A rent freeze is officially on the table
A rent freeze is officially on the table
PoliticsShow All
Albany Agenda
Budget deal or no budget deal? Depends who you ask.
Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a “general agreement” with lawmakers on the state budget – but Assembly Carl Heastie said that was “premature.”
Heard Around Town
RGB member’s broken campaign promise
Mamdani ally Brandon Mancilla said union leaders should get a pay cut. Instead he got a raise.
New York State
New York Working Families Party declines to endorse for state comptroller
The decision was a blow to Tom DiNapoli’s challengers, Drew Warshaw and Raj Goyle.
Updated
Zohran Mamdani
Who’s who in Zohran Mamdani’s administration?
Meet the folks who are running New York City.
PolicyShow All
Transportation
No, WE want free buses
The City Council is pushing to expand the Fair Fares program for low-income New Yorkers through automatic access and by covering all transit costs. The Mamdani administration is not enthused.
Policy
Lawmakers, local electeds make final budget plea for more housing vouchers
Municipalities and local governments say more is needed to combat increased homelessness, but housing has not been a main focus of this year’s budget negotiations.
Housing
Seeking SEQR, with Mamdani’s housing commissioner
A Q&A with HPD boss Dina Levy, who visited Albany while the budget’s being negotiated.
Campaigns & Elections
Claire Valdez calls for a rent freeze – and universal rent control
The DSA-backed congressional candidate is going a step further than Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
PersonalityShow All
Heard Around Town
Here’s what was said about Mamdani at the Met Gala
And a rundown of all the New York politicos who went and what they wore.
Personality
Book excerpt: Igniting a revolution in New York
How the Empire State received word of the Declaration of Independence.
Interviews & Profiles
Zohran Mamdani: Muslim, Hindu, African, South Asian, New Yorker
How the mayor is navigating his identity - and how fellow desi New Yorkers feel about it.
Interviews & Profiles
City’s first ‘close Rikers czar’ starts this month
Dana Kaplan will work to get the complex replaced with four borough-based jails.
Events CalendarShow All
Power ListsShow All
Trailblazers
The 2026 Asian Trailblazers
Leaders of New York’s Asian American communities.
New York City
The 2026 New York City Power 100
The city’s movers and shakers in the new Mamdani era.
Who's Who
The 2026 Who’s Who in Energy
The executives, advocates and environmentalists shaping New York’s energy future.
Who's Who
The 2026 Who’s Who in Government Relations
Notable figures influencing policy and spending in New York.
OpinionShow All
Opinion
Opinion: New York pension dollars shouldn’t be financing war abroad
Your retirement savings are funding a government that’s committing genocide.
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: How a heatwave brought me to the mosque
And led to a great story, much like this week’s cover story.
Opinion
Opinion: Economic development + economic justice = economic diversity
Increasing economic diversity is a strategy for both growth and justice.
Opinion
Opinion: All media needs help
New York state’s local journalism sustainability program should include nonprofit newsrooms, too.
MagazineShow All
NYN MediaShow All
NYN Media
Opinion: Stop treating aging New Yorkers like an afterthought
Millions of New Yorkers rely on family caregivers, and they deserve more than a delayed budget.
Nonprofits
NYC public school grads have raised $1 million for their fellow alumni to attend college
With its funding model being replicated by the Trump administration, NYC Kids Rise Scholarship accounts continue to build safety nets for public school kids.
NYN Media
Report: New York fails to meet federal outcomes for child protective services
From delays in permanency hearings to weaknesses in staff and provider training, The New York State Citizen Review Panel underlines the bleak state of foster care.
NYN Media
Opinion: Permanent supportive housing works. Let’s not undo it.
New York must protect and promote the best evidence-based solution to homelessness despite federal threats.
