Policy
Artificial Intelligence
Mamdani’s government has started to embrace AI. Will he?
The personally AI-avoidant mayor faces calls to both expand use of cutting-edge technologies and put in guardrails to curb their usage.
New York City Council
The NYC Council passed a $10k bonus for paraprofessionals. Will the mayor sign it?
Even if he doesn’t, the council has the votes needed to override the mayor’s veto.
New York City Council
New York City Council votes to give themselves and other electeds an 18% raise
The City Council, citywide officials and borough presidents will receive their first pay increase since 2016.
Policy
A brief history of New York City’s neverending horse carriage controversy
Since Central Park first opened, no one has been able to agree whether horse-drawn carriages should be allowed to transport tourists around the city.
New York City
Legislation to ban horse carriages nears majority support
Hold your horses: Council Members Oswald Feliz, Lynn Schulman and Kamillah Hanks have signed on as co-sponsors and Rita Joseph is poised to follow.
Zohran Mamdani
What’s NOT in the New York City budget?
From extra cops to 1% for parks, $126 billion and still not everything gets funded.
Budget
Opinion: Why I voted no on the $126 billion budget
New York City Council Member Althea Stevens was the only Democrat to vote against the budget Tuesday.
Policy
Harlem public defenders threaten strike
The union’s contract with Neighborhood Defender Service – Darializa Avila Chevalier’s unit – expires on Wednesday.
Events
The World Cup is in New Jersey, so the city fixed the Brooklyn Bridge bike lane
But DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said it’s all to make New York better even after the tourists leave.
New York City Council
Here’s what the City Council is pushing for in the NYC budget
Mamdani finds himself on the receiving end of lawmaker demands to expand spending on parks, consumer protection, rental vouchers and more.
Albany Agenda
It was a pretty good year for regulating AI in New York
State lawmakers passed a variety of artificial intelligence guidelines before the end of the legislative session.
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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
Talk of open primaries dominates first COGE hearing
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first Charter Revision Commission meeting was haunted by Eric Adams’ last commission
Healthcare
Trans New Yorkers largely left wanting after the state budget
The spending plan didn’t include any new funding for gender-affirming care access, and a recent announcement from the governor has only left advocates more confused.
Albany Agenda
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What did and didn't get done in Albany’s last week of session
A very late spending plan meant lawmakers’ post-budget work all needed to happen in the final week of the legislative year.
Zohran Mamdani
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.
Budget
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.
Opinion
Opinion: Require all New York employers to offer paid family leave
New York lawmakers can end the carveout that excludes teaching professionals at non-profits from paid family leave, and they must act now.
Policy
State leaders stand ready for a redistricting rumble
State Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris said lawmakers could vote on the amendment as soon as Wednesday.
