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A handful of driverless cars have been tested on the streets of New York City since August. A handful of driverless cars have been tested on the streets of New York City since August.

Across NY, debate about the inevitability of driverless cars begins

Policy

Across NY, debate about the inevitability of driverless cars begins

A handful of driverless cars have been tested on the streets of New York City since August.

Waymo is crouched at the gates, and labor and worker advocates are hell bent on keeping them out.

  • By Annie McDonough
  • 12 hours ago
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2026 congressional midterm elections

Reynoso quietly secures Queens Dems endorsement for NY-7

The party backed the Brooklyn BP over two Queens candidates – but they said they didn’t want county support.

  • By Sophie Krichevsky and Peter Sterne

Economic Development

Queens pols chat about Mamdani’s Trump Sunnyside Yard pitch

The mayor said he got the president interested in building thousands of homes over the rail yard, but there are questions about how real the project is.

  • By Holly Pretsky

Budget

The council released its budget rebuttal. Mamdani slammed Menin personally.

Jarring some council members, the condemnation came swiftly and straight from the mayor.

  • By Annie McDonough and Holly Pretsky

DSA

At DSA forum, AOC pledges not to vote for any military aid to Israel

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez previously said she supported sending “defensive” arms to Israel, which had led some DSA members to oppose endorsing her for reelection.

  • By Peter Sterne
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Education

Report: Absenteeism, lagging test scores, school transfers soar for homeless NYC students

Advocates for Children found that more than 154,000 public school students were homeless last year.

  • By Sahalie Donaldson

Technology

Where does Waymo operate now?

The self-driving car company has an eye on New York City, but its cars are already ferrying people in other cities.

  • By Annie McDonough

Budget

The astroturf war in New York over car insurance reform

The fight over the incredibly technical topic is pitting two powerhouse industry lobbies against one another.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis

Health Care

Lawmakers, state officials scramble to help 450,000 New Yorkers set to lose health insurance

New Yorkers making between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty line on the Essential Plan will lose their health benefits on July 1 unless state leaders act.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis
PersonalityShow All

Personality

5 things to know about Lee Zeldin as he tops Trump’s list for AG

It’s unclear if the 2022 New York gubernatorial candidate and current EPA administrator will be picked to be the nation’s top prosecutor, but just in case …

  • By Kate Lisa

Personality

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

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Heard Around Town

We got fooled today. Did you?

The best April Fools’ Day pranks in New York politics.

  • By Sophie Krichevsky

Personality

PR pro George Arzt can finally enjoy the fresh air

A Q&A with the reporter-turned-political consultant, who’s retiring after six decades.

  • By Jeff Coltin
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The 2026 Trailblazers in Transportation

Influential leaders keeping New York on the move

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The 2026 Bronx Power 100

The leaders charting a promising course for the borough.

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The 2026 Above & Beyond: Women

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The 2026 Queens Power 100

The leaders of one of the country’s most diverse counties.

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Opinion

Opinion: To keep New York safe, Albany must protect victims and witnesses from ICE

Local law enforcement should never enforce civil immigration law or allow victims and witnesses to be turned into targets for ICE.

  • By Eric Gonzalez and Murad Awawdeh

Opinion

Opinion: New York must protect cancer patients’ access to biomarker testing

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget would weaken the evidence-based standards in New York’s biomarker testing law, putting patient access at risk.

  • By Roxanne Persaud and Pamela Hunter

Budget

Opinion: How we save our Black communities

Savings accounts, community land trusts are ways to keep Black New Yorkers from getting priced out of the city.

  • By Marlon Rice

New York City

Editor’s note: From Rikers Island to Vacationland

There’s precedent for a New York City jails boss to seek respite up north.

  • By Jeff Coltin
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Jewish nonprofit sends Mamdani 3,000 letters for security perimeter bill

UJA-Federation of New York doesn’t want the New York City mayor to issue his first vetoes.

  • By Jeff Coltin

Opinion

Opinion: Why New York’s nurses walked out, what we won and why it matters

NYSNA’s winter strike was an example of workers across industries refusing to accept degraded or dangerous working conditions.

  • By Nancy Hagans

NYN Media

Despite Trump cuts to HIV programs, private funders stay determined to find cure

A Q&A with Kyle Clifford, the first H.I.V. positive CEO of AIDS research organization amfAR.

  • By Phenix Kim

NYN Media

Opinion: Domestic violence isn’t a one-size-fits-all problem

The solution is clear: New York must designate funding for culturally specific organizations for domestic violence survivors.

  • By Amanda Septimo