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Committee advances measure to bar county business with airlines that operate charter deportation flights

Albany County Legislature Law Committee · February 26, 2026
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The committee voted to forward a resolution that would prohibit county employees and county contracts from doing business with airlines engaged in charter deportation flights; members debated scope, subcontracting and the risk of creating local blacklists.

The sponsor introduced a resolution that would prohibit Albany County from doing business with airlines that operate deportation charter flights—stating that county employees would not use such airlines for official travel and that the county would not enter into promotional or co‑branding partnerships with them. The sponsor clarified the policy would not allow the county to evict an airline…

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