Schenectady, NY, population 61,152, is located in New York's Schenectady county, about 84.7 miles from Springfield and 97.0 miles from Hartford.
Through the 90's Schenectady's population has declined by about 6%. It is estimated that in the first 5 years of the past decade the population of Schenectady has declined by about 1%. Since 2005 Schenectady's population has stayed about the same.
Schenectady's property crime levels tend to be much higher than New York's average level. The same data shows violent crime levels in Schenectady tend to be much higher than New York's average level.
Those are some sobering statistics. Take some time and digest those DV. The population is going down, yet the crime statistics are remaining the same or going up. That leads me to believe the criminals are migrating to Schenectady and the productive are leaving.
The sad part in Schenectady is, the police themselves contribute to the crime statistics.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Those are some sobering statistics. Take some time and digest those DV. The population is going down, yet the crime statistics are remaining the same or going up. That leads me to believe the criminals are migrating to Schenectady and the productive are leaving.
The sad part in Schenectady is, the police themselves contribute to the crime statistics.
You could move to Atlanta or Miami or Houston ... supposedly high growth cities and STILL find high rates of crime. In order to make our communities safer, we need residents, law enforcement persons and political leaders to work together -- we have to restore that sense of community and cooperation.
George Amedore & Christian Klueg for NYS Senate 2016 Pete Vroman for State Assembly 2016[/size][/color]
"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
In order to make our communities safer, we need residents, law enforcement persons and political leaders to work together -- we have to restore that sense of community and cooperation.
I agree with this.
The problem is that people are fleeing the city... The ridiculous taxes are chasing them away.
If we had an affluent populace that could afford these taxes and crime was low, people would not be leaving.
No amount of trails or high speed rail transportation... will be changing that.
The problem is that people are fleeing the city... The ridiculous taxes are chasing them away.
If we had an affluent populace that could afford these taxes and crime was low, people would not be leaving.
No amount of trails or high speed rail transportation... will be changing that.
The multi-modal trails and the high speed rail service are pieces of the puzzle. We probably should have invested in high speed rail service 50 years ago -- rather than on the hideous and too expensive to maintain Interstate Highway System. Likewise, we wasted 50 years on "urban renewal" that did more to destroy older northern cities (take the Amsterdam Mall that only cut the city in half and ended up vacant and useless).
Will the trails and the rails lower crime -- not by themselves -- but the rails -if built properly - will reconnect our city centers across the state and as gas prices rise people will want to live closer to the city centers to save money on fuel. The trails will radiate from those city centers .. as people adopt habits such as walking or riding to work, school or to other places. So they do IMHO have a role in revitalizing cities like Schenectady and towns like Rotterdam.
George Amedore & Christian Klueg for NYS Senate 2016 Pete Vroman for State Assembly 2016[/size][/color]
"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
Cocaine must be a marvelous drug for some people to be on.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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