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Legislators may get used to this view as they are expected to work well into the evenings to pass as many bills as possible the last week of session. Legislators may get used to this view as they are expected to work well into the evenings to pass as many bills as possible the last week of session.

What did and didn't get done in Albany’s last week of session

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What did and didn't get done in Albany’s last week of session

Legislators may get used to this view as they are expected to work well into the evenings to pass as many bills as possible the last week of session.

A very late spending plan meant lawmakers’ post-budget work all needed to happen in the final week of the legislative year.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis and Kate Lisa
  • 3 hours ago
PoliticsShow All

2026 congressional midterm elections

AI and crypto take center stage at NY-12 debate

Schlossberg and Lasher tag teamed their criticism of Bores for the tech industry titans who are funding super PACs supporting him.

  • By Annie McDonough

2026 congressional midterm elections

Avila Chevalier attended the Oct. 8 pro-Palestinian rally Lander condemned

While the two congressional candidates are campaigning together, they’ve disagreed on their Israel politics.

  • By Jeff Coltin

Zohran Mamdani

Nobody’s happy about Mamdani’s scaled down Puerto Rican event

Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez are doing their own event

  • By Fariha Rahman, Chantal Mann and Jeff Coltin

News & Politics

Hochul to select man she granted clemency to help oversee state prisons

Alexander Dockery’s nomination is one of a number the state Senate will need to vote on before session ends.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis
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Budget

Menin wants to boost funding for food pantries – but quiet on city-owned grocery stores

The New York City Council speaker addressed City & State’s Food Access and Affordability Event, weeks before the city budget is due.

  • By Chantal Mann and Fariha Rahman

Policy

State leaders stand ready for a redistricting rumble

State Senate Deputy Majority Leader Mike Gianaris said lawmakers could vote on the amendment as soon as Wednesday.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis and Kate Lisa

Policy

Will a remedy bill for sex-abuse cases stall in the Assembly again?

State senators have passed a legislative fix to prevent cases filed under the Child Victims and Adult Survivors acts from getting tossed on technicalities for two years in a row.

  • By Kate Lisa

Budget

Mamdani has placed DCWP front and center. Menin wants him to give it $32M more

The City Council will call for a big increase in the consumer and worker protection department’s budget at a hearing on Friday.

  • By Sahalie Donaldson
PersonalityShow All

Personality

The family members of NYC congressional candidates are getting oppo’d

No one is safe leading up to the midterms!

  • By Holly Pretsky

New York City Council

Every borough is represented in the City Council’s queer caucus

With a new executive director and a citywide mandate, the bipartisan (!) group is getting to work.

  • By Annie McDonough

Personality

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

  • By City & State

Interviews & Profiles

“Significant progress” made with Tier 6 reforms in state budget

In a Q&A, United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew talks about the new, lower retirement age for educators.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis
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2026 New York Aging Summit
 
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The 2026 Pride Trailblazers

New York’s LGBTQ+ leaders

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OpinionShow All

Opinion

Opinion: You can’t solve a mental health crisis without a workforce

Federal student loan policies are creating new barriers to entry for students who want to become social workers, jeopardizing New York’s mental health programs.

  • By Maritza Davila and Harry Bronson

Opinion

Opinion: Require all New York employers to offer paid family leave

New York lawmakers can end the carveout that excludes teaching professionals at non-profits from paid family leave, and they must act now.

  • By Anne Marie Brady, Rusty Bartels and Ruth-McAdams

Opinion

Opinion: Don’t let the late budget block priorities like banning ‘excited delirium’

There are only a few days left in the legislative session to ban this racist pseudoscience.

  • By Jessica González-Rojas and David Siffert

Opinion

Editor’s note: Goodbye to Al Sharpton’s House of Justice

He’s moving into a converted firehouse on West 124th Street.

  • By Jeff Coltin
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NYN Media

Opinion: New York is leaving its most vulnerable youth in limbo

The legislature needs to pass a bill to help the Council on Children and Families better deal with young people with complex needs.

  • By Andrew Hevesi, Samra Brouk and Kayleigh Zaloga

Opinion

Opinion: Mamdani must act and expand CityFHEPS, after three years of delays

The city’s choice to spend billions of dollars maintaining a shelter system instead of investing in permanent housing isn’t fiscally responsible, it’s unforgivable.

  • By Pierina Sanchez and Milton Perez

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

  • By Sohini Desai

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.

  • By Beth Finkel