to allow emergency public meetings, passing a resolution demanding good-faith negotiations with a tenant union, and appointing a new member to the Community Police Review Board (CPRB). The council also introduced several new local laws and resolutions, and heard extensive public testimony regarding tenant conditions.
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the Albany Common Council Cooperation. Ah, Council Operations and Ethics Committee. Tonight we are joined by committee members Tom Hoey, Ousuanane, and Megan Keegan. We're also joined by our staff, our council and director of policy, Robert Winner, and our policy analyst, Carly Johnson. We also have our common council president, Kelly Kimbrough with us. And while he is not here for this, we are also joined by um Garrett Chaff of the CPRB, who will be here later, but he is here also right now. Um this evening we're discussing local law J of twenty twenty-six by Councilmember Howie, which is a local law amending section thirty-four-two public notice of meetings and boards, commissions, and committees of the code of the city of Albany in relation to adjusting the requirements to notice public meetings to remain in compliance with New York State open meetings law and allow for short-term notice emergency meetings. Councilmember Hoey, did you want to say anything on your legislation? Yeah, I ended up yeah, I've said it a few times, but um when we came up with this law, and I believe it was originally two thousand nineteen, if I remember correctly. Um we didn't put in for emergency uh meetings, and all of a sudden, uh this year we did have a definite need for an emergency meeting. And um, you know, again, I I bring up that the council's always willing to make things work, and uh that's why we're here tonight to see if we can get this um passed to allow for emergency meetings to take place under certain guidelines. Excellent. Do any council members have any questions on this? It's a pretty straightforward piece of legislation. Um councilmember Keegan. No, I was just raising my hand to make a motion. Excellent. Go ahead. Um, I would like to move that local law J be moved out of committee with a positive recommendation. Second. Uh moved by Councilmember Keegan, seconded by Councilmember Anane. I will take away Councilmember Hoey's normal role as he is the sponsor. Um all in favor. Aye. Aye. That is unanimous. Thank you so much. Uh move uh motion. Motion to adjourn by Councilmember Hoey and a second. By Councilmember Anane. Excellent. Thank you so much. All in favor. All in favor. Aye. It's unanimous. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to Caucus. Um, if our policy analysts could call the roll. Adams. Anani. Fallorin. Brody is absent. Farrell. Here. Flynn is currently absent. Hoey. Present. Johnson.