SCHENECTADY — Ray Gillen will stay on in his unpaid leadership role as chairman of the Metroplex Development Authority, the county’s main redevelopment arm, even though he has retired from his ...

SCHENECTADY — Ray Gillen, the longtime commissioner of economic development and planning for Schenectady County, has officially retired from the position, but continues to oversee economic development ...

SCHENECTADY - Ray Gillen quietly retired June 1 from his $232,973-a-year job as Schenectady County's planning commissioner, but the longtime leader of the county's economic development efforts isn't ...

SCHENECTADY — Schenectady County lawmakers Tuesday appointed an acting commissioner of economic development and planning. The appointment came after Ray Gillen, who led the department for more than ...

SCHENECTADY — Schenectady County's top economic development official retired and was subsequently reappointed to the same position within the span of 24 hours earlier this month. Ray Gillen, the ...

SCHENECTADY — If asked to talk about the job market growth in Schenectady over the last 25 years, Ray Gillen will begin with how the city went from a one- or two-company town to a diversified economic ...

Metroplex Chairman Ray Gillen, pictured in 2018, who retired from his position as Schenectady County Planning Commissioner last year, was the second-highest-paid county employee in 2025. SCHENECTADY — ...