▁a ▁second ▁attack ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁ ▁First ▁mayor ▁of ▁Alb any ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 6 8 5 , ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁Judge ▁of ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁O yer ▁and ▁Term iner . ▁On ▁ 2 2 ▁July ▁ 1 6 8 6 , ▁Alb any ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁as ▁a ▁city , ▁and ▁Pi eter ▁Sch uy ler ▁was ▁named ▁its ▁first ▁mayor , ▁serving ▁for ▁eight ▁years . ▁As ▁mayor , ▁Sch uy ler ▁was ▁also ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Board ▁of ▁the ▁Commission ers ▁for ▁Indian ▁Affairs . ▁ ▁Act ing ▁governor ▁of ▁the ▁Province ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁From ▁ 1 6 9 2 , ▁Sch uy ler ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁executive ▁council , ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁une lect ed ▁upper ▁house ▁of ▁New ▁York ' s ▁colonial ▁legisl ature . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁man ▁from ▁Alb any ▁to ▁be ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁council . ▁When ▁Lord ▁Lov el ace ▁died ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 7 0 9 , ▁the ▁lieutenant ▁governor , ▁Richard ▁Ing old es by , ▁was ▁absent . ▁Under ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁Lov el ace ' s ▁commission ▁as ▁governor , ▁the ▁executive ▁council ' s ▁most ▁senior ▁member ▁was ▁next ▁in ▁the ▁line ▁of ▁succession , ▁and ▁Sch uy ler ▁thus ▁served ▁as ▁acting ▁governor ▁until ▁Ing old es by ' s ▁return ▁a ▁few ▁days ▁later . ▁Ing old es by ▁was ▁again ▁absent ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁month , ▁with ▁Sch uy ler ▁taking ▁over ▁as ▁governor ▁for ▁another ▁period