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(clockwise from top right) Albany Mayor
Jerry Jennings (here addressing the public at an Arbor
Day ceremony in Washington Park) continued to dominate
city politics, feeling confident enough in his power
to buck the Democratic Party and endorse George Pataki
for governor; many onlookers were stunned when former
Rensselaer County Executive Henry Zwack (far left
in photo) was acquitted on 34 felony and misdemeanor
counts for misconduct while in office; Schenectady
Mayor Al Jurczynski attempted to reinvent his city
by attracting Guyanese immigrants to move there from
New York City; former Mayor Thomas Whalen III (pictured,
center, early this year at the new WAMC Performing
Arts Studio) died March 4 in a car crash on his way
home from his wife's birthday party; Judge William
Carter became the first African-American to be elected
to serve on the Albany City Court; and Tom Keefe,
also elected as one of three City Court judges, ruffled
Mayor Jennings' feathers by announcing his candidacy
before Jennings had made his third choice for the
position, causing the first Democratic primary for
the judgeships since 1943.
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