Five protesters against the city’s “no camping law” were issued tickets by Saratoga Springs Police Department officers over the weekend, according to a police report and protesters. The tickets are “appearance tickets” meaning they are not criminal citations, but violations against the “Camping Prohibited on Certain Public Property” law, enacted July 1. They are to appear in Saratoga Springs City Court in front of Judge Francine Vero Sept. 4.
The tickets are similar to a parking ticket in that they do not create a criminal record for the person who is issued one.
The five included, Alexus Brown, age 25, of Saratoga Springs; Angela “Diogenes” Kaufman, 44, of Saratoga Springs; Jacob Feinland, 24, of Albany; Samantha Romero, 43, of Delmar; and Martin Manley, 69, of Schenectady.
The five were part of a larger protest against the law which says
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