A Christian blogger and social media personality has entered the race for Albany mayor.
With the Empire State Plaza as backdrop, Alicia Purdy said she’ll seek the Republican nod in a bid to challenge second-term Democratic Mayor Kathy Sheehan. I will not be the queen of Albany, she said. I m the team captain of Albany. There s a big difference. What a mayor is here to do is empower the people, because we re only as strong as our weakest team member. And that s where we re gonna begin.
Purdy says she was moved to run by poverty, racism, high taxes and shootings plaguing the city.