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Created: June 22, 2021 05:31 PM ALBANY - Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan easily defeated challenger Valerie Faust Tuesday night in the Democratic primary for Albany mayor. Sheehan totaled 61.44% of the vote to Faust's 34.87%. In the last eight decades, Albany voters have elected only four mayors: Corning, Whalen, Jennings, and Sheehan. Now Kathy Sheehan becomes the overwhelming favorite to hold onto her job in November's general election. When first elected mayor in 2013, Sheehan became the first female mayor of the city preceded by 74 men. She is a lawyer and former city treasurer. The...

5:16 Three of the candidates for mayor of Albany discussed gun violence and other issues that are impacting the city in an online forum Tuesday. Second-term Mayor Kathy Sheehan, her Democratic primary challenger Valerie Faust, and Republican Alicia Purdy, who will face the June 22nd primary winner in November, participated in the two-hour forum. It touched on several significant issues, including the rash of gun violence that has plagued the city, and how to stop it.  Purdy says the gun problem evolved over time. “We can't just say that we care and then do nothing. And certainly you can't...

Candidates for mayor of Albany are discussing everal critical issues facing the city.

Sharf Addalim fled a war-torn Yemen for a safer life in the United States. Yet he never...

The Socialist Workers Party has entered two candidates for November's Albany city elections.