Events You don't want to miss
Project Unveiling & Groundbreaking Celebration
June 8, 2011 at 11:00am
Join Capital District Habitat for Humanity
next major building project of sixteen row houses in the South End of Albany on Alexander Street,(Between Clinton & Elizabeth Street). This endeavor will create broad transformational change in a neighborhood in need of revitalization and for families in need of safe, affordable, decent housing.
Be part of this exciting event!
RSVP ONLINE
www.CapitalDistrictHabitat.org/Event
ALBANY ONLINE
Albany FreeNet is a free high-speed Wi-Fi internet service provided in the City of Albany by Tech Valley Communications, a privately owned telecommunications company.
· The Universal Broadband Access Grant program also provides for:
o Site-based digital literacy classes at designated “Community Technology Centers” (CTC) including the Albany Public Library Main Branch (161 Washington Avenue) and Department of Youth & Workforce Services (175 Central Avenue).
o Site based “Metrix” online job training orientation & skill assessments at CTCs.
o Free 90-day Metrix e-learning licenses.
o Community services registry at www.ALLbanyOnline.com
o Low cost Wi-Fi enabled desktop computer systems.
· Albany FreeNet and the services above are offered as part of ALLbany Online, an ongoing collaboration between private, municipal and non-profit agencies to increase broadband access, usability and utility in the City of Albany.
· Albany FreeNet is comprised of many small but powerful radios that broadcast a WiFi signal. WiFi is the dominant global standard for wireless Ethernet. One of the biggest benefits of Wi-Fi is that it's already built into many laptops, smart phones and other devices.
· Any WiFi enabled device with an Internet browser can connect to the Internet via Albany FreeNet.
· Albany FreeNet is available 24/7 at speeds up to 1.5Mbps x 1Mbps. There is no limit on how long Albany FreeNet can be used, but there is a 200MB daily data limit. A user can sign on as many times as they like anytime between 12am and 11:59pm each day until their total data usage (downloads and uploads) for that day reaches 200MB.
*Coverage as of June 2010. Exact coverage areas may vary.
Free high-speed Wi-Fi internet service in the City of Albany
ABOUT ALLBANY ONLINE
· Albany FreeNet is a free high-speed Wi-Fi internet service provided in the City of Albany by Tech Valley Communications, a privately owned telecommunications company.
· In August 2009, Tech Valley Communications received a Universal Broadband Access Grant from New York State to expand Albany FreeNet in the Arbor Hill, West Hill, South End and Delaware Avenue neighborhoods where Internet adoption is lowest.
· The Universal Broadband Access Grant program also provides for:
o Site-based digital literacy classes at designated “Community Technology Centers” (CTC) including the Albany Public Library Main Branch (161 Washington Avenue) and Department of Youth & Workforce Services (175 Central Avenue).
o Site based “Metrix” online job training orientation & skill assessments at CTCs.
o Free 90-day Metrix e-learning licenses.
o Community services registry at www.ALLbanyOnline.com
o Low cost Wi-Fi enabled desktop computer systems.
· Albany FreeNet and the services above are offered as part of ALLbany Online, an ongoing collaboration between private, municipal and non-profit agencies to increase broadband access, usability and utility in the City of Albany.
· Albany FreeNet is comprised of many small but powerful radios that broadcast a WiFi signal. WiFi is the dominant global standard for wireless Ethernet. One of the biggest benefits of Wi-Fi is that it's already built into many laptops, smart phones and other devices.
· Any WiFi enabled device with an Internet browser can connect to the Internet via Albany FreeNet.
· Albany FreeNet is available 24/7 at speeds up to 1.5Mbps x 1Mbps. There is no limit on how long Albany FreeNet can be used, but there is a 200MB daily data limit. A user can sign on as many times as they like anytime between 12am and 11:59pm each day until their total data usage (downloads and uploads) for that day reaches 200MB.
· There were 73,000 user sessions on Albany FreeNet for the three-month period January 2011 to April 2011, with an average session length of 3.6 hours.
*Coverage as of June 2010. Exact coverage areas may vary.
· Albany FreeNet is a free high-speed Wi-Fi internet service provided in the City of Albany by Tech Valley Communications, a privately owned telecommunications company.
· In August 2009, Tech Valley Communications received a Universal Broadband Access Grant from New York State to expand Albany FreeNet in the Arbor Hill, West Hill, South End and Delaware Avenue neighborhoods where Internet adoption is lowest.
· The Universal Broadband Access Grant program also provides for:
o Site-based digital literacy classes at designated “Community Technology Centers” (CTC) including the Albany Public Library Main Branch (161 Washington Avenue) and Department of Youth & Workforce Services (175 Central Avenue).
o Site based “Metrix” online job training orientation & skill assessments at CTCs.
o Free 90-day Metrix e-learning licenses.
o Community services registry at www.ALLbanyOnline.com
o Low cost Wi-Fi enabled desktop computer systems.
