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Velázquez, not Bichotte Hermelyn, leads BK Dems, judge rules
Reformer Julio Peña III could be elected to take over the county party next week – if the courts don’t intervene yet again.
20th Anniversary
20th Anniversary
‘A sacred mission:’ City & State celebrates 20 years with a bash
Hochul, James and other subjects of our stories roasted two decades of local journalism.
20th Anniversary
Opinion
Editor’s note: Journalists, making New York government better
Twenty years on, nobody is doing it like City & State.
New York City
Politics
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn backs Nikki Lucas as Brooklyn Dems chair
After a surprise announcement she wouldn’t seek reelection, the county leader is endorsing a fellow Assembly member – but opponents are trying to block the vote.
20th Anniversary
Personality
Hakeem Jeffries & Letitia James: Rising through the ranks, together
Over the past 20 years, the two have led a generation from Central Brooklyn.
20th Anniversary
Personality
Curtis Sliwa, on Eric Adams, on the train
The failed Republican mayoral candidate gives his two cents – and then some – on the guy who got the job then lost it.
News & Politics
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Politics
Trump to meet with Mamdani Monday
The leaders got along famously well last year. This meeting, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, could be more tense.
Events
Sponsor Content
Wine at grocery stores could be back on the 2027 shopping list
Lawmakers and more discussed updating New York’s alcohol laws at a half-day forum.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: Setting the record straight on Mamdani’s lawyer
A retired Navy lawyer said New York City Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem should be thanked for his work representing an al-Qaida member.
Zohran Mamdani
Politics
Menin conspicuously absent from Mamdani’s 9/11 health announcement
The already strained relationship between the two leaders is being tested by the tense 25th anniversary commemorations.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: Spotting Samuelsen’s strategy
He’s a savvy political operator, despite his brash style.
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NYN Media
NYN Media
New York is still helping Dolly Parton give books to kids
OCFS is awarding $1 million in grants this year for Parton’s Imagination Library
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Brooklyn Dems pass rules to stymie reformers
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn plans to pack the committee – but her opponents plan to sue.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Buffalo’s anointed one: A Q&A with Leah Halton-Pope
The Assembly candidate wants to find the middle ground, just like her mentor Crystal Peoples-Stokes.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: A keen sense of timing
It took nine months to go from lobbying idea to lobbying story.
Zohran Mamdani
Policy
Lobbyists are still feeling good in Mamdani’s New York
They thought the democratic socialist mayor would send lobbyists to Siberia. They're getting a warmer welcome.
Politics
Politics
Some BK Dems call for district leader’s resignation for ‘antisemitic conduct’
Julio Peña III is trying to hold his reform coalition together as Carmella Charrington faces condemnation – and as leader Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn tries to find new votes.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: City & State’s new, revamped city team
Shenal Tissera is joining City & State, and Annie McDonough and Sahalie Donaldson have been promoted.
New York City
Opinion
Editor’s note: The thrill of Olympic defeat
Let’s hope New York’s latest bid to host the Winter Games goes as well as the last one.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: My slightly scary upstate swing
It was great to meet political players in Syracuse and Buffalo – and stay in a haunted hotel.
