Policy

Policy

The City Council’s trying again to ban horse carriages

Animal welfare advocates rallied to support the latest legislation after over a decade of failed attempts to end the city’s horse-drawn carriage industry.

Read First

Policy

Talk of open primaries dominates first COGE hearing

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first Charter Revision Commission meeting was haunted by Eric Adams’ last commission

City & Sports

Opinion

Commentary: All New York politicians love the Liberty

With a progressive team in a progressive city, there’s no downside to sporting the seafoam green.

City & Sports

Politics

Yes, voters do care who really knows ball

Sports fandom can be a useful tool to New York politicians – if they know what they’re talking about.

City & Sports

Politics

Is Zohran Mamdani ready for the World Cup?

The international sporting event is yet another managerial test for the mayor.

Zohran Mamdani

Policy

What Mamdani got – and didn’t get – from Albany this year

Some of the New York City mayor’s biggest wins and losses after his first session lobbying for City Hall.

News & Politics

Politics

Council members want answers about last month’s courtroom birth

In a letter to the mayor and district attorneys, 29 council members called the incident “horrific and degrading” and demanded an investigation.

Budget

Policy

Menin wants to boost funding for food pantries – but quiet on city-owned grocery stores

The New York City Council speaker addressed City & State’s Food Access and Affordability Event, weeks before the city budget is due.

Zohran Mamdani

Politics

Nobody’s happy about Mamdani’s scaled down Puerto Rican event

Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez are doing their own event

New York City

Politics

Mamdani’s Charter Revision Commission schedules a flurry of meetings

With three back-to-back rendezvous, the Committee on Government Efficiency is committing to govern efficiently.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: New York City is drowning in packaging. A bill in Albany can help.

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act would reduce single-use packaging by 30% and make companies, not taxpayers, cover the cost of managing packaging.