Violence Prevention Task Force

07/01/2024

Calling all Community Members! Click the link attached to this post for more information on how to apply for the Violence Prevention Taskforce

Click the link for more information on how to apply for the Violence Prevention Taskforce. https://www.albanyny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10955/Call-for-Applications---Violence-Prevention-Task-Force-061724

08/26/2021

Help the City of Albany Violence Prevention Task Force Stop the Violence by taking our survey and sharing your thoughts! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/albanycommunitysafety

07/30/2021

Due to some technical difficulties with Facebook, we were unable to live stream our meeting from yesterday (July 29th). A recording of the meeting is available on our Zoom cloud for viewing:

Topic: Violence Prevention Task Force Meeting
Start Time : Jul 29, 2021 05:48 PM

Meeting Recording:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/9UhmQWREOfWKhiVTxGOSNHoXsB6By6AsKKQv4pxw5UdpfMqYijg56wh8CH_ISJzx.BY_n7PVJiQMrqV-o

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05/05/2021

The City of Albany is seeking community input for the Lincoln Square Basketball Courts Project. Please Join us on-site on Thursday May 6th at 5:30 pm.

04/22/2021

03/11/2021

https://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_abt_why_violence_clusters_in_cities_and_how_to_reduce_it.

Here is a link to the TED Talk we attempted to show last week for those that would like to watch it.

Reducing violence in cities in the US isn't the impossible, intractable challenge many believe it to be, says crime researcher and educator Thomas Abt. He explains how urban violence is "sticky" -- meaning that it clusters among a surprisingly small number of people and places -- and presents an inn...