For years, industrial sites that once fueled the city’s economy have sat idle and deteriorating in and around residential areas. Now, the brownfields are presenting an opportunity for residents to re-invent their neighborhoods.
Mayor Brian Stratton, left, looks at a slideshow demonstration of how video surveillance cameras will be used in the effort to decrease gun violence as Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney speaks at the podium during a press conference in Jerry Burrell Park in Schenectady on Monday.