Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Q&A: The Black Car Fund’s push to secure benefits for drivers

The nonprofit wants legislation renewed that added dental exams, cleanings and vision coverage for its members.

Nonprofits

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How the Black Car Fund survived COVID-19 and is expanding benefits for drivers

The nonprofit organization wants legislation that added dental exams, cleanings and vision coverage renewed after it expires at the end of 2022.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: Delivering on cryptocurrency’s supposed social good

Elected officials need more education about bitcoin before promoting it as a way of benefiting New Yorkers.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Fighting for the wage protections of NY’s construction workers

City & State caught up with Kevin Elkins, political action director at the New York City District Council of Carpenters, about the union’s successful resistance to a tax incentive for real estate developers.

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Personality

Making a case for how New York can reach its climate goals

As state Climate Action Council hearings solicit public input statewide, National Grid New York President Rudy Wynter discusses a new report where the company details ways the state can reach its ambitious climate goals.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: NYC heroes who ended day of nightmare deserve thanks

From the straphangers that helped one another to the security camera technician who said he identified the gunman, New Yorkers came together to protect their own.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: Vacant NYC stores need tenants who want to be there

The expectation that some businesses will return to the brick-and-mortar locations they vacated during the pandemic is not realistic.

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NYN Media

Celebrating the 2022 Nonprofit 40 Under 40

New York Nonprofit Media joined with nonprofit leaders and staff to honor this year’s rising stars.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: New York Nonprofit Media returns with in-person events

BoardCon attendees were excited to collaborate again after two years away due to the pandemic.

Personality

Personality

The New York political ‘Star Trek’ cameos we want to see

There’s no reason Stacey Abrams has to be the only political figure in the spotlight.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Nonprofit BoardCon returns in person

Two hundred nonprofit executives and board members joined together for the New York Nonprofit Media hosted event to discuss leadership strategies, especially during the coronavirus pandemic.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: Eric Adams needs his own ad targeting New Yorkers who’ve fled to Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is campaigning on disgruntled New Yorkers. Adams should remind them of what the best city in the world has to offer.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

How CUNY helped New York City get through the pandemic

Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez discusses hosting COVID-19 vaccination sites and getting back to in-person classes.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Kathy Hochul handled downstate hecklers with aplomb

The governor didn’t flinch after getting an earful of boos during last week’s Rangers game.

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Home care workers and providers call on Hochul to fund Fair Pay for Home Care Act

The legislation would raise homecare wages to 150% of the minimum wage

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Personality

DiNapoli: New York City and state’s recovery is falling behind

State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office has been tracking the pandemic’s impact on a variety of key sectors.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: VA hospitals are not so easily replaced

A Biden administration plan would shut down the VA hospitals in Manhattan and Brooklyn in favor of using other health care providers.