Sajina Shrestha
Producer/ReporterSajina Shrestha is a WAMC producer and reporter. She graduated from the Newmark Graduate School in 2023 with a Masters in Audio and Data Journalism. In her free time, she likes to draw and embroider. She can be reached at sshrestha@wamc.org.
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The city of Albany hopes to establish an Open Data Policy in an effort to promote accountability around public records. -
Residents and supporters of the Hippie Hotel Tenant Union stood outside their management, Cole Group Realty's regional office, demanding a formal meeting. Although the group did not get a response, tenants addressed the tiny crowd, detailing their living conditions. -
A biannual report reviewing misconduct by the Albany Police Department has been revised after the department's Professional Board found a discrepancy in the number of complaints. -
WAMC analyzed data from the Deportation Data Project regarding detentions and deportations in New York State to better understand the expansion of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity across upstate New York. -
WAMC's Sajina Shrestha has been looking into the impact of federal policy on members of the New York trans community. And she recently sat down with divina cordeiro from The Shoestring news outlet in Western Massachusetts, who has been undertaking similar reporting. -
A large unmarked van sat outside the Albany County Health Department Monday. It was there for the rollout of a new behavioral health care program to serve the unhoused community. -
Nearly a year into panhandling signage being installed in the city of Troy, there's renewed conversation about their effectiveness. -
The move comes after the New York State Department of Transportation determined Tuesday that the sign was located in the department's "Right of Way." -
Twelve such signs encouraging drivers to say no to panhandlers were installed throughout the city last year as part of Republican Mayor Carmella Mantello's efforts to curb panhandling.
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New York State Sen. Pat Fahy has introduced legislation that would improve aquatic safety training in the wake of a 7-year-old nonverbal, autistic boy's drowning death in Menands.
