Albany, NY Neighbor

Car parked half in street, black chevy convertible. Traffic has to cross double yellow lines to get by.

Please enforce the no smoking ban in Washington park. Many people are okay with cannabis being legalized but more thought should have gone into legalizing it in a smoking form particularly in public places. Not only is it triggering for people in drug recovery but in a community where buildings and people are on top of each other, the smoke gets in people's homes and cars and is a problem for them, their children and pets. A person can no longer walk down the street or spend time with their family in Washington Park, without being forced to breathe marijuana smoke and smoking is still not good for lungs whether cigarettes or marijuana. Please enforce the laws regarding where public consumption is not allowed and reconsider the rights of marijuana users being prioritized over non-users when it comes to public consumption of smokable cannabis.

Hard to see in photo, but someone has vandalized the see saw and one end has been pulled up from the ground and it is leaning to one side.

A section of plywood that may have been installed to prevent falls is now broken and hanging by a zip tie, with the broken edge leaning in the equipment where the kids play.

Why is a 'gift store" approved to be open until 3:00 a.m. let alone without having notified people living in proximity, in advance, so they could provide input? This is supposed to be part of the process and residents are fed up with the unilateral decisions that continue to impact people's quality of life and property values. There is more going on here than a gift store. People don't line up to get a pink teddy bear and knock off purse at 2:00 a.m., nor is a normal gift store open until 3:00 a.m with a note next to the phone number saying they answer within 15 minutes. The people who run this operation, play loud music with their door open, sit right outside the door while working and smoke weed so often the surrounding homes and businesses wreak of it. Not everyone wants that in their private or business spaces. They also can't congregate out on the sidewalk as they are right now disturbing everyone who lives here. Madison is also well traveled by children going to and from the middle school and Elementary school on Delaware ave. The area is already bowling with increasing crime and violence and to bring in more visitors than just those who want to get drunk, high, and behave badly.