A parade was led by the Albany County Sheriff’s cars, and New Salem and Voorheesville fire trucks and ended at Hotaling Park where lawn signs pictured each senior.
To stem the spread of COVID-19, Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered that school district and library votes — for budgets and candidates — this year be pushed from the third Tuesday in May to June 9, and that voting be conducted by mail instead of through traditional polling booths.
Albany County Health Commissioner Elizabeth Whalen said of recent protests that “a large part of this anger is due to an underlying systemic problem that occurs across this country, and that is racism.”
As the Capital Region prepares to have Phase 2 businesses reopen, Albany County Executive Daniel Mccoy said, “Many people are going to be coming out that have been home almost 13 weeks … They’re going to come out to a new world … I know people are nervous … We need you to do the right things.”
The common thread in Alice Green’s life has been finding freedom, not just for individuals, but by working to change what she calls “structural racism.”
