Big Lee

This is a single family home. New owners have created bedrooms on every floor. The living room and dining room have been turned into several bedrooms. The attic now has several bedrooms. There are even bedrooms the size of closets. These are not apartments only rooms.

Multiple potholes on Brevator going from Western to Washington Ave. Potholes are very deep on Driver side.
You are to maneuver over 5 potholes.
I have now replaced 4 low profile tires are $400 each.
My dealer said I have a gash on the passenger side wheel now and the drivers side wheels. I drive Western from 87 to New Scotland and New Scotland to Washington Ave each day. Pothole near Allen and Madison has already been reported.
I am sure that is the hold that caused the gash. Please fix asap. I live in Loudonville and park in a garage each night. I park in a huge VA lot. The only cause for my tire issues over the last 3 years are the City of Albany Potholes. PLEASE FIX ASAP.

This property owner throws full bread loaves and packs of hot dog buns, ripped up, into his side yard (located on Lancaster; the house is on the corner of Lancaster and N Allen), about 4x/wk. It has invited skunks, and one has absolutely taken up residence somewhere on our street. I smell it every day, all day.
We've tried talking to him about it but I'm not certain he makes the correlation in his own head; in fact, we've seen other behavior that suggests some sort of cognitive issue or neurological decline (like mowing his sidewalk, back and forth).
I'm hoping someone can talk to him, even if the bread isn't there at the moment - it gets eaten up in under an hour - because this skunk situation is terrible.

The new owners of the house at 188 West Lawrence St are attempting to turn this two family dwelling into 4 or 6 separate studio apartments. I live directly across the street at 197 and have been living at this address for the last 30 years. I am not aware that the new owners have obtained the necessary variance or building permits to make this change. And as far as I know, none of the neighbors around here have been consulted on such a major change to our neighborhood.

Chestnut St between No. Main & West Lawerence Sts is over run with skunks,rcaoons & possums. They are digging up lawns and plants as they make the trip to 799 Chestnut St for the cat food buffet. They are still feeding strays! Can this be stopped??

City employees disrespect neighborhood

the porta potty at Buckingham lake besides being smelly, dirty and sometimes fly infested, has a door that has never locked correctly. even after they recently moved it, nobody bothered to look at the problem with the door lock. it is, however, very helpful to have this bathroom available but it's a little scary using it and not knowing if the door is going to fly open at any moment because it won't lock from the inside.

84 N Allen St Albany, NY, 12203, USA

5/27/2019 - So, this person can do whatever they want apparently. No repercussions. No police warning. No tickets for breaking noise ordinance. 530 am the other day. Revving the engine. RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING ON. They just took a car with no plates around the block. Isn't that illegal? The car is behind a grey Impala. This is the tenth time this has been reported.

Are you going to tell me to call again this time to? Did that. Still nothing. What do we have to do to actually see police enforce the laws they're supposed to uphold?

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Until 945pm in this location a vehicle with no plates in the driveway revs their engine at a high rpm for almost 20 minutes and then plays a deep bass line music selection in the interval. It continues like this, revving engine and music, revving engine and then music continually long past the 8pm cutoff for noise. This is the only person in a two block radius making the night unbearable for the rest of the neighborhood. It's nice to see my tax money go towards police not doing anything.

Trash all over yard and easment

Well-meaning woman feeds waterfowl regularly with buckets of feed. Many people have tried telling her that this is more harmful than good, to no avail. This is creating a nuisance with the defecation, bullying of walkers by geese, and health risk to children. An increase in the rodent population is obvious with the readily available food. Not to mention that all of the waterfowl defecation makes the weeds grow in the pond. NYS DEC considers this harmful, and many communities levy a fine to those feeding waterfowl, including Saratoga Springs https://ecode360.com/6519210#:~:text=Any%20person%20who%20violates%20any,of%20%2450%20for%20each%20offense.
See https://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7001.html

What gives? I complained about this less than a month ago, you posted that the issue was resolved. Interesting how the original post cannot be found!!!
Pictures before and now after the city's "reported" issue resolved, shows otherwise. Why is this homeowner getting special privilege's?
I'll continue to post on this till it is fixed

Crosswalk, actually. It’s almost gone and needs to be repainted. Bonus points for a crossing sign! This is a wide boulevard and not very pedestrian friendly.