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Rounding up the week’s political news.
Office of Governor Andrew Cuomo
Some view the election as a test for the Brooklyn Democratic Party’s power.
The problem persists despite $193 million in contracts to address it.
And more coverage of key 2021 races.
10 candidates seek to fill Karen Koslowitz’s City Council seat in District 29 while opposing the construction of Kew Gardens jail.
There’s been limited polling in this largely overlooked race.
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Mayoral candidates need a plan to help students from low-income families go to college.
OPINION
Mayoral candidates need a plan to help students from low-income families go to college.
The next administration needs a three-pronged approach: housing, health care and community.
Progressives need to consolidate behind their only candidate with a chance of winning.
By ROSS BARKAN
Progressives may be turning towards because she is competent, but her ideology doesn’t always align with theirs.
By ROSS BARKAN
POLITICS
The longtime Council member from Harlem surprised observers by running for reelection.
By JEFF COLTIN
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Nine leading contenders have lined up to fill the seat representing District 25 in Queens.
City & State reached out to the Brooklyn borough president’s mayoral campaign.
Policy
The problem persists despite $193 million in contracts to address it.
The outgoing mayor’s signature initiative was much-criticized, and the pandemic has exacerbated psychiatric problems.
The mayor doesn’t propose more cuts to the NYPD, but police reform activists still want them.
But will the city’s coffers be empty for the mayor’s successor?
PERSONALITY
The government officials, medical professionals and nonprofit leaders serving New Yorkers struggling with mental illness.
By CITY & STATE
She calls coming forward the “most terrible” experience of her life, but has she finally brought change to Albany?
The Assembly member defied Gov. Andrew Cuomo over COVID-19 nursing home deaths, but he won’t be bullied by the governor.
The state Senator spoke to City & State about why he’s pushing to automatically seal and expunge the records of formerly incarcerated individuals.
POWER LIST
MAGAZINE
There is a lag between changes in the population and political representation, but this year’s races could close that gap.
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
