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No t to Scale City o f Albany, Albany Co unty, New Yo rk COMMON COUNCIL DISTRICT MAP Ado p ted Ward Bo undaries ~ July 2023 The Ci ty o f Al bany Dep artment o f Water and Water Sup p l y p ro v ides this fi g ure fo r ill ustrati v e p urp o ses o nly. Unautho rized attemp ts to mo di fy o r utili ze this fig ure fo r o ther that its intended p urp o ses are p ro hibi ted. Al l l o cati o ns are ap p ro ximate. The City makes no claims o r g uarantees abo ut the accuracy o r currency o f the data p ro v i ded and exp ressly di sclaims li abili ty fo r erro rs and o missio ns i n its co ntent. In acco rdance with the City Charter, Al bany is div ided into fifteen (15) Wards. Each Ward i s rep resented o n the Ci ty’s Co mmo n Co unci l by an elected resi dent. The Co mmo n Co uncil serv es as the leg islativ e branch o f Albany’ s g o v ernment. Each Co mmo n Co uncil Member functio ns to reg ulate and p ro tect the i nterests o f resi dents within their Ward, and is autho rized to intro duce, amend o r rep eal l o cal laws, o rdinances, reso lutio ns and reg ul ati o ns p ertaining to p ro p erty and g o v ernment affairs wi thin the Ci ty. Ward bo undaries are rev iewed ev ery ten (10) years, in co o rdinati o n wi th demo g rap hic i nfo rmatio n fro m the U.S. Decenni al Census. Redistri cti ng rep resents o ne o f the mo st imp o rtant undertaking s o f o ur demo cracy. Currently, these Ward bo undari es hav e been adj usted to best rep resent p ro tected g ro up s and co mmuni ty o f interest, based o n info rmati o n fro m the 2020 Census surv ey. Ward 14