What may have started out as pre-St. Patrick's Day Parade celebration turned into a riot in one Albany neighborhood largely populated by students. YNN's Sabina Kuriakose has reaction from some of the students as well as local residents and community leaders.

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- It was college kids gone wild and all caught on amateur camera Saturday morning. The St. Patrick's Day Parade melee ended with six students arrested, and many more are facing charges.

"Disorderly conduct is what they charged me with," said one student.

Monday morning came with its own hangover. Dozens of young people lined up outside Albany City Court to face a judge on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to menacing to noise violations. That's why Joe Perrone was there.

He said, "He said it was us and then he brought us downstairs and gave us two tickets for a loud party with six people."

Days after all the partying ended, the neighborhood is still trashed with old beer cases and cups lying around. The neighbors say this isn't the first time, and they're fed up.

Neighbor Gregory Williams said, "Next door you can hear them partying. They start around Thursday or Friday night. You can hear them partying."

Williams said the police try to crack down but can only do so much. City Councilman Anton Konev said students committing what he calls quality of life crimes are driving long-time residents to abandon their neighborhoods. One woman who lives Saturday's riot said she can't move soon enough. She was too frightened to talk on camera, for fear she'd be targeted for speaking out.

Konev said, "They have never seen it this bad, and it has been bad in the past."

Konev said schools are working with communities leaders to ease tension between residents and students, yet neighbors said it could be too little, too late.

Williams said, "You feel nothing after a while. The landlords allow them to do it. The landlords allow them to destroy the houses."

UAlbany sent a letter to students about what happened over the weekend.

The letter reads, "The behavior exhibited during this situation cannot be tolerated or condoned as harmless fun associated with a celebratory event. The University students who have been identified to us by Albany City Police will be referred through the campus judicial system and the behaviors addressed as appropriate to the student code of conduct. In addition to the arrested students, the University will work cooperatively with Albany City Police in the coming weeks to identify any other University students who are implicated."