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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 an...

Attorneys: Probe should examine handling of harassment complaint by Cuomo's staff Attorney general appoints two attorneys to investigate harassment allegations against governor FacebookTwitterEmail Former Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim will be one of two attorneys who will investigate allegations of sexual harassment made against Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ORG XMIT: NYSW112Seth Wenig ALBANY — Attorneys for one of the women who have accused Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of sexual harassment said the investigation that will be handled by two pri...

Our democracy is in great danger from the strong partisanship that exists today.

The politicians breaking ranks with Cuomo and asking him to resign include a batch of progressive Democrats in the Legislature — as well as Kathleen Rice, a Democratic member of Congress from Long Island. Many Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt, have called for Cuomo's resignation. But McLaughlin has faced high-profile complaints of his own. In September 2017, amid McLaughlin's initial run for county executive, the Times Union published audio of a female legislative aide on the phone with McLaughlin accusing him of roughing her up — a claim McLaughlin denied and th...

Mechanicville police reform measures include civilian review FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 A Mechanicville police officer keeps watch outside a home on Grove Street, right, where police were investigating the fatal shooting on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Mechanicville, N.Y. In 2021, Mechanicville police are readying its answer to police reforms. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of3 Mechanicville police were investigating the death of a man who was found in the driveway of a home on Grove Street on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017.Wendy Liberatore / Times UnionShow M...