New York City
Politics
Can you stop fare evasion without criminalizing poverty?
Experts and politicians say there are alternatives to more policing of subway fare beating.
New York State
Policy
Clearing the way for MWBEs
Lawmakers made it easier to give contracts to businesses owned by women and minorities. Will it work?
New York City
Policy
L train testing ultrawideband signal technology
On Friday the MTA will begin testing out the new signal equipment.
New York State
Personality
Is offshore wind the future of New York energy?
How emerging technology could help New York meet its climate goals.
New York State
Policy
Cuomo kicks off Workforce Development Initiative with SUNY investment
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the state would invest $3 million in SUNY's Apprenticeship Program.
New York State
Policy
Want to fix the traffic problem? Tear down a freeway.
New York’s highways have decimated whole cities.
New York State
Politics
De Blasio drops out and flavored e-cigarettes banned
Rounding up the week’s political news.
MTA
Politics
The pros and cons of the MTA’s capital plan
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority released the broad strokes of its next five year Capital Program this week. At $51.5 billion, the 2020-2024 plan is the MTA’s most expensive to date, and about $20 billion more expensive than the previous one. In this week’s “Ask the Experts” feature, we looked at the initial proposal and what it means for New York’s beleaguered transit systems.
New York State
Politics
It’s been a long, bumpy road between the Seneca Nation and New York
The fight over fixing I-90 is just the latest pothole.
New York State
Personality
The junior/senior tag teams of New York politics
It helps if voters already know your name.
New York State
Policy
What Cuomo’s executive order on vaping will and won’t do
It doesn’t ban menthols or regulate the black market.
New York City
Politics
New York’s efforts to snuff out smoking
Cuomo’s flavored e-cigarette ban is the latest in the war on lighting up.
Technology
Policy
Cuomo announces ban of flavored e-cigarettes
The new rules could go into effect as early as next month.
Andrew Cuomo
Personality
Son of a preacher man
Ruben Diaz Jr. has chipped away at some of the Bronx’s nagging stereotypes, and is hoping to replicate these successes citywide as he runs for mayor. And you can bet he’ll use his greatest asset: a natural, affable charm. Early on, he is lagging on fundraising and name recognition – but perhaps his biggest challenge is the behavior of his father, the Rev. Rubén Díaz Sr.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
9/11 remembered, fusion voting debated, vaping scrutinized
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Technology
Policy
Will New York follow California on gig worker protections?
California is poised to turn its gig workers into full employees, and New York may soon follow.
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