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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

A Black suspect is detained by police in a Capital Region city. Black people are arrested at a far greater rate than white people in every county in the region.

Black arrest rate in Capital Region remains high; progress sought, no easy solution seen

CAPITAL REGION — Any sense of progress in increasing racial equity in the criminal justice system is tempered by the fact… Read more »

Myasia Page receives her Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination from Holly Vacca, RN, Nurse Manager of the Schenectady City School District, at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Schenectady High School on April 25. Right: COVID vaccination rates by ZIP code.

Schenectady County

Vaccination rates vary greatly within Schenectady County; database shows large differences across ZIP codes

With 54.6% of all residents at least partly vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday morning, Schenectady County is fourth-highest among… Read more »

JOHN CROPLEY/THE DAILY GAZETTEStefanie Thomas is shown in her store, Stefanie's Beauty Supply, at The Crossing in Clifton Park on Thursday, April 22, 2021.

Clifton Park shop supplies beauty products, confidence for Black women and girls

CLIFTON PARK — Stefanie Thomas’ path to running her own business closely follows her journey to liking her hair as… Read more »

From a vaccination clinic earlier this year.

As COVID vaccine eligibility opens to all, another push for all to get it

ALBANY — With all New Yorkers over age 15 eligible to receive the COVID vaccine as of Tuesday morning, the… Read more »

The plaque that will go up at the field, with the field and the scoreboard as it appeared earlier in March. File Photos and Provided (plaque)

Schenectady

Schenectady scoreboard will acknowledge Negro Leagues great; Plaque to also go up, 40 years after honor

When a Daily Gazette reader saw a photograph of the new scoreboard at Central Park’s A-Diamond on March 19, his… Read more »

Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to some of the National Guard members operating a mass vaccination site at the Javits Center in Manhattan on Monday. - Governor's Office

Cuomo pitches minorities on vaccine after 1 million shots administered in a week

NEW YORK — More than 1 million New Yorkers have received the COVID-19 vaccine in their arms in the past… Read more »

Vietnam War monument in Veteran's Park in Schenectady is pictured Saturday.

Schenectady

Man’s fight for Black representation on Schenectady veteran’s memorial remembered

It’s been around 50 years, and Robert Sanders still remembers the phone call. Sanders was around 10 years old when… Read more »

GOVERNOR'S OFFICEGov. Andrew Cuomo listens to NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson during a news conference Wednesday.

State, feds plan more COVID vaccine clinics in NY minority communities

ALBANY — The state on Wednesday further expanded its efforts to vaccinate Black and Hispanic New Yorkers against COVID, announcing… Read more »

Schenectady City Councilman Joe Allen listens during his first council meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1996. Gazette file photo by Aimee K. Wiles

Breaking barriers — Allen brothers became first Black Schenectadians to make political inroads

EDITOR’S NOTE: As Black History Month begins, we’re taking a look back today at brothers Art and Joe Allen, and… Read more »