Nick Barber Email & Phone Number

Schenectady, Ny

Host/producer of "Schenectady Today" Show segments. Produces specials and community events on OSM. My "Weekend Access" show originated at MY TV-4, Albany is re-broadcast on OSM on a regular basis.

As the former Coordinator of the Schenectady Film Alliance working with Don Rittner, founder and others, I have recently been appointed by the Mayor as a member of the new Schenectady Film Commission. This has been a goal of ours for years, after several years on the Film Alliance. We hope to put Schenectady "on the map" as a destination for film, television and other performing arts productions.

Host/ Producer, "Weekend Access", a weekly community oriented show, feauturing community events, artists, authors, entertainers and others.The show airs on Saturday mornings at 9:00 AM on MY TV-4, Albany, NY. Weekend Access reaches over 300,000 viewers via 13 cable and satellite outlets from the northern New York border to the Mid-Hudson Valley and parts of Mass.

SACC, Inc.is Schenectady's Access Cable Council. It is no longer a public access television station. The franchise has been awarded to Proctor's, which now broadcasts as "OSM" (Open Stage Media, channels 16,17 & 18). SACC, Inc. is a separate, non-broadcasting corporation. Our buliding at 115 N. Broadway has been sold to Schenectady Habitat for Humanity.I remain on the board of SACC, Inc..

Chief Assessment Administration official for Schenectady County. Liason between the NYS Office of Real Property Services and the local assessment community. Maintain the official tax maps for the County, administer corrections of errors procedures, train and certify assessors, board of assessment review members. Real Property Tax Law resource expert. Work with Law Department on leases, sales & aquisitions of County owned properties.Acts as Risk Manager, managing $1.5 million insurance program.

I served as a County Legislator in Schenectady County from 1980 to 1991, at which time i was appointed to the County Director of Real Property Tax Services.I was Majority Leader of the County Legislature during my 3 terms in elected office.