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This Week’s Headlines

Separated children, end of session and changes to marijuana policy

Rounding up the week’s political news.

By REBECCA C. LEWIS | June 22, 2018

Mike Groll

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A woman and children enter the Cayuga Centers in New York City, where hundreds of migrant children separated from their parents by federal officials are being housed.

No one knows how many immigrant children taken from parents are in New York

Trump’s executive order doesn’t send the kids already taken back to their families.

By KAY DERVISHI

Interviews & Profiles

Gareth Rhodes campaigning

Gareth Rhodes’ unorthodox Democratic campaign strategy

The upstate congressional candidate is going after rural conservatives.

By ANDREW SOLENDER

An image Suraj Patel's campaign disseminated for supporters to use on their Tinder accounts.

More Tinder pickup lines for Suraj Patel

Why stand outside a subway station when you can catfish voters on dating apps?

By CITY & STATE

Opinion

Then-New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito greets onlookers at the Puerto Rican Day Parade in 2014.

Letter to the editor: It's Puerto Ricans' turn to help others

Reallocating funds from Centro was about supporting another generation of immigrants.

By MELISSA MARK-VIVERITO

Winners & Losers

Who's up and who's down this week?

Sending New York lawmakers on summer vacation with another edition of Winners & Losers.

By CITY & STATE

Opinion

A big yellow private sanitation truck driving through the streets of Manhattan.

Reform NYC private sanitation without a zone system

Zoned franchises for waste management harms customer service. Other approaches can improve safety.

By JOHN H. BANKS

Kevin Bacon, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, Cynthia Nixon and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Six degrees of Kevin Bacon, with New York politicians

The shortest paths between local pols and the “Footloose” star.

By CITY & STATE

New York Senate

Session wraps up after standoff over speed camera reauthorization

The Capitol produced few other surprises, but plenty of frozen desserts.

By GRACE SEGERS

FIRST READ

In New York, even a count of separated children proves elusive

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Cuomo jumps to the front line in battle over separated children

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Editorial Pages

NYPD is right to convene an outside panel on disciplinary procedures

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OPINION

Mayor Bill de Blasio announces his plan to revise the admissions process for New York City's specialized high schools.

Opponents of diversifying specialized high schools ignore facts

Attacks on de Blasio’s plan to reform admissions are mostly bogus.

By BEN ADLER

Letter to the editor: It's Puerto Ricans' turn to help others

Reallocating funds from Centro was about supporting another generation of immigrants.

By MELISSA MARK-VIVERITO

Reform NYC private sanitation without a zone system

Zoned franchises for waste management harms customer service. Other approaches can improve safety.

By JOHN H. BANKS

New York should protect its courts from ICE

A new bill would protect immigrant New Yorkers while attending court.

By MARISOL ALCANTARA, MICHAELLE SOLAGES

POLITICS

Campaigns & Elections

U.S. Capitol building during the Constitution Bicentennial celebration.

The primary candidates hoping to ride a blue wave

NY Dems are flocking for the chance to run for the most vulnerable congressional seats.

By REBECCA C. LEWIS

No one knows how many immigrant children taken from parents are in New York

Trump’s executive order doesn’t send the kids already taken back to their families.

By KAY DERVISHI

This Week’s Headlines

Separated children, end of session and changes to marijuana policy

Rounding up the week’s political news.

By REBECCA C. LEWIS

Session wraps up after standoff over speed camera reauthorization

The Capitol produced few other surprises, but plenty of frozen desserts.

By GRACE SEGERS

Policy

NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan

Missing water tank reports at many NYC hospitals

Rust, muck and pigeons cited at facilities that house the city’s most vulnerable.

By FRANK G. RUNYEON

Criminal Justice

Advocates: De Blasio marijuana plan won't end racial disparities

New York City will replace marijuana possession arrests with summonses, but blacks and Latinos will still bear the brunt.

By FRANK G. RUNYEON

New York Republicans won’t criticize Trump for child separation policy

Rep. Peter King is the only one to call for an end to the controversial practice.

