Personality

New York City

Mamdani names Lisa Scott-McKenzie aging commissioner

A four-decade employee of New York City Health + Hospitals will lead DFTA.

Personality

A desire to secede may be the one thing most New York regions have in common

Rep. Nick LaLota has revived a push for Long Island to break away from the rest of the state.

Interviews & Profiles

Respectfully, Antonio Reynoso is from Brooklyn

Running for Congress against DSA, you can tell it’s really hard for him to not use the word “transplant.”

Personality

‘People are counting on us’: A Q&A with state Sen. Erik Bottcher

The West Side’s newest state senator wants to push back on Trump and focus on mental health and gun safety measures.

Personality

3 NY nurse lawmakers have joined the picket line as strike approaches one month

Assembly Members Phara Souffrant Forrest and Karines Reyes and City Council Member Mercedes Narcisse are current or former nurses. Reyes is on strike herself.

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Interviews & Profiles

Lucy Lang on protecting ‘the fabric of democracy’ as state inspector general

New Yorkers may not have heard of her office, but as it marks 40 years, she says they can feel the impact.

DSA

Bernie Sanders spawned unnumbered socialists. NYC-DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo was one of them.

A class on “radical Latin American cinema,” climate change concerns and a populist presidential campaign were the recipe that formed the influential New York City leftist.