TROY, N.Y. -- A padlocked gate surrounds a snow-filled Knickerbocker Pool in Troy. It's closed for the season -- and the foreseeable future.
"It definitely affects some members that we have coming here," Patrick Doyle said.
Doyle is the CEO of the Troy Boys & Girls Club. For more than a hundred years, kids have come to the club for after-school and summer programs, and though it's not directly impacted by the city budget cuts, it is reaching out to help.
"We find it's our mission to stay ahead, do whatever we can to be proactive," Doyle said. "We're going to continue with our youth development programs like we have for the last 113 years now."
The club is in the process of expanding programs, including a summer art program at the Arts Center in Troy. It also plans to rehab a campsite it owns in Rensselaer County to give Collar City kids something to do.
"That's 90 acres of untapped potential for our city and the youth in our city. There's ways to get them up there, whether it's expanding our budget for that and trying to find new revenue streams to rebuild camp while also having a fun and safe campsite in Grafton," he said.
The Capital District YMCA is also reaching out to city leaders. President & CEO David Brown called the cuts "unfortunate," but they're ready to help in any way needed.
"People will be more than welcome to come to the Y and swim. We have a policy that we don't turn anyone away due to their inability to pay," Brown said.
Both organizations won't be able to expand alone. Like the programs that were cut, they rely on finances.
"We will be asking our volunteers if they can dig a little deeper and reach out a little further so that we can hopefully fill whatever gap may exist as a result of these decisions," Brown said.