ALBANY — The state will begin ambitious plans for a $306 billion investment in public infrastructure, transportation and education projects to jump start New York’s economy in the wake of
Cuomo outlines 150-acre mass transit project in New York City
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Posted Jan 15, 2021
Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State address virtually from The War Room at the state Capitol in Albany on Monday.Hans Pennink | AP Photo
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By Edward McKinley | Times Union, Albany
Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo finished off his four-part State of the State Thursday with an address focusing on construction projects around the state, but particularly transportation development in New York City.
The governor attempted throughout the speech to draw a line from himself to former New York governor and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Cuomo quoted from Roosevelt’s speeches, pointed out that he lives and works where Roosevelt used to reside and said his own infrastructure policies were inspired by Roosevelt’s New Deal and his investment in public works during the Great Depression.
Albany Mayor Sheehan Will Run for a Third Term By Susan Arbetter City of Albany PUBLISHED 7:00 PM ET Dec. 21, 2020 PUBLISHED 7:00 PM EST Dec. 21, 2020
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In an exclusive interview with
Capital Tonight, Kathy Sheehan, the mayor of the city of Albany, announced she will be running for a third term.
“Well Susan, I have decided that I am going to run for reelection. I really had planned to only serve two terms, and then 2020 happened, and I realized that the experience, the relationships that I have been able to build at the county level, at the state level, are really important right now as we move through this pandemic and try to rebuild our economy in the city of Albany,” Sheehan explained.