The Times Union reports on how Chief Tuffey describes the new anti-blight initiative. (Link only good for 1 week.)
As with the initial announcement, I think this sounds mixed. Departments sharing information and putting it in one place is awesome. Can you really build the level of centralized database you need to track this stuff with no new resources dedicated to it? I'm skeptical. But you can make a start I guess.
Just actually paying attention to blighted properties in a sustained way will be huge. (Although if I had to choose, work going on without a permit wouldn't be my one example of a problem to highlight.)
I just really want to see this paired with prevention and different incentives, or the APD won't be able to keep up.