By KAY DERVISHI, MAX PARROTT, BEN ADLER

Sports betting FAQ

Everything you need to know about the legislative effort to allow sports betting in New York.

By MAX PARROTT

PERSONALITY

Andrew Cuomo looking at a building.

Andrew Cuomo looking at things

New York’s supreme leader continues the great North Korean tradition.

By CITY & STATE

Interviews & Profiles

Gareth Rhodes’ unorthodox Democratic campaign strategy

The upstate congressional candidate is going after rural conservatives.

By ANDREW SOLENDER

More Tinder pickup lines for Suraj Patel

Why stand outside a subway station when you can catfish voters on dating apps?

By CITY & STATE

Six degrees of Kevin Bacon, with New York politicians

The shortest paths between local pols and the “Footloose” star.

By CITY & STATE

POWER LIST

Revelers line the streets of New York City during the 2017 Pride Parade.

The Pride Watch List

Pride Power 50

The Pride Power 50

The New York STate Capitol

The 2018 Albany Power 100

The New York Capitol building in Albany.

Albany's Top 10 Lobbyists of 2018

MAGAZINE

City & State New York 06182018

Gambling

Sports betting in New york

Is it game on for sports betting in New York?

State lawmakers confront legal complications in the rush to allow gambling on games.

By KAY DERVISHI, MAX PARROTT

Gambling

Other games of chance and skill on Albany's agenda

Sports betting is the hot topic, but other gambling issues are also being discussed.

By KAY DERVISHI

New York pols' coming out stories

How NY’s LGBT politicians revealed their sexuality, and what it meant for their politics.

By REBECCA C. LEWIS, KAY DERVISHI

Opinion

The way to diversify specialized high schools is to open more of them

Let’s end the zero-sum competition between ethnic groups and create more opportunities for everyone.

By TOM ALLON, RAFAEL ESPINAL, JR.

EVENTS CALENDAR

Networking Reception

Long Island Power 50

Awards Ceremony

A Lifetime of Service

Protecting New York Summit

Networking Reception

Queens Power 50

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Sustainable NY Summit & Awards

New York's Outlook on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability

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Keynote speaker, Rob Bernard addresses attendees at the Sustainable NY Summit. Bernard is the Chief Environmental Strategist at Microsoft.

Inspecting New York City water tanks

Do you want to know what it's in your drinking water?

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American Pipe and Tank Co. employees inspect a water tank and install a heating device to keep the water tank from freezing in the winter.

New Yorkers who have led the women’s rights movement

Trailblazers for women in politics have largely come from the Empire State

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton [sitting] and Susan B Anthony.

Gender Parity Summit Photo Gallery

How Parity Makes Organizations Stronger

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Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul shares her personal journey in New York government and how that journey motivates colleagues and employees throughout her organization.

Staten Island Power 100 Reception Photo Gallery

Celebrating Staten Island’s most influential

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The Staten Island Power 100 reception featured keynote remarks from Borough President James Oddo.

Healthy NY Summit Photo Gallery

How Affordable Care, Disease, Addiction and Mental Health Impact NY's Health Care Politics

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New York State Health Commissioner, Howard A. Zucker makes keynote remarks at the 2018 Healthy New York Summit & Awards.

The 2018 Inner Circle show

"Curb your narcissism"

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Bill de Blasio with Donald Trump impersonator Anthony Atamanuik

Above & Beyond Awards 2018

Honoring 30 Women of Public and Civic Mind

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Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Julie Kushner, Director of United Auto Workers Region 9A at the Above & Beyond Awards Ceremony.

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Sponsored: NYBC’s Scissura Talks Tourism

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Episode 86

Posted Apr 12

The Albany Angle: Explaining the IDC reunification

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Episode 85

Posted Apr 09

To the IDC and back again: Jose Peralta’s 14-month journey

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Episode 84

Posted Mar 27

A Q&A with developer and MTA board member Scott Rechler

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