NISKAYUNA, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Voters in the town of Niskayuna will be choosing a supervisor next week. John Rickert was the longtime principal at Niskayuna High School, but now has his sights on town supervisor.

One of his top priorities is making Route 7 safer. There have been multiple crashes, some of them fatal, on Troy Schenectady Road over the last few years. While it's a state road, Rickerts says he plans to work with all parties to find a solution.

"You work with your own law enforcement team, which we have a great one here in Niskayuna, they've done a great job for us. Bringing them into that solution phase," said Rickert. He added that there is a town resident who submitted a petition for change. "Tapping into his resources and knowledge to help solve this problem. It's going to ta

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