I took mine in October at KALB, for the FSS bid. I emailed the tower chief who is probably still the POC on your MMPI contact sheet. He got back to me pretty quickly, but at the time nobody from the regular ATC bid was waiting to get in. I also worked at the airport at the time and had some limited access to the tower even though most of the office staff wasn't there.
Yea, I called Poughkeepsie and they’ve got spots available immediately, but I figured I’d give Albany a call since I’m currently upstate for a couple weeks. Thanks