Rejected City & State cover stories

City & State reporters have gone on a bike ride with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, ordered Italian ice with state Sen. Jessica Ramos and gotten muddy in a Spartan race with state Sen. John Liu. But not every pitch turns into a cover story. Here are some of the ideas that City & State hasn’t picked up … yet.

• Max vs. Debi: Staten Island’s War of the Roses

• City & State Swimsuit Edition

• NYC-DSA Exposed: Most leftists are right-handed

• Countryside & State: All the electeds who left NYC during COVID-19 

• Best iPhone games according to subway cops

• Joe Lentol's cat feel-ine bad after owner's loss

• Inside the Park Slope Food Co-Op with Brad Lander

• The Marvelous Mr. Maisel: Alan Maisel’s secret political empire

• City & Swipe: How New York’s most powerful politicians are meeting singles

• Andrea Stewart’s Cousins: The majority leader was busy, but her family members were available

• 40 under 4’ - New York’s shortest leaders

• Ed Ra: The shortest name in politics

• NYC 40 to 50 between 40 and 50: They just keep complaining about being left out

• Ferry Best Friends: De Blasio and the NYC Ferry