Mamdani proposes $124.7B executive budget - without raiding reserves
Mamdani proposes $124.7B executive budget - without raiding reserves
PoliticsShow All
Read First
DSA Assembly candidate changes his defense of Bondi internship
Defending against a super PAC attack, Conrad Blackburn tried to spin the work he was doing for the ex-Trump AG.
Read First
FanDuel super PAC enters UWS Assembly duel
Stephanie Ruskay and Eli Northrup have both been boosted by outside spending in the race to replace Assembly Member Micah Lasher.
Budget
Legislative leaders still don’t have pied-à-terre details days after Hochul announces budget ‘deal’
State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said details about state aid for New York City are scarce, but lawmakers will vote for the budget anyway.
Campaigns & Elections
Goldman trails Lander by 5 points in supportive super PAC poll
The incumbent held a rally with unions and Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday.
PolicyShow All
Energy & Environment
With CLCPA rollbacks imminent, lawmakers continue push for packaging bill
Sponsors recently introduced new concessions to the legislation, but opponents still aren’t on board.
Events
Hochul’s housing commissioner touts environmental review reforms at affordable housing event
The governor announced a preliminary budget deal at the same time City & State brought together stakeholders to discuss affordable housing policy.
Campaigns & Elections
New state bill seeks to protect mail-in votes received late
An upcoming decision from SCOTUS could overturn a state law that allows mail-in ballots be counted if they are postmarked by Election Day but received days later.
Transportation
No, WE want free buses
The City Council is pushing to expand the Fair Fares program for low-income New Yorkers through automatic access and by covering all transit costs. The Mamdani administration is not enthused.
PersonalityShow All
Personality
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Who’s up and who’s down this week?
Heard Around Town
Here’s what was said about Mamdani at the Met Gala
And a rundown of all the New York politicos who went and what they wore.
Personality
Book excerpt: Igniting a revolution in New York
How the Empire State received word of the Declaration of Independence.
Interviews & Profiles
Zohran Mamdani: Muslim, Hindu, African, South Asian, New Yorker
How the mayor is navigating his identity - and how fellow desi New Yorkers feel about it.
Events CalendarShow All
Power ListsShow All
Publisher's Section
Tomorrow’s Leaders
New Yorkers to watch in the coming decades
New York City
The 2026 New York City Power 100
The city’s movers and shakers in the new Mamdani era.
Who's Who
The 2026 Who’s Who in Energy
The executives, advocates and environmentalists shaping New York’s energy future.
OpinionShow All
Opinion
Opinion: Can Mamdani confront the NYPD’s ‘Blue Power’?
Since the 1960s, the police department and police unions have constituted a powerful, at times implacable, force in city and state politics.
Opinion
Opinion: Big Pharma is lying about 340B, and New Yorkers are the ones who will pay
The 340B Prescription Drug Anti-Discrimination Act protects one of the few tools we have that helps keep healthcare accessible and affordable in New York, at no cost to taxpayers.
Opinion
Opinion: A well-intentioned bill could collapse NYC’s home care system
Intro. 303 does not solve the inequities in home care; it destabilizes the entire system and puts both workers and the New Yorkers who rely on them at risk
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: Introducing Heard Around Town
We’re launching a premium newsletter with all the whispers fit to print.
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NYN Media
Study: Universal pre-K may reduce child neglect
The introduction of free preschool in New York City overlapped with reduced child maltreatment investigation rates
NYN Media
Opinion: Stop treating aging New Yorkers like an afterthought
Millions of New Yorkers rely on family caregivers, and they deserve more than a delayed budget.
Nonprofits
NYC public school grads have raised $1 million for their fellow alumni to attend college
With its funding model being replicated by the Trump administration, NYC Kids Rise Scholarship accounts continue to build safety nets for public school kids.
NYN Media
Report: New York fails to meet federal outcomes for child protective services
From delays in permanency hearings to weaknesses in staff and provider training, The New York State Citizen Review Panel underlines the bleak state of foster care.
