Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Privately owned public spaces should actually benefit the public
Property owners agreed to create public plazas and lobbies in exchange for zoning concessions, but many of these spaces remain uninviting or inaccessible.
New York City
Policy
Mamdani’s Office of Community Safety makes the case for its own existence to the City Council
The new office may be intentionally separate from the police, but Commissioner Ayesha Delany-Brumsey said they’re in constant communication with the NYPD.
New York City
Policy
Free buses? Julie Menin and Shaun Abreu prefer Fair Fares
At a City & State event, City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Majority Leader Shaun Abreu suggested expanding eligibility to Fair Fares is the best way to tackle transit affordability.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: Finding – and teaching – America’s Next Top City Council Member
The new We the People Fellowship is looking for potential 2029 candidates.
Politics
Politics
The evolution of Kathy Hochul and key Jewish voting blocs
Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish communities turned out in big numbers against the governor in 2022. Now, prominent leaders are backing her – or staying out.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
A guide to New York’s invented ballot lines this election
Not a Democrat or a Republican? New York may have a third-party ballot line for you.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: NYCHA residents’ lives are not for sale
Public land, held for the public good, should continue to serve the people who depend on it, not be transformed into a vehicle for private real estate development.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: NYCHA residents deserve modern, brand-new homes
Don’t listen to outside advocates coming into our community with patently false claims about the “privatization” of the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses.
NYPD
Politics
How Mamdani canceled ‘Cop City’
New York City won’t be building a public safety training facility next to the police academy in Queens.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Constantino campaign appears to have paid $28K to woman who threatened Gendebien with DEC complaint
The payment raises questions about the credibility of the Republican nominee’s dumping allegations against his opponent.
New York City
Politics
NYC Council members back Linda Tigani amid Mamdani plans to replace her
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tigani’s term as chair of the city’s Commission on Racial Equity will be extended through next summer, at which point he still planned to replace her.
New York City
Policy
Mamdani will offer compensation to horse carriage owners
There are about 200 owners and workers in the Central Park horse carriage industry the City Council just passed a bill to ban.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
The state legislative races where the GOP is spending the most
As they play defense with limited resources, the party’s campaign committees have had to choose wisely.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
New Siena poll has Hochul up 14 points over Blakeman days before election
The incumbent governor’s performance in this poll is much stronger than in the university’s last one, in which she led by only 9 points.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The election isn’t over on Nov 3rd, stay ready
If the Trump Administration slides further into authoritarianism, we need to prepare to hit the streets – and stay there – until bad actors back down.
Education
Policy
Former NYC schools chancellor says he tried to change specialized admissions criteria
David Banks and former First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, who both served in former Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, discussed the SHSAT at a podcast taping in Harlem.
Campaigns & Elections
Policy
Blakeman says he’d end congestion pricing, but how would he do that?
The Republican gubernatorial nominee made sure to take a swipe at the governor with Election Day a week away.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics