The Troy Polloi

For some Friday fun, here's a long-distance dedication, coming to you all the way from North Greenbush. The blog makes an effort at bein...

We enter day six of Intimigate with nothing but silence from City Hall. Or maybe Harry's hitting the books. In any event, a denial now ...

Scandal rocked City Hall on Friday as three Tutunjian appointees were accused of using a city office, vehicle, phone and County employee to...

COUNCIL RACE RUMORS This is what we hear through the grapevine on the district races for Troy City Council. District 1 - Mark Wojcik v. Mar...

Rensselaer County District Attorney Patricia DeAngelis announced that she will not seek re-election this fall. "It has been my pleasur...

The mayoral candidacy of Joseph Riley entered into ever-lasting rest last Monday after a brief race. The campaign was two weeks old. No call...

We found this fun, little number buried on page 7 in Tuesday's Record (Shawn Charniga). The Rensselaer County Legislature will pass a re...

***BREAKING NEWS*** The presumed Democratic mayoral candidate, Joe Riley, is now the former presumed Democratic candidate for mayor. Riley w...

There's trouble right here, in River City! At least according to Mayor Harold Hill. In order to get us out from under, Mayor Hill is th...

Every now and then a good cause catches our eye. Jimmy Carras, long time photographer for The Record and born and bred Trojan, was diagnosed...

From The Record : The city and three of its police officers settled their differences Monday rather than proceed with a scheduled terminati...

For some background, read the Shawn Charniga piece . The North Greenbush Reform Democrats created their own committee for raising funds and ...

ONE DOWN With a disciplinary hearing just days away, Capt. Paul Bouchard has retired from the Troy Police Department. Bouchard has more than...

WHERE'S HARRY Mayors from across the state met in Albany to encourage/beg the state and federal government to pump more money into their...

We here at the Troy Polloi love a political scandal. Nothing is better than public figures involved in a salacious, sex-lies-videotape scand...

Please welcome Vespasian. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand is doing something no other Representative is doing: she’s publicizing her daily...

SNOW DAYS This is just so Troy, NY! According to Tuesday's Record (Ryan Fitzpatrick): "An out-of-control industrial snow blower obl...

We finally have one version of why our police do not have a new contract. It's a fun read. We didn't know Crawley fixed leaks too. ...

According to reliable sources, by late Thursday, heads were rolling in City Hall. Mayor Tutunjian was outraged that someone forgot the '...

News Alert - Just In! The North Greenbush Democratic Party has a chairman. By a vote of 9 to 1, Mr. Spain is the new party chair of North Gr...