News & Politics
Politics
Lee Zeldin sees warning signs for women’s sports in ERA
At the state Capitol, conservatives gathered to focus on a culture war talking point that’s not included in the proposed constitutional amendment.
Transportation
Opinion
Opinion: Serial speeders are killing New Yorkers. It’s time to slow them down.
A proposed bill would require “speed limiter” devices to be installed on serial speeders’ vehicles, stopping them from going more than 5 mph over the speed limit.
Budget
Policy
Homeless and social services funding cuts reexamined by City Council
Amid a period of heightened tension between the mayor and the council, the final stretch of the budget process begins with a theatrical introduction.
Albany Agenda
Personality
SUNY chancellor John King talks budget wins and campus protests
The head of the state’s public university system discussed the police response to pro-Palestinian protest encampments and the fate of SUNY Downstate.
Interviews & Profiles
Politics
Asian American voting power is breaking through in southern Brooklyn
The area is represented by Asian Americans in both chambers of the state Legislature and in the City Council. That doesn’t mean they agree on anything.
News & Politics
Opinion
Opinion: Clearing the air on Randy Mastro
Here’s why one the city’s most experienced litigators should be its next corporation counsel
Book Excerpt
Personality
Book excerpt: Luis Miranda looks back on a lifetime of advocating for Latino political power in “Relentless”
City & State publishes a chapter from the veteran political consultant’s upcoming memoir.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: How I became my father on Israel
Suddenly, I put my hand up to touch my face. It was deep red. I had become my father.
Courts
Opinion
Opinion: New York’s complex court bureaucracy shields judges from accountability
Judges are less accountable to the public than to court administrators who arbitrarily shuffle them around to different courts and issue secret memos to guide their interpretation of the law.
Protests
Policy
More than two-thirds of protesters arrested at Columbia and City College released with summonses
The majority of protesters have been released with summonses, but Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is charging 46 Columbia protesters with trespassing and 22 City College protesters with burglary.
Policy
Policy
Staten Island secession? A new IBO report studies the age-old question
“Any serious study of how secession would play out proves that citizens of an independent Staten Island would end up paying more for less,” said Council Member Justin Brannan, who requested the study.
Nonprofits
Power Lists
First pet-friendly shelter for unhoused families opens in the Bronx
The Urban Resource Institute and New York City Department of Homeless Services unveiled the facility to provide temporary housing that also allows for animals.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Common sense never goes out of style
Political trends come and go, but pragmatic, results-oriented governing remains key.
Albany Agenda
Politics
Zinerman says DSA-backed challenger lives outside district
Assembly Member Stefani Zinerman’s allies have sought to portray DSA-endorsed challenger Eon Huntley as an outsider and recently hosted an anti-DSA town hall.
Albany Agenda
Politics
Here’s where the Leave It Blank campaign did best in New York City
In some Assembly districts in Brooklyn and Queens, a third of voters cast blank ballots in the Democratic presidential primary.
News & Politics
Politics
Hochul promises in-person college graduation ceremonies as Columbia protests escalate
The governor said she does not want universities to cancel their in-person commencement ceremonies due to security concerns.
Albany Agenda
Politics
New York state Legislature 2024 races to watch
Here are some of the challenges, swing districts and open seats to keep an eye on.
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