Somos
Personality
Somos 2025: Putting work first at the Puerto Rico conference
An interview with Bronx Assembly Member Karines Reyes, chair of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, which runs the event.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
MTA capital projects forge ahead, fueled by congestion pricing
Jamie Torres-Springer discusses the agency’s investments under the new tolling program, and other priorities.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Chief Judge Rowan Wilson is never bored
The top jurist on the state Court of Appeals and head of the state’s judiciary branch is taking on the many challenges of the state’s vast court system.
Personality
Personality
Eli Northrup doesn’t feel like a political outsider anymore
An interview with the public defender who is once again running to represent District 69
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Celebrities act like waiters and call for raising minimum wage
An interview with model Chrissy Teigen and One Fair Wage President Saru Jayaraman
Personality
Personality
How Elle Bisgaard-Church became Zohran Mamdani’s most trusted adviser
The first-time campaign manager steered him to victory in June. Now she’s focused on the likely next administration.
2026 New York state elections
Personality
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli ‘not daunted’ by primary challengers
An interview with the incumbent state comptroller
Personality
Personality
The case for reforms to New York’s restrictions on short-term rentals
An interview with Michael Blaustein, chief of policy at Airbnb
Interviews & Profiles
Politics
Eric Adams: the flawed, unforgettable, one-term mayor
“There was something really compelling and inspiring about what he was trying to do,” one former Adams administration official said. “A lot of that was realized … and then a lot of it was squandered.”
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Raj Goyle isn’t in Kansas anymore
An interview with former Kansas lawmaker now running for comptroller
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Patrick Gaspard, informal but crucial Mamdani adviser, believes the ‘entire machinery’ of NYC politics was ‘exposed in this campaign’
The former aide to Barack Obama is always watching New York politics, and in Mamdani he sees unique potential.
Interviews & Profiles
Policy
Preparing New York for evolving cyber threats
An interview with New York State Deputy Chief Cyber Officer for Operations Michaela Lee
Politics
Politics
The cancellation of Jessica Ramos
She’s got a primary challenger, campaign debt and a whole lot of enemies. But she’s used to going it alone.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
In a high-stakes mayoral race, Curtis Sliwa’s philosophy: ‘I treat the public like a moshpit’
The Republican nominee and Guardian Angel’s founder discussed his determination to stay in the race and his “law and order” campaign in an interview with City & State.
Personality
Personality
Drew Warshaw wants to ‘cut out the Wall Street middlemen’ managing state pensions
An interview with the insurgent state comptroller candidate.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Jennifer Jones Austin on fighting poverty and its impact on communities of color
An interview with the CEO and executive director FPWA, formerly the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Dianne Morales has been named the new leader of El Puente
The former 2021 New York City mayoral candidate talks about that race, how it ended and her next chapter.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
After an era of restoration, the Central Park Conservancy considers how to protect the park
President and CEO Betsy Smith discusses her stewardship of the nation’s most-visited urban park and the nonprofit’s opposition to horse carriages.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Crusading for equitable, fair wages and retirement, for all New Yorkers
An interview with state Sen. Robert Jackson, chair of the Civil Service and Pensions and Committee.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality