Editorial: Amsterdam a great spot for FMCC dorm

The mayor of a city like Amsterdam would have to be crazy not to embrace the idea of the local community college building a dormitory for 100 or so students in its downtown. Fortunately, Amsterdam Mayor Ann Thane is anything but crazy and has expressed enthusiasm for the plan being pushed by Fulton-Montgomery Community College President Dustin Swanger to buy or build a dorm in the city. It's all pretty vague at this point — Swanger won't even disclose the name of the building owner he says he's been talking with — but anything Thane or any other local official can do to grease the skids for such a project would be welcome.

College kids, no matter where they come from, make good urban residents. Even if they're not rich, they usually have some discretionary income for things like eating out, bowling, going to movies, etc.