COHOES — Troy's invasion of neighboring Cohoes didn't come as a giant wooden horse. It was an onslaught in the form of swimmers cooling off in the Spindle City's public swimming pool.

Troy's municipal pools are closed for 2018 because of budget cuts for the second year in a row. Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse said his city's pool has been at maximum capacity of 320 since summer started.

"Cohoes residents waiting in the hot sun see nonresidents in their pool and wonder, Well, what are my taxes paying for?" Morse explained

On Tuesday - day 4 of a sweltering heat wave - Cohoes announced, effective immediately, it would limit the number of nonresidents in its public pool to 70 daily. The mayor's s press release said, "Our commitment to be a good neighbor to surrounding communities is still important," but the "vast majority" of pool users were nonresidents.

A swimming pool anywhere will look like a sweet escape as the heat wave blasts the Capital Region for two more days. Temperatures are forecast to hit 93 on July 4th (a possible thunderstorm won't offer much relief Wednesday). Thursday, the heat wave's final day, is also expected to rise to 93.

National Weather Service meteorologist Steve DiRienzo said with the humidity, "both days will feel like the upper 90's," and, cold comfort, "We won't hit 100."

The outlook for Friday has the temperature dipping to 82 degrees, and then Saturday a blissful 80.

Despite Cohoes' new residency requirement, a crowd waited more than an hour for the Lansing Park pool to open. The delay occurred because a lifeguard allergic to bees was stung a few minutes before the noon opening time and she required first aid from the other lifeguards, the mayor said. Part of the pool remained closed so the lifeguard/swimmer ratio would be safe.

In Albany, social media flamed with tales of a long line waiting to get into the beautiful, historic city pool at Lincoln Park.

A posting on Albany NY Neighborhood Association's Facebook page heaped ridicule on the city: "50 minutes after family swim opened in Lincoln Park, still a long line (and) 95 degrees. Letting people in like it was Studio 54. Ridiculous."

Those comments nettled Sheehan's chief of staff, Brian Shea. He said city recreation Commissioner Jonathan Jones went to the pool Monday several times to make sure all was going smoothly and never saw a waiting line.

"Supervisors did not turn people away," Shea said.

There is a nearby splash pad where people can wait if the pool is at capacity. There are no plans to limit the number of non-Albany residents who can use the pool.

"Albany will not be checking ID," Shea said. "This type of policy would be a regressive to the people we serve. It is first come, first served."

Troy retiree Ellie O'Reilly said she will fight to reopen her city's pools. "Mothers in our poorer neighborhoods put toddlers in a basin of water or, if they can afford it, an inflatable kiddie pool. Closing pools again this summer is unacceptable for our children."