Local Wiki

Rensselaer County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Sep 17, 2026

County Legislature / Board of Supervisors meets: Second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM.
Meeting location: Legislative Chambers, Second Floor, 99 Troy Road, East Greenbush, NY 12061.
County Clerk: Frank J. Merola · 105 Third Street, Troy, NY 12180 · (518) 270-4080 · fmerola@rensco.com
Agendas posted at: https://www.rensselaercounty.org/events/
County Executive: Steven F. McLaughlin · 99 Troy Road, 4th Floor, East Greenbush, NY 12061 · (518) 270-2900 · smclaughlin@rensco.com

Sources

https://www.rensselaercounty.org/event/regular-meeting-august-2026/

Other Local Government Here

Local government is layered — cities, counties, school districts, and special districts are separate, overlapping governments. Most residents are covered by several at once, and more may exist here than are listed below.

City: Troy, New York

Other Known Local Governments Here

These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.

Cities (1)

Rensselaer

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024

Villages (6)

Castleton-on-Hudson
East Nassau (official website, opens in a new tab)
Hoosick Falls
Nassau
Schaghticoke (official website, opens in a new tab)
Valley Falls

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

School districts (12)

Averill Park Central School District
Berlin Central School District
Brunswick Central School District (brittonkill)
East Greenbush Central School District
Hoosic Valley Central School District
Hoosick Falls Central School District
Lansingburgh Central School District
North Greenbush Common School District (williams)
Rensselaer City School District
Schodack Central School District
Troy City School District
Wynantskill Union Free School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

Special districts · Fire Protection (27)

Averill Park-Sand Lake Fire District
Berlin Fire District
Eagle Mills Fire District 1
East Greenbush Fire District 1
East Greenbush Fire District 3 (official website, opens in a new tab)
East Schodack Fire District 1 (official website, opens in a new tab)
Eastern Pittstown Fire District
Grafton Fire District
Hemstreet Park Fire District 4
Hoags Corner Fire District
Hoosick Falls Fire District
Hoosick Fire District
Johnsonville Fire District
Melrose Fire District
Nassau Joint Fire District No. 1
North Greenbush Fire District 1
Petersburgh Fire District 1
Pleasantdale Fire District 5
Raymertown Fire District
Sand Lake Fire District 3
Schodack Center Fire District
Schodack Landing Fire District 1
Schodack Valley Fire District
South Schodack Fire District
Speigletown Fire District (official website, opens in a new tab)
Stephentown Fire District 1
West Sand Lake Fire District 1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts) · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026

Special districts · Library (3)

East Greenbush Library District
North Greenbush Library District (official website, opens in a new tab)
Troy Public Library

Special districts · Other Single Purpose (1)

Hudson-Mohawk Urban Cultural Park Commission

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments — Government Units listing (independent special districts)

Special districts · Solid Waste (1)

Eastern Rensselaer County Solid Waste Management Authority (official website, opens in a new tab)