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Rounding up the week’s political news
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And more coverage of key 2021 races
Republicans have wasted no time in taking political advantage of New York’s plan to provide pandemic aid to undocumented people. Here are the facts.
New York has used the convenient one-shot vaccine for homebound seniors and public housing residents.
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Rich New Yorkers and their employers won’t leave overnight, but future long-term growth could still suffer.
More than a half dozen aides have exited the administration amid ongoing scandals.
Documented and City & State asked Democratic mayoral candidates about their plans for the city’s immigrant residents.
Health care, parole reform and climate change legislation could complicate the second half of the 2021 state legislative session.
OPINION
Rich New Yorkers and their employers won’t leave overnight, but future long-term growth could still suffer.
New York state will face the challenge of gaining the confidence of undocumented immigrants when it sets out to distribute billions in relief funds.
By RALPH ORTEGA
Prisoners are at risk and it affects their whole community.
By MONICA SMITH
There are more effective means of economic development.
By ROSS BARKAN
POLITICS
Assembly Member Colin Schmitt has a record that belies claims to bipartisanship as he launches a 2022 congressional bid.
Left-leaning state legislators are pushing ideas like single-payer health care by highlighting fiscal benefits for the state.
And more coverage of key 2021 races
Republicans have wasted no time in taking political advantage of New York’s plan to provide pandemic aid to undocumented people. Here are the facts.
Policy
The Democratic candidates all have proposals, some with many common features.
Documented and City & State asked Democratic mayoral candidates about their plans for the city’s immigrant residents.
Health care, parole reform and climate change legislation could complicate the second half of the 2021 state legislative session.
New York’s Excelsior Pass can’t be equitable until vaccinations are equitable, some advocates say.
PERSONALITY
A new book by former City Council Member Daniel Garodnick explores the grassroots effort to keep the Manhattan complex affordable.
By RALPH ORTEGA
The IDC-slaying state senator is showing that you don’t have to be a moderate to win.
By KAY DERVISHI
How the first woman, and first African American, to serve as Assembly majority leader fought for equitable marijuana legalization.
A Q&A with New York City Council hopeful Felicia Singh on her family’s experience navigating bankruptcy.
POWER LIST
MAGAZINE
Firsthand accounts of the barriers and triumphs in New York’s political world.
How Black women in government and politics are getting it done.
Here’s what to watch during the endless bummer of COVID-19.
NYPD officer unions taught the NYC mayor a lesson in 2014. He hasn’t forgotten it.
By BEN ADLER
