Mayor Kathy Sheehan

The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are WAMC's Alan Chartock, UAlbany Adjunct and investigative journalist Rosemary Armao, Tetherless World Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences at RPI and Director of the RPI-IBM Artificial Intelligence research collaboration Jim Hendler, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, and former Associate Editor of The Times Union, Mike Spain.

Continuing a yearly tradition, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and mayors from other cities including New York City's Eric Adams testified before state lawmakers Wednesday as they seek state funding to plug budget holes.

Today's Panel presents a conversaton about immigration.Immigration has been a touchstone of the U.S. political debate for decades, as policymakers weigh…

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan marked her first year in office with her State of the City address Wednesday night. The speech mixed a review of 2014’s…

Police in one Upstate New York city want to be able to access live red light cameras 24/7.The city wants capability to remotely monitor the cameras' live…

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and Albany Medical Center President and CEO James Barba have announced a new development project in the city.New plans for the…

Four state lawmakers are proposing that all police cars in New York be retrofitted with bulletproof glass after two New York City officers were gunned…

The mayors of the tri-cities are on board of an initiative to try to keep the Half Moon replica ship docked locally on the Hudson River.Built in 1989 by…

A Group lobbying to 'Rebuild NY Now' with state windfall funds brought its campaign to Albany Monday. Rebuild NY Now is a coalition with a mission: to…

On deadline day, the Albany Common Council passed Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s 2015 budget last night. The proposed $176 million budget was approved by an 11-4…