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Speakers at Albany County public forum urge legislature to cut ties with Avelo, declare homelessness emergency
Summary
At the Dec. 8 Albany County public forum, residents and organizers urged the legislature to push Albany Airport and the airport authority to end contracts with Avelo over deportation flights and to declare a homelessness state of emergency that uses the county‑owned Saint Rose campus for housing and wraparound services.
At the Albany County Legislature’s public forum on Dec. 8, residents and advocates pressed legislators to take immediate action on two overlapping issues: what several speakers described as Avelo Airlines’ role in transporting people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and an urgent homelessness crisis they said the county can address with existing property. "Albany airport must cancel their contract with Avelo," said Tara Molloy Brophy, a Gildolin resident and member of Gildolin Indivisible, who recounted a local family separation and asked legislators to use their leverage over airport contracts.
The forum featured multiple first‑person accounts and policy appeals. Mary Panzetta, a retired…
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