New York City
Policy
Legislation to ban horse carriages nears majority support
Hold your horses: Council Members Oswald Feliz, Lynn Schulman and Kamillah Hanks have signed on as co-sponsors and Rita Joseph is poised to follow.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: End New York’s complicity with Israel’s war crimes
The Not On Our Dime! Act would prohibit New York nonprofits from abusing their NGO status to fund illegal