SALARY AN ISSUE COYNE TO ANNOUNCE ON SPORTS JOB.(Local)

Byline: Tim Layden Staff writer

Albany County Executive James J. Coyne, admitting an appetite for the position, said Monday he would make public his decision on whether to pursue the commissionership of the Continental Basketball Association or withdraw his name from consideration at a Wednesday morning press conference.

Coyne, who for five years has served as the non-salaried president of the Albany Patroons of the CBA, has been contacted and encouraged by original CBA Commissioner Jim Drucker and at least two people since Thursday, when The Times Union reported he was the leading preliminary candidate for the post being vacated by Carl Scheer.

"I've …