WHALEN SAYS ALBANY DESERVES A SHARE OF STATE'S LARGESS.(Local)

Byline: Richard Wexler Staff writer

When the state starts spending millions on public works, Mayor Thomas M. Whalen III says he wants to be sure Albany has "a piece of the action."

To which a spokesman for the state Department of Economic Development replied: "He does."

In a speech to the Albany Rotary Club at the Polish Community Center Thursday, Whalen said he was concerned that Albany seemed to be omitted from areas which would be aided under the "New, New York" public works program.

As Gov. Mario M. Cuomo discussed the program in his State of the State speech Wednesday, Whalen said he looked it up in the more detailed printed message …