News & Politics

Politics

Curious who will be governing New York in 5 years? Take a look at the staffers.

Across New York City and state legislative branches, intra-office succession planning is alive and well.

Heard Around Town

Policy

Adams: ‘We have to push back on sci-fi aspect of drones’

Despite privacy and civil rights concerns, the mayor and city safety officials doubled down on use of the surveillance tech ahead of the West Indian Day parade.

Kathy Hochul

Personality

Hochul gets the last laugh in press show rebuttal: ‘Is that guy from Colorado still telling me what to say?’

The governor got some good-natured ribbing for her multiple trials and tribulations over the past legislative session.

Heard Around Town

Politics

Pro-LaSalle ads tied to Tusk Strategies and … Delaware?

Citizens for Judicial Fairness, a group founded by employees of a Delaware-based translation company, is lending its website to “NY donors who want to see LaSalle given a fair hearing.”

New York City

Policy

Bronx officials left flummoxed by Orchard Beach debacle

Elected reps from the borough that’s home to the original parking lot site for an asylum-seeker tent shelter expressed confusion and relief.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn is on a mission to make it safer to be pregnant in New York

In her latest maternal health bill, the Brooklyn Assembly member wants to ensure women are able to have a fetus removed from their body after a miscarriage.

Editor's Note

Personality

Editor’s note: Could mask-only subway cars make everyone happy?

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to repeal New York’s public transit mask mandate left some vulnerable people stressed about COVID-19 risks. What if they had a special spot on the train?

Campaigns & Elections

Updated Politics

The endorsements for New York’s 10th Congressional District

Who’s backing who in the competitive open seat race to represent parts of lower Manhattan and Brooklyn in the House of Representatives.

New York State

Updated Politics

2022 primaries: Who’s running for Congress in New York

Looking at every House race across the Empire State – which could be key to which party controls Congress.

New York City

Politics

In the city’s hottest primaries, candidates hold their breath for an endorsement from The New York Times

Candidates in the races for (at least) the 10th, 12th and 17th Congressional Districts are being formally interviewed – and lobbying hard behind the scenes – for the coveted, possibly decisive nod from the Gray Lady.