What will be the biggest 2026 policy fights in Albany?
What will be the biggest 2026 policy fights in Albany?
Raising taxes and enacting the Mamdani agenda are likely to be major points of conflict.
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New York City Council
In theory, each City Council member’s office gets the same budget. In reality, some get much more
Expense reports obtained by City & State show annual spending among individual council offices can differ by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Zohran Mamdani
Who’s who in Zohran Mamdani’s administration?
Meet the folks who will run New York City come 2026.
Heard Around Town
State Senate gets praise from environmental group, while Assembly gets faulted
The New York League of Conservation Voters scorecards are out!
Campaigns & Elections
Here are the NYC seats DSA is eyeing in 2026
Nepo babies, Eric Adams allies, representatives of lefty districts, beware.
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Policy
Hochul’s year-end vetoes and signatures
Gov. Kathy Hochul has just one bill that remains up in the air as 2026 approaches.
Policy
Hochul signs watered down AI regs, but lawmakers still got some wins
After Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed completely rewriting the bill with exact wording from a weaker California law, legislators negotiated back in measures that went beyond the West Coast version.
New York City
City Council passes several controversial housing bills, setting up potential veto battle
On Julie Menin’s desk in January: Potential vetoes, new legislation and a union push to preserve staff jobs.
Health Care
Hochul explains her support for Medical Aid in Dying
“We're not talking about ending life early, but about ending dying early,” the governor said.
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Personality
The top tweets in New York politics from 2025
These posts were featured in City & State’s First Read Tonight newsletter.
Interviews & Profiles
The Blue Square Alliance is working to get people off the sidelines in the fight against antisemitism
Adam Katz, president of Robert Kraft’s foundation, shares how he has stitched together a proprietary system of addressing the problem of Jewish hate.
New York City
Mamdani appoints Lillian Bonsignore to lead FDNY
Bonsignore brings decades of experience in the department’s emergency medical services division.
Personality
These items should’ve gone in Eric Adams’ time capsule
The mayor has a lot of ephemera that’s emblematic of his four years in office.
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Power Lists
The 2025 Upstate Power 100
Key New York leaders making an impact north of Westchester.
Health Care
The 2025 Top Mental Health Care Providers
Medical and nonprofit organizations meeting New Yorkers’ mental health needs
OpinionShow All
Opinion
Opinion: Lower LIRR and Metro-North fares for families make for a more affordable ride
Starting next month, kids under 18 years old traveling with an adult will pay just $1.
Opinion
Opinion: The Scaffold Law isn’t the problem. Unsafe construction is.
The law imposes a simple and morally obvious rule: if you control the work site, you control the danger.
Heard Around Town
Editor’s note: A new era at City & State
Jeff Coltin takes the helm of the magazine ahead of a big year in New York politics.
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NYN Media
Opinion: The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act gives older adults a fighting chance to stay in their homes
Passing a bill to give nonprofit developers a better chance to buy properties could result in more affordable housing being preserved.
NYN Media
New York City has reduced its nonprofit contract backlog by 52% this year
A Q&A with Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services Executive Director Michael Sedillo.
NYN Media
Best corporate practices for supporting nonprofits during a ‘state of emergency’
An interview with Raised By Us Executive Director Jessica Sloan on how to leverage volunteerism in support of the sector.
Interviews & Profiles
Increasing inclusion in the city’s contracting process
An interview with NYC Chief Business Diversity Officer Michael Garner.
