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“We’re selling ourselves short by just going to add more parking,” said Senator Patricia Fahy, as she gestured to the parking lot around her. The “multiplier effect” of investment in the Wadsworth Public Health Laboratory project, she said, could be “limitless.”

“This shelter will now serve as a place where families can stay together, where mothers and fathers can feel secure, and where children can sleep peacefully surrounded by care and support,” said Apple.

UAlbany’s largest economic impact — nearly three quarters of the $1.1 billion — is from university operations, which creates 6,705 jobs and contributes $814 million per year. That is followed by construction impact, which makes up about one-fifth of the $1.1 billion, creating 1,396 jobs and contributing $212 million annually.

The $1.5 million announced on Friday follows $2.3 million the county awarded to 14 community organizations to stem the tide of opioid addiction. The money from opioid settlements with drug companies that promoted opioids is expected to continue through 2039, said Stephen Giordano, the county’s mental health commissioner.

Veterans Miracle Center Executive Director for Community Relations Michelle Viola Straight told The Enterprise that it will lose around 90 percent of its dry-food donations, creating a massive hole for the not-for-profit as the need rises drastically.