Mayor walks back comparison of BLM protest with insurrection, as activists demand change FacebookTwitterEmail Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan speaks Friday at a news conference at police headquarters in Albany to address Wednesday's altercation between police and protesters at the city's South Station following what began Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan speaks Friday at a news conference at police headquarters in Albany to address Wednesday's altercation between police and protesters at the city's South Station following what began as a peaceful protest against a police killing in Minnesota. Sheehan and police Chief Eric Hawkins supported the officers' actions and condemned the attack on a city police station.