Author Archive
A. G. Sims
is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn.
New York State
Politics
Gillibrand’s tight spot on Cuomo
The New Yorker who pushed Al Franken out of the Senate has no easy options now that her home state governor faces similar allegations.
- By A. G. Sims
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Is Jackie Gordon the new Long Island?
The congressional candidate is an immigrant and a military veteran. Can she make history in the home of Trump boat parades?
- By A. G. Sims
New York City
Personality
Ritchie Torres won’t follow your script
How a young, gay, Afro-Latino man made his own way from NYCHA to Capitol Hill.
- By A. G. Sims
New York City
Personality
In Queens DA contest, Tiffany Cabán is the leftest of them all
Among the seven Queens District Attorney candidates, Tiffany Cabán's platform would take the office the furthest to the left.
- By A. G. Sims
New York State
Personality
Reconciling environmental protection with economic growth
City & State spoke with Region 2 administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, Peter Lopez, to talk about the ways the EPA is investing in the creation of new and cleaner energy sources regionally and his personal philosophy on caring for the environment and the people who inhabit it.
- By A. G. Sims
New York State
Politics
President Trump’s controversial New York properties
President Donald Trump’s business interests have caused numerous scandals in his presidency and many of them start in New York. Here’s a full rundown of the recent and current controversies around Trump’s properties in New York.
- By A. G. Sims
New York State
Politics
Republicans target four New York Democrats in 2020
The National Republican Congressional Committee is looking to oust three freshman Democrats from New York – Reps. Max Rose, Antonio Delgado and Anthony Brindisi – and Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney.
- By A. G. Sims
New York State
Personality
Kathryn Wylde on how best to raise revenue in New York
Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, spoke to City & State about a potential pied-à-terre tax, how to fund improvements to the subway system, and how she feels about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget.
- By A. G. Sims
New York State
Politics
Democrats go on offense against four New York congressional Republicans
New York’s GOP is increasingly being forced to choose between their increasingly right-wing party and their relatively moderate districts thanks to the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.
- By A. G. Sims
New York City
Politics
St. Patrick’s Day parade controversy continues on Staten Island
Issues persist when it comes to St. Patrick’s Day parades around the city including gay, lesbian and transgender New Yorkers to walk in parades under their own banner.
- By A. G. Sims
New York State
Personality
Yuh-Line Niou puts policy over politics
Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou discusses the Child Victims Act vote, her economic justice platform, abolishing ICE and the changing politics of the state Legislature.
- By A. G. Sims
MagazineShow All
New York State
Politics
The factions, fringes and future of New York’s U.S. House Republicans
The GOP New York House delegation is trying to deal with their dwindling population both in New York and in Washington.
- By A. G. Sims
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Cuomo promised ‘free tuition.’ Has New York delivered?
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Excelsior Scholarship, the state’s ambitious financial aid program for low- and middle-income SUNY and CUNY students, in January 2017. But has the state delivered on its promise?
- By A. G. Sims
New York City
Politics
Jumaane Williams wins public advocate race, Eric Ulrich finishes second
Tracking the outcome of New York City's Feb. 26 public advocate special election to replace Letitia James.
- By Jeff Coltin and A. G. Sims
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
The next public advocate race has already begun
New Yorkers may vote for public advocate four times in 2019.
- By A. G. Sims
New York City
Politics
Fact-checking the NYC public advocate debate
Fact-checking the NYC public advocate debate, including assertions by Jumaane Williams, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Nomiki Konst and others.
- By Jeff Coltin, Jonathan Lentz, Erica Scalise and A. G. Sims
New York City
Politics
What to watch for in the public advocate debate
The New York City public advocate special election race has narrowed as candidates try to separate themselves in the first debate.
- By A. G. Sims
New York State
Politics
New York state Legislature’s top outside earners
The New York state senators and Assembly members who stand to lose the most under the outside income cap.
- By Rebecca C. Lewis, A. G. Sims and Christina Saint Louis
New York State
Politics
New York delegation lands prime House committee assignments
Most New York members of Congress will serve on House committees corresponding to their districts and interests. Pelosi detractors will not.
- By A. G. Sims
New York City
Politics
Committee assignment gives Ocasio-Cortez a platform for her agenda
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s seat on the House Financial Services Committee is a perch from which to fight Wall Street.
- By A. G. Sims