Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Tom Eschen's full conversation with Mayor of Albany Dorcey Applyrs and Financial Advisor Bob Ward, discussing their Mid-Year Budget Update
0:00 Albany’s Mid-Year Budget Report
1:10 How the Deficit Returned to $22M
4:33 Reviewing Spending, Grants & Revenue
7:37 State Aid and the Multi-Year Fix
13:47 Bond Rating Downgrade & Rising Debt Costs
17:47 State Comptroller Review
18:54 Local Law, Oversight & Transparency
23:16 Public Trust and the 2027 Budget
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Tom Eschen's full conversation with Mayor of Albany Dorcey Applyrs and Financial Advisor Bob Ward, discussing their Mid-Year Budget Update
0:00 Albany’s Mid-Year Budget Report
1:10 How the Deficit Returned to $22M
4:33 Reviewing Spending, Grants & Revenue
7:37 State Aid and the Multi-Year Fix
13:47 Bond Rating Downgrade & Rising Debt Costs
17:47 State Comptroller Review
18:54 Local Law, Oversight & Transparency
23:16 Public Trust and the 2027 Budget
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X: cbs6albany
Facebook: cbs6albany
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WRGB is a NY based station and a CBS Television affiliate owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country today. Sinclair owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 163 television stations in 77 markets, after pending transactions. Sinclair's television group reaches approximately 38.7% of US television households and includes FOX, ABC, MyTV, CW, CBS, NBC, Univision and Azteca affiliates.
#WRGB #CBS6Albany #News #ALBANY #BudgetReport #StructuralDeficit #HealthcareCosts #PensionCosts #RevenueShortfall #StateAid #FiscalChallenges #Transparency #FinancialAdvisor #MidYearUpdate #DebtService #BondRating #PublicFacilities #PublicPrivatePartnership #CommonCouncil
