Politics
What New Yorkers can learn from past vaccination efforts
Inoculating people against COVID-19 could be like past efforts to stop smallpox, cholera, polio and measles.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
A new Republican in a Democratic world
Mike Lawler is the only GOP challenger to beat a Democratic incumbent in the Assembly this year.
New York State
Policy
‘The weapon that ends the war’: the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process begins
Beginning this week, the rollout will likely continue until the middle of 2021.
New York City
Politics
Meet NYC’s first elected COVID-19 “long-hauler”
New York City Council Member Costa Constantinides is still experiencing COVID-19 after eight months.
Policy
Front-line flashpoints appear in New York’s battle against COVID-19
A new wave of labor strife could complicate the state response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Budget
Policy
State budget battles begin taking shape
Legislators, advocates and the Cuomo administration are girding for a multi-front tilt in the weeks before the governor has to present his budget in January.
Technology
Policy
How the new normal could narrow New York’s digital divide
State lawmakers and activists say better late than never in expanding Internet access for millions of people during the coronavirus pandemic.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
State Senate Democrats proved the haters wrong
The final vote shows that voters are rewarding Democrats for what they got done with one-party rule in Albany.
New York State
Politics
What Democratic supermajorities mean for New York’s COVID-19 response
A Q&A with state Sen. Gustavo Rivera on the pandemic and the future of single-payer health care.
New York State
Politics
Open Assembly chairs could enhance diversity
People of color chair only two out of 39 Assembly committees – but that could change in 2021.
Health Care
Personality
Richard Gottfried on the busy legislative front against COVID-19
Assembly Health Committee Chair said state needs to codify pandemic lessons learned.
New York State
Policy
Advocates say Cuomo is delaying action on protecting contact tracing data
The governor has not signed a bill passed months ago that would block police and immigration authorities from accessing personal information.
New York State
Policy
The case for a nuanced battle plan against the next COVID wave
Avoiding a winter lockdown hinges on implementing the right types of restrictions
New York State
Politics
MAGA movement will live on in NY
Voter fraud. Q-Anon. Lawsuits. The New York GOP is not quitting Trump post-2020.
New York State
Politics
For New York, a sense of epidemiological déjà vu
Once again, the Empire State is trying to avoid a pandemic shutdown.
New York State
Politics
NY Dem party chair: progressives doomed swing-district candidates
Jay Jacobs says the political left gave the GOP an opening in key races, but progressives argue evidence is absent.
Health Care
Policy
Battling racial inequities in coronavirus vaccine distribution
Prioritizing people of color will be easier said than done.
Health Care
Policy
How Biden will change the national COVID response
The president-elect is already shaping things on Day -72 of his presidency.
New York State
Policy
We might need to rethink COVID-19 vaccine distribution
One line of reasoning posits that vaccines should go to the people most likely to spread the coronavirus.
New York City
Politics
Lou Puliafito falls short of upsetting Rebecca Seawright
A Republican Manhattan doorman’s Cinderella story ends
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