New York State

Policy

Court of Appeals throws out New York redistricting maps

Congressional and state Senate lines will need to be redrawn, the state’s highest court ruled.

New York City

Politics

Understanding mayoral control

State lawmakers are expected to address mayoral control of New York City schools before the end of session after it was excluded from this year’s state budget.

News & Politics

Politics

New York City to provide $2 million to assist Ukrainians fleeing war with Russia

The announcement comes after President Joe Biden said the U.S. will set up a “streamlined” process creating a special status for Ukrainans seeking to reside legally in the U.S.

News & Politics

Politics

NYC receives first opioid settlement distribution from Big Pharma

The city will receive $256 million total from the $1.5 billion in settlements that state Attorney General Tish James’s office reached with drug manufacturers.

News & Politics

Politics

Syracuse police had other options for dealing with 8-year-old accused of stealing. They didn’t use them.

Options included talking to the child, calling his parents and giving consideration to his size, age and the fact he was crying, according to legal experts.

New York City

Policy

ATF’s role in mass shooting suspect’s arrest highlights how agency helps NYC in war on guns

Mayor Eric Adams reiterated the importance of the NYPD’s partnership with the agency in the wake of last week’s Brooklyn subway shooting.

Politics

New ‘highly contagious’ omicron BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1 subvariants detected in NY

Health officials announced the discoveries Wednesday, attributing them to rising case levels across the state.

New York City

Politics

Suspect in Brooklyn subway shooting taken into custody

Police arrested Frank James in the East Village Wednesday afternoon, more than 24 hours after he opened fire on a subway car, injuring at least 23 people.

New York State

Politics

Calls grow for Brian Benjamin’s resignation following arrest

The lieutenant governor turned himself in on Tuesday and was later indicted on five counts related to a campaign finance bribery scheme.

NYPD

Politics

New York City will double up on subway police amid search for shooter

Mayor Eric Adams said the city will deploy twice the number of transit officers into the subways Tuesday night, following the shooting at a Sunset Park station.

New York City

Politics

Hochul warns of ‘active shooter situation’ after 10 shot on subway, suspect at large

New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ security detail will be bolstered after videos of “concern” may have been posted by a person of interest in the case

New York City

Politics

Mayor Eric Adams has COVID-19, but it’s unclear how many other New Yorkers do

The growing prevalence of at-home tests has created data gaps in coronavirus case counts recorded by the city.

Eric Adams

Politics

Eric Adams’ first 100 days

Public safety and homelessness were among the key issues Adams focused on in his first three months in office.

NYPD

Politics

NYPD’s Neighborhood Safety Teams are mostly making low-level arrests, data shows

Mayor Eric Adams promised the reimagined anti-crime units would crack down on illegal guns, but statistics obtained exclusively by City & State tell a different story.

New York City

Politics

Eric Adams’ press controls raise questions about constitutionality, practicality

The mayor reportedly told all city agencies that every public message must be vetted by his office before they’re released to the press.

New York City

Politics

NYC fires back at Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill with billboard counter attack

Mayor Eric Adams said the city was running billboards across the Sunshine State denouncing the controversial bill signed into law last week by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

New York State

Politics

Democrats granted temporary pause of lawsuit against New York’s redistricting maps

Petitioning for the upcoming June primaries can continue as planned, despite a judge’s ruling that the maps were blatantly gerrymandered.