Albany County Capital Resource Corporation

(D), Albany County Legislative District 10

Committee Assignments: Health Committee, Civic Center Committee, and Conservation and Improvement.

Gary W. Domalewicz, has been an Albany County Legislator since 1993, representing residents of the 11th Legislative District and since the 2010 re-districting, he represents the 10th Legislative District.

Gary was a member of the County’s Welfare Reform Task Force. He is a member and Chair of the Albany County Industrial Development Agency, was elected delegate to the Third Judicial District nominating convention and sat on the Albany City Charter Revision Commission whose recommendation for changes were approved by voters in 1998.

Gary has been instrumental in the passage of numerous other local laws for the betterment of County residents. He initiated a law requiring background and fingerprint checks for workers under contract with the County to provide home care services to children and the elderly, and later expanded the law to cover private home care providers on a voluntary basis. He was the prime sponsor of legislation requiring price posting by dry cleaners, tailors, shoe repairers, barbers, hairdressers and cosmetologists to give customers the information they need to compare charges, especially price differences for men and women. He advanced legislation establishing health and sanitary standards for tattoo and body-piercing parlors, and outlawing body piercing of minors without the consent of parents or guardians. Additionally, Gary has sponsored measures granting two tax-free weeks a year for clothing and footwear purchases, enacting tax exemptions for veterans, limited-income seniors and disabled homeowners and permitting seniors to pay taxes in installments and farmers to pay delinquent taxes in installments. 

Albany County Legislative District 12  

William M. Clay has been an Albany County Legislator since 2004, representing residents of the 13th Legislative District and since the 2010 re-districting, he represents the 12th Legislative District.

Bill currently serves as Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus and Chair of the Albany County Industrial Development Agency.

Bill has supported legislation to secure Homeland Security grants to give police, firefighters and medical personnel the communications technology they need to respond effectively to terrorist threats as well as day-to-day emergencies. He sponsored legislation to establish an integrated domestic violence court in Albany, urged state approval for an increase in New York’s minimum wage and supported improvements to maintain the Pepsi Arena as a first-class facility attracting high-caliber entertainment and sporting events.

Bill served as Assistant Commissioner of the New York State Office of General Services in charge of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises and community relations. He rejoined the agency in 2007 after serving nearly 15 years as president of his own private investigation and security firm, which he formed in 1993 after 29 years with the State OGS. He first joined OGS in 1964 as a Capital Police Officer and rose through the ranks to become Captain in 1989. From 1981-1992, he served as Director of the MWBE program for OGS while on leave from his Capital Police assignments.

Michael J. Paparian is Senior Vice President of Commercial Banking at Citizens Bank. He is responsible for the Middle Market Portfolio and new business development in Upstate New York and the Capital Region, assisting companies with a full range of financial services from credit, cash management, foreign exchange, interest rate risk management, loan syndications to M&A. He has held various positions over the years with increased responsibility.

Michael is a graduate of SUNY Oneonta and received his degree in Business Economics and holds FINRA Securities licenses 63 and 79.
He is active in the community and serves on the Board of the Center for Economic Growth, Treasurer of the Albany County Industrial Development Agency, Treasurer of the Albany County Capital Resource Corporation and former Board member and Vice President of buildings and grounds of Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Capital Region in addition to serving on many committees of area not for profits.

Four Winds Saratoga. 1991-1994. Saratoga Springs, NY. Director of Finance. Privately owned, 75 bed, inpatient psychiatric hospital with outpatient and partial hospital programs. Developed reimbursement strategies and financial reporting and budgeting.

DCG Development Co. 1994 – current. Clifton Park, NY. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Privately owned Real Estate Development Company with real estate assets located primarily in southern Saratoga County. Responsible for all accounting, financial reporting, tax planning, real estate financing, legal and human resource functions.

Albany County IDA and Albany County Community Resource Corporation. 2009 – June 2023. Albany County, NY. CFO and then CEO (2020) of these component units / Agencies of Albany County created for the purpose of encouraging economic growth in Albany County.

Bachelor of Business Administration in Accountancy.  University of Notre Dame 1976

Gene is retired from the International Union of Operating Engineers.  Gene has been a member of the Albany County Capital Resource Corporation for many years.

Deputy Chairwoman, Albany County Legislative District 3  

Wanda has served the 3rd Legislative District in Albany since January 1999 and currently serves as the Deputy Chair of the Legislature. She brings a wealth of experience to the position and possesses proven leadership skills in working with the community in various endeavors. She is a founding member of the Legislative Black Caucus and serves as the City of Albany’s 4th Ward Leader.

During her time in the Legislature, Wanda has authored the “Tobacco-Free Pharmacy” legislation to prohibit the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies and other health care facilities. She was instrumental in the effort to build a new nursing home for seniors, successfully brought Congregate Meal Services to seniors, and supported continued funding for NY Connects. In addition, she has been a strong advocate and proponent of improvements to foster care to reunite families and establish permanency for children.

Wanda has co-sponsored a bill creating a nonpartisan, inclusive and participatory redistricting process for the future. This piece of legislation is key to the success of the legislature because it ensures proper representation of all community interests, whether rural, urban or suburban.