Two weeks after the unruliness that usually surrounds the neighborhoods around the University of Albany reached its peak, with the arrest of three students for allegedly throwing bottles through the windows of a neighbor’s house and the injury of two Albany police officers struggling with students, it appears that the area is becoming calm once again.
Police patrols in the area have been increased, including many by undercover officers, and the State Liquor Authority has increased its presence in nearby college bars. Two bars have already been charged with selling to minors, one being accused of thirty one counts. The Hudson Avenue residents that bore the brunt of the rowdiness do not think the change is permanent, however, and expect the riotous behavior to return within weeks.
