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New York State

Crossing Andrew Cuomo’s red lines

The governor has made passage of the budget contingent on a few policy demands. Will lawmakers comply?

By ZACH WILLIAMS

News & Politics

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Lawmakers have been vigilant about pursuing recreational marijuana legalization.

Policy

Has marijuana legalization fallen out of the state budget?

Cuomo has doubts, but lawmakers say they are not giving up.

By ZACH WILLIAMS

Policy

policy

Interviews & Profiles

The blue-collar case for congestion pricing

State Sen. Jessica Ramos says investing in public transit is a labor issue.

By ZACH WILLIAMS

Personality

personality

Former senate majority leader John Flanagan, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins.

New York State

Making sense of the legislative pecking order

The Assembly and state Senate are filled with leaders, but what do their titles mean?

By ZACH WILLIAMS

News & Politics

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News & Politics

Legislative leadership positions: A glossary

There are a lot of them, but the posts do mean something.

By ZACH WILLIAMS

News & Politics

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Personality

Gottfried and Rivera make the case for single-payer health care

The two lawmakers have yet to convince Gov. Andrew Cuomo, though

By ZACH WILLIAMS

Personality

personality

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched a “No Tax Cap – No Deal” campaign to make the property tax cap permanent in the state.

New York State

The $25 billion question

New York's 2 percent property tax cap is popular, but is it good policy?

By ZACH WILLIAMS

News & Politics

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Health Care

Is it finally Richard Gottfried’s year for single-payer?

The Manhattan Democrat has been pushing a bill over a quarter century.

By ZACH WILLIAMS

Policy

policy

Interviews & Profiles

Monica Martinez, state Senate centrist

The new Democrat’s politics aren’t a huge shift from Long Island’s Republican past.

By ZACH WILLIAMS

Personality

personality

Photographs of Kalief Browder and Christopher Robinson — who both died as a result of alleged official misconduct related to Rikers Island Prison — are held up at a protest against police brutality.

Criminal Justice

Ending the ‘Stone Age’ of criminal justice

Lawmakers fight for the New Yorkers lost in the system.

By ZACH WILLIAMS

Policy

policy

Zach Williams