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2026 Troy City Council meetings: summaries, votes, and recordings.
2026 Troy City Council meetings: summaries, votes, and recordings.
The council held the public hearing on Local Law 3 — the ALPR surveillance regulation — then enacted a $2 million fire rescue vehicle bond, summer pool contracts, and resolutions recognizing Juneteenth and Pride Season. The council appointed Ian Silverman as its first independent legislative counsel, giving members access to their own legal resource going forward.
The council honored the civilian heroes and firefighters who saved lives during a fatal Lansingburgh apartment fire, then advanced the ALPR surveillance regulation (Local Law 3), pressed the administration on BESS safety permitting, and authorized a $2 million bond for a new fire rescue vehicle. The existing spare is a 2003 model with 147,000 miles and approximately 18,000 hours.
The City Controller reported surpluses in every operating fund for FY 2025, with $72.2 million in city cash. The Troy Community Land Bank reported $821K net income. The council introduced Local Law 3 to establish standards governing the city's use of ALPR surveillance systems and scheduled a public hearing for June 4.
The Law Committee heard that CSEA had gone nearly four months without a substantive response to a draft labor contract, that the city was $25,000 in arrears on its Knickerbocker Park lease, and that the city's FOIL officer had not submitted the annual compliance report the council's oversight role requires. The Finance Committee passed 15 items unanimously, including a $200K Main Street grant for Lansingburgh. Seven residents testified during the public forum on the mayor's emergency declaration to install Flock cameras.
The council overrode Mayor Mantello's veto of Good Cause Eviction 7-0, making Troy the 20th New York municipality to adopt the law. The council also approved the Frear Park restaurant concession and passed resolutions recognizing the Armenian Genocide, Earth Day, and Autism Acceptance Month.
More than 150 residents testified against the Flock Safety surveillance contract; the council tabled it 7-0, pending information the administration had not provided. Committees also advanced BESS safety regulations, received a Frear Park construction update, and reviewed lead service line replacement progress — only 187 lines completed in 2025 against a stated goal of 1,000.
Council President Steele delivered the annual Legislative Address, covering housing, climate, infrastructure, and fiscal accountability. The council passed Good Cause Eviction 7-0 and enacted remote public participation by videoconferencing. Twelve speakers at the post-meeting forum called for cancellation of the Flock Safety surveillance contract, which had auto-renewed in March without council approval.
Seventeen speakers testified at the Good Cause Eviction public hearing — seniors on fixed incomes, working families, and housing counselors. The Finance Committee unanimously recommended both Good Cause Eviction and the remote participation law for passage. Spain-McLaren noted on the record that the mayor had not signed the ICE resolution the council passed 7-0 on February 5.
The council's first Regular Meeting introduced Good Cause Eviction and remote participation legislation, passed a resolution condemning ICE enforcement 7-0, honored the late Joe Fama, and enacted the six-month BESS moratorium. The council also corrected retroactive language in the Colonie tactical team agreement the administration had submitted with a 2025 date reference instead of 2026.
The new council's first committee night advanced the BESS moratorium, heard testimony about January 15 state police raids in South Troy, and took up the Frear Park bond rescission — which Steele withdrew after the administration completed the bond sale while the rescission was still pending and did not provide access to bond counsel. The Flock Safety camera controversy also drew approximately 150 residents.
Twenty-two residents testified at the new council's first public forum on housing reform, tenant protections, sustainability grants the city had not accessed for over a year, police oversight, ICE cooperation, and code enforcement failures. The mayor and her administration did not attend; Troy Area Labor Council president Sean Collins noted on the record that this was "indicative of what the next two years of your term will be."
The outgoing council passed a $6 million Frear Park bond 5-2 over the objections of Steele and Vera, who noted that no site plan, project documentation, or SEQR analysis had been provided. A resident testified she had called the city clerk at 3:00 PM that day and was told the project plans were not available — a potential violation of the 24-hour public availability requirement.
The outgoing council appropriated $900,000 for the city hall relocation to the Proctor's Theater building, bringing the total to $1.15 million. Incoming leaders Steele and Vera voted no after pressing for cost information the administration had not volunteered, including whether the $900,000 was a firm ceiling. The session also updated the non-represented employee policy for the first time since 2020 and marked the departure of five council members.