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Campaigns & Elections

This crisis PR flack reps Harvey Weinstein. Now his firm is helping Bruce Blakeman run for governor.

The Republican nominee’s campaign denies having hired Juda Engelmayer’s HeraldPR, but the firm is pitching reporters anyway.

Budget

Mamdani’s counting on pension restructuring to balance the budget. Will the unions let that happen?

The city’s five municipal pension funds are partly controlled by union representatives who aren’t jumping for joy at the idea of delaying payments.

Heard Around Town

Meng challenger Chuck Park four months late on financial disclosure

The former council staffer is making a rare challenge to the Queens Democrat.

Read First

DSA Assembly candidate changes his defense of Bondi internship

Defending against a super PAC attack, Conrad Blackburn tried to spin the work he was doing for the ex-Trump AG.

PolicyShow All

Budget

Can the state keep 450K Essential Plan enrollees insured after July? It’s not looking great.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the situation is “heartbreaking,” but expressed doubt about whether the state has the money right now.

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New York City Council

Unions urge City Council not to override Mamdani’s ‘buffer zone’ veto

UAW, 1199SEIU and NYSNA are among the signees to a letter reiterating their opposition to the vetoed bill establishing “security perimeters” outside educational facilities.

Energy & Environment

With CLCPA rollbacks imminent, lawmakers continue push for packaging bill

Sponsors recently introduced new concessions to the legislation, but opponents still aren’t on board.

Events

Hochul’s housing commissioner touts environmental review reforms at affordable housing event

The governor announced a preliminary budget deal at the same time City & State brought together stakeholders to discuss affordable housing policy.

PersonalityShow All

Interviews & Profiles

The council’s newest member Carl Wilson says it’s all ‘a little surreal’

The staffer-to-principal pipeline lives on as Erik Bottcher’s former chief of staff succeeds him in the council.

Personality

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

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.

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.

OpinionShow All

Opinion

Opinion: Council progressives call for rentals within reach

If fully funded with $248 million, Rentals within Reach would help ensure NYCHA and supportive housing are key pillars of our city’s safety net.

Opinion

Opinion: Can Mamdani confront the NYPD’s ‘Blue Power’?

Since the 1960s, the police department and police unions have constituted a powerful, at times implacable, force in city and state politics.

Opinion

Opinion: Big Pharma is lying about 340B, and New Yorkers are the ones who will pay

The 340B Prescription Drug Anti-Discrimination Act protects one of the few tools we have that helps keep healthcare accessible and affordable in New York, at no cost to taxpayers.

Opinion

Opinion: A well-intentioned bill could collapse NYC’s home care system

Intro. 303 does not solve the inequities in home care; it destabilizes the entire system and puts both workers and the New Yorkers who rely on them at risk

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NYN Media

Study: Universal pre-K may reduce child neglect

The introduction of free preschool in New York City overlapped with reduced child maltreatment investigation rates

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.