Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s note: Could the Automat be a model eatery for the pandemic?

With COVID-19 here to stay, there’s no better reason to bring back automated restaurants.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Q&A: Carting trash during the challenges of COVID-19

Dominic Monopoli, head of 110-year-old Filco Carting, discussed how being nimble helped his family business survive the pandemic.

Interviews & Profiles

Politics

Legislation provides incentives to address nursing shortage in NYS

The “Respect Nurses” Act offers loan forgiveness, among other benefits, to encourage New Yorkers to pursue nursing careers.

Personality

Personality

How to create a model for sustainable arts and nonprofit leadership

Former Brooklyn Academy of Music President Karen Brooks Hopkins discussed her new book about the institution and its legacy.

News & Politics

Politics

How the MTA meets its diverse contracting goals in the era of COVID-19

Michael Garner, the MTA’s chief diversity officer, discusses how the agency’s minority- and women-owned business program has met the challenges of the pandemic in an interview with City & State.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: New York’s homeless problem on the subways has yet to see ‘a new day’ as promised by Adams and Hochul

Despite more cops and social and medical services personnel working to address the problem, riders continue witnessing the homeless engaged in dangerous activities.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Where are the Latinas among Adams’ deputy mayors?

Observers and critics said the New York City mayor broke tradition by not including Hispanic women among his deputies.

Opinion

Opinion

Editor’s note: New owners of decommissioned Staten Island Ferry need to know what they’re getting into

SNL’s Pete Davidson and Colin Jost should look at how others succeeded – and failed – at repurposing ferries and other large boats.

Opinion

Opinion

Editor’s Note: Answering the call for help after deadly Bronx high-rise fire

New Yorkers donated food, clothing and money in the wake of the Jan. 9 blaze that claimed 17 lives, including eight kids, and the relief efforts continue.

Education

Politics

Pace University navigates COVID-19, clinches national contest and looks to future

Despite the challenges of the pandemic, the school across from City Hall in Lower Manhattan won the 18th annual national College Fed Challenge and enrolled its largest incoming class of first-year students.

Energy & Environment

Policy

Governors Island opens for winter and preps to lead NYC’s climate goals

Clare Newman, president and CEO of the Governors Island Trust, discusses the island’s new year-round schedule and how it plans to do climate-focused research and education in an interview with City & State.

Policy

Policy

What’s on the state Legislature’s 2022 gambling agenda?

In a Q&A, Assembly Member J. Gary Pretlow discusses mobile sports betting and new downstate casinos.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

MWBE developers aim sky high with Affirmation Tower

The creators discuss their plans for constructing the first African American-owned skyscraper in New York City.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

James Whelan wants to start converting commercial real estate into housing ASAP

The Real Estate Board of New York President discussed repurposing hotels and other properties left vacant by the pandemic.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s note: NYN Media kicks off reimagining with new advisory board

The go-to resource for non-profits in New York now has a panel of professionals to help guide its content amid other exciting changes.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: No MTA fare hike provides welcome relief to New Yorkers

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to not raise fares for six months is especially helpful during these difficult economic times.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Bill Chong on his legacy at the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development

The outgoing commissioner discussed the agency’s new app, its commitment to antiracism and supporting youth through the pandemic.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s note: De Blasio’s latest COVID-19 vaccine mandate draws legal threat, of course!

It’s no surprise NYPD union president Pat Lynch said he would take the city to court over the requirement that all municipal employees get vaccinated.

Editor's Note

Opinion

New MTA map goes back to the future

A New York City “subway diagram” on a trial run resembles the much-maligned Massimo Vignelli modernist design from the 1970s.