A proposal to add around a thousand housing units on Albany’s east side is sailing through the city’s approval process without anybody asking questions related to growth.
On Monday the city’s planning commission voted to recommend approval of the annexation and zoning of 11 parcels totaling nearly 37 acres near Timber Steet and Spicer Drive to allow the construction of what developers call the “East Albany Town Center.”
The vote was unanimous after a public hearing at which no one voiced opposition. The commission had no questions either, nor any discussion before the vote…