This data summarizes the Building Permits issued between 2009-2013 in the City of Albany. This process is governed by the Division of Buildings and Regulatory Compliance.

Since January 2012, the Division of Buildings & Regulatory Compliance has created a living database documenting vacant buildings in the City of Albany. To create this database, the Division reconciled the Division of Building and Codes Vacant Building Registry with the Department of Fire and Emergency Services Vacant Building Database. This first reconciliation yielded a list of approximately 750 vacant buildings. The Division then reconciled that list with lists from neighborhood associations and lists from the Department of Assessment and Taxation.

This data summarizes the 2013 adopted budget for the City of Albany. Over the years, we've consolidated or eliminated departments, cut personnel, refinanced debt, reduced departmental expenditures, extended the life of our landfill, successfully lobbied for increase State aid and identified new sources of revenue. These actions are the blocks upon which this budget is built, as they continue to have a recurring benefit to our bottom line. It is important to note that, in fact, 84% of this budget, exclusive of debt services, is related to personnel costs. The remainder is related to essential operating services, such as utility expenses; building maintenance; insurance costs and the like.

In the accompanying data, each type of revenue is listed by category. The categories used are those promulgated by State Comptroller so that reporting among all localities is uniform.

This data summarizes the capital budget requests for 2013 and the five-year capital plan. Although the five-year capital plan is a plan only and is subject to changes as needed over the years, the capital budget is a one-year proposal reviewed as part of the financial authorization for 2013.The 2013 capital program totals $17,833,000 of which $190,000 is funded through the operating budget, $12,418,000 is expected to be borrowed and $5,225,000 will come from other funds such as the Consolidated Highway Improvement Program (CHIPs) and federal and state grants. Included in this budget are monies for street and sidewalk reconstruction projects, building improvement projects and various equipment and vehicle replacement items.