Personality
Interviews & Profiles
Robert Tucker clocks in one year as FDNY’s ‘CEO’
An interview with the department’s 35th commissioner, who says “the future of FDNY is EMS.”
Interviews & Profiles
Melissa Aviles-Ramos to deliver keynote at City & State’s Education in NY event
An interview with the New York City Public Schools chancellor
Winners & Losers
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Who’s up and who’s down this week?
Upstate
Exit interview: Billy Jones reflects on political polarization
“It's not the same political environment that I started out with,” the North Country Democrat said.
Events
Social service champions honored
City & State celebrated its latest Above & Beyond list makers at a midtown venue with remarks from New York State Office of Children & Family Services Commissioner DaMia Harris-Madden.
Personality
Sharon Owens says the Syracuse Democratic Party is facing a reckoning
An interview with the Syracuse Democratic mayoral nominee
Personality
Best bill acronyms II, from MAMDANI and SANTOS to DOGE and FLACO
Lawmakers use acronyms to make their bills memorable.
New York State
Political pups
And the dog parents who run New York.
Winners & Losers
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Who’s up and who’s down this week?
Personality
The NYPD officers who support Zohran Mamdani for mayor
An interview with retired NYPD Lieutenant Commander Shamsul Haque, co-founder of the Bangladeshi American Police Association.
Personality
Bruce Blakeman, once a rising star, has been reborn in the MAGA mold
He spent over a decade in the political wilderness until his shrewd embrace of Donald Trump led to a second act on the national stage.
Winners & Losers
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Who’s up and who’s down this week?
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Interviews & Profiles
At City Hall, Randy Mastro is in charge
Roughly 100 days in, the first deputy mayor has torpedoed projects, tried to put ICE back on Rikers Island and strong-armed City Council members into an actually somewhat functional relationship.
Personality
The many times Mike Lawler talked about being governor
Lawler stoked the rumor mill for over a year but ultimately decided not to run for governor.
Interviews & Profiles
Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez on where she gets her ‘juice’ supporting older New Yorkers
An interview with the Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Aging ahead of City & State’s New York Aging Summit
Personality
A field guide to socialist elected officials
Learn the differences between Socialists in Office, DSA members and allies.
Interviews & Profiles
Sarahana Shrestha is building a progressive movement in the Hudson Valley
The growth of left-wing politics isn’t limited to New York City.
Interviews & Profiles
Andy Byford on Penn Station’s ‘transformation’
The first interview with New York City’s “Train Daddy” since he took on the job of redeveloping the much-maligned transit hub.
Winners & Losers
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Who’s up and who’s down this week?
Interviews & Profiles
After a major win, Albany Forward looks to the future
An interview with Evan Rantzaklis, a senior advisor at Brown & Weinraub who led an independent expenditure that helped Dorcey Applyrs win the Democratic mayoral primary in Albany.
