Civic - Services - Capital District, New York, USA

Support for human needs and infrastructure

• Human: Health and human services
  • Childcare: Capital District Child Care Coordinating Council; resource and referral agency; referral service counseling parents seeking child care; serving parents, employers and child care providers in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties in New York State
  • ElderNetworkNY: information on housing, community resources, and health care; Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties of New York; for seniors, families, caregivers and care managers
  • Foodbank: Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York; collects large donations of food from the food industry and distributes it to charitable agencies serving hungry and disadvantaged people in 23 counties; covers from Plattsburgh to Newburgh
  • Senior: Umbrella of the Capital District; helping senior citizens and persons with disabilities keep their homes and their independence
  • -USA Human-: National Health and Human services; you can use these directories to find doctors, hospitals, dentists, and other health and human services
• Transport: The Capital District offers a variety of transit options
  • Airport ALB: Albany International Airport; major air center for the Capital Region, Northeastern New York and Western New England
  • Amtrak: Amtrak passenger train service; from station at city of Rensselaer, across the river from Albany; trains include Adirondack, Empire Service, Ethan Allen Express, Lake Shore Limited, Maple Leaf
  • Port: Port of Albany / Rensselaer; on the Hudson River, a navigable year-round waterway with a draft of 9.75 meters; accommodates ships with overall lengths of up to 229 meters, maximum beam of 33.5 meters, and a maximum air draft of 41 meters; port, cargo handling facilities
  • Canals: New York State Canal System; 843 kilometer inland waterway that crosses upstate New York; includes four Canals: the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga-Seneca, and other waterways
  • CDTA: Capital District Transportation Authority; public bus transit system; regular route buses, shuttle buses, and paratransit service
  • Greyhound: National, commercial bus transit company; offers connections from Albany to the United States, Canada, and Mexico
  • GotoBus: Bus reservation system; buses connecting many cities including Albany
  • Peter Pan: Regional, commercial bus transit company; offers connections from Albany to northeast cities including New York City, Hartford, Springfield Mass, and Boston
  • Commuters: Capital District Commuter Register; allows people who live or work in the Capital District (Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady Counties in New York State) to advertise for free for a carpool
  • Thruway: Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway; the 1,031 kilometer superhighway crossing New York State; Albany is a major crossing point
  • Committee: Capital District Transportation Committee; Metropolitan Planning Organization for New York's Capital Region
• Facilities: Institutions, units, organizations, or systems that build, distribute, plan, or and keep area resources or infrastructure working
  • NG: National Grid; electric service and natural gas in upstate New York
  • Planning: The Capital District Regional Planning Commission; serves Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, & Schenectady Counties

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