· Albany FreeNet and the services above are offered as part of ALLbany Online, an ongoing collaboration between private, municipal and non-profit agencies to increase broadband access, usability and utility in the City of Albany.
· Albany FreeNet is comprised of many small but powerful radios that broadcast a WiFi signal. WiFi is the dominant global standard for wireless Ethernet. One of the biggest benefits of Wi-Fi is that it's already built into many laptops, smart phones and other devices.
· Any WiFi enabled device with an Internet browser can connect to the Internet via Albany FreeNet.
· Albany FreeNet is available 24/7 at speeds up to 1.5Mbps x 1Mbps. There is no limit on how long Albany FreeNet can be used, but there is a 200MB daily data limit. A user can sign on as many times as they like anytime between 12am and 11:59pm each day until their total data usage (downloads and uploads) for that day reaches 200MB.
· There were 73,000 user sessions on Albany FreeNet for the three-month period January 2011 to April 2011, with an average session length of 3.6 hours.
*Coverage as of June 2010. Exact coverage areas may vary.
Review and Challenge Property Assessments
This is a reminder that the annual period to review and challenge property assessments is May 1 - 24. Attached is the City Assessor's Legal Notice with additional information on office hours and availability of the assessment rolls.
LEGAL NOTICE
DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION
ALBANY, NEW YORK
NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to section 506 & 526 of the New
York State Real Property Tax Law, the undersigned Commissioner of the Department of
Assessment and Taxation, City of Albany New York has completed the Tentative
Assessment roll for the City of Albany.
This assessment roll will be available for public
inspection by any person at the Department of Assessment and Taxation, Room 302 City
Hall, Eagle Street, Albany, New York Commencing May 1,201 1 and continuing through
May 24TH, 201 1 excluding Sundays. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Daily and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:OO noon.
The assessment, inventory and sales data can also be reviewed on the City's web
site located at www.albanyny.org.
Wednesday May 4th, 20 1 1
..#.,.,. Saturday May 7th, 201 1
Wednesday May 1 1 th, 20 1 1
Saturday May 14th, 20 1 1
Wednesday May 18th, 201 1
- katurday May 21st, 201 1
The undersigned Assessor will be in attendance with such tentative assessment
roll in the Office of Assessment & Taxation in the City Hall Room 302.
Complaint forms and a publication containing procedures for contesting an
assessment are available at the Office of Assessment & Taxation Room 302 in City Hall.
It is a prerequisite to review an assessment that the official complaint forms be used and
that said forms be filed with the undersigned or the Board of Assessment Review on or
before May 24th, 20 1 1.
The Board of Assessment Review will meet on Tuesday, May 24th, 201 1,
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 1 :00p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Common
Council Chambers in City Hall Eagle Street Albany, New York, to hear complaints in
relation to assessments.
DATED May lSt, 201 1 KEITH MCDONALD COMMISSIONER
Department of Assessment & Taxation
City of Albany, New York
LEGAL NOTICE
DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION
ALBANY, NEW YORK
NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to section 506 & 526 of the New
York State Real Property Tax Law, the undersigned Commissioner of the Department of
Assessment and Taxation, City of Albany New York has completed the Tentative
Assessment roll for the City of Albany.
This assessment roll will be available for public
inspection by any person at the Department of Assessment and Taxation, Room 302 City
Hall, Eagle Street, Albany, New York Commencing May 1,201 1 and continuing through
May 24TH, 201 1 excluding Sundays. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Daily and Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:OO noon.
The assessment, inventory and sales data can also be reviewed on the City's web
site located at www.albanyny.org.
Wednesday May 4th, 20 1 1
..#.,.,. Saturday May 7th, 201 1
Wednesday May 1 1 th, 20 1 1
Saturday May 14th, 20 1 1
Wednesday May 18th, 201 1
- katurday May 21st, 201 1
The undersigned Assessor will be in attendance with such tentative assessment
roll in the Office of Assessment & Taxation in the City Hall Room 302.
Complaint forms and a publication containing procedures for contesting an
assessment are available at the Office of Assessment & Taxation Room 302 in City Hall.
It is a prerequisite to review an assessment that the official complaint forms be used and
that said forms be filed with the undersigned or the Board of Assessment Review on or
before May 24th, 20 1 1.
The Board of Assessment Review will meet on Tuesday, May 24th, 201 1,
between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 1 :00p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Common
Council Chambers in City Hall Eagle Street Albany, New York, to hear complaints in
relation to assessments.
DATED May lSt, 201 1 KEITH MCDONALD COMMISSIONER
Department of Assessment & Taxation
City of Albany, New York
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