Albany – never sleep

May 31, 2025

Over 100 protesters gathered in the rain near Albany International Airport on the corner of Albany Shaker Road and Wolf Grove to demand that Avelo Airlines sever its ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The protest was part of a nationwide demonstration in nearly 30 cities against the airline’s involvement in deportation flights.

Earlier this week, Senator Pat Fahy introduced the Safe Air Act, which aims to ban deportation flights in New York State on commercial airlines contracted by ICE without a judicial warrant, legal counsel, and an immigration hearing. The act would also remove an existing sales tax exemption on jet fuel for airlines that participate in such flights.

Senator Fahy noted that Avelo operates at four New York airports and mentioned that, to her knowledge, Avelo deportation flights are currently taking off from Texas and Arizona.

Found on mainstream news.

April 30, 2025

The New York state Republican Party’s Albany headquarters was vandalized and defaced with Nazi imagery for the second time this month as GOP leaders criticized Democrats for ratcheting up political tensions.

Vandals taped swastikas to the doors and windows of the GOP’s offices and a message that read, “If this is not what you stand for, prove it,” according to the Albany Police Department, which is investigating the crimes. It was the second such incident at the party’s headquarters in the past two weeks, authorities said. No arrests have been made.

New York GOP chairman Ed Cox blasted the “hateful vandalism,” saying it “invites political violence and threatens the wellbeing of our employees and guests.”

“This is not only an attack on our party, it is also an attack on the values of civil discourse, democracy and decency.”

Found on mainstream news.

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Protesters rally at Albany airport against Avelo Airlines’ ICE contract

New York GOP headquarters defaced with Nazi imagery