Albany makes changes to Memorial Day Parade to improve safety

Changes are coming to Albany’s Memorial Day Parade this year to improve safety.

This comes in the wake of several tragic incidents across the country and across the world, including the terror attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day when a car plowed into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street, killing 14 people.

Police Chief Brendan Cox said beefed-up security is nothing new for parades and other events in the Capital Region. It was done after 9/11. It was done after the Boston Marathon bombing…

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