Labor

Policy

Why Charter just agreed to a $174.2 million settlement

What you need to know about the payouts and other promises Charter made in the settlement.

Bill de Blasio

Policy

Lawmakers scramble to keep up with the cutting edge

As New York charges forward on tech, a wave of legislation rises in its wake.

New York City

Policy

Albany’s education to-do list

Charter schools may be neglected, but teacher evaluations and mayoral control are back on the agenda.

New York City

Policy

A decade ago, schools were promised more aid. Next year, it could arrive.

Why newly empowered Democrats will fight to increase school funding in the upcoming budget.

New York State

Personality

Tim Wu: It’s time to smash the monopolies

The coiner of “net neutrality” says Big Tech took us back to the Gilded Age.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

The “millionaire’s tax” may become permanent. Here’s what that means

A tax surcharge for high earners is set to expire by 2020, but a new state Senate may extend it permanently.

New York City

Politics

Gale Brewer: The matriarch of Manhattan

Brewer has mentored thousands of aspiring politicos. Here are a few that went on to bigger things.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

How opponents of the Amazon deal could stop it

State and city lawmakers who want to thwart the governor’s and mayor’s plans have a few weapons in their arsenal.

New York State

Policy

Chuck Schumer’s tech-friendly ties

The New York senior senator’s relationship to Facebook is scrutinized by The New York Times.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

Does the program New York is using to lure Amazon actually work?

New York is offering Amazon up to $1.2 billion in Excelsior tax credits – here’s what that means.

New York State

Personality

A timeline of Schneiderman's public feminism, private allegations

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman led on women’s issues while his ex-girlfriends say he was beating them.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

The mystery tax breaks bringing Amazon to LIC

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has an incentives package for Amazon, but taxpayers may never know what’s in it.

New York City

Politics

Why Michael Bloomberg keeps helping Republicans

Bloomberg is a Democrat again, but he’s still supporting GOP lawmakers in vulnerable districts.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Updated: A guide to Cuomo’s 2018 challengers

Gov. Andrew Cuomo still faces a handful of opponents in his 2018 reelection bid.

New York State

Politics

A blue “wavelet” in New York’s state Senate?

New forecast shows Democrats only slightly more likely to take state Senate.

New York City

Personality

Jumaane Williams is ready to be public advocate, assuming there’s a vacancy

Defeated in his bid for lieutenant governor, Jumaane Williams has set his sights on the office of public advocate.