Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan delivered her annual State of the City address, sharing her vision for the year ahead and outlining plans for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars.
Mayor Sheehan shared her Albany for All Initiative, which will use ARPA dollars to help residents recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and address public disparities. The initiative will use $25 million to support public health, small businesses, education, workforce development, housing, transportation, community revitalization, tourism, and much more.
“Seeing the Rescue Plan signed into law by the President…resulted in direct aid to the city of Albany – unprecedented funding to allow us to replace our lost revenue, as well as to invest in our communities in ways that address the inequities that were really laid bare by the pandemic,” said Mayor Sheehan.
Watch Mayor Sheehan’s address here.
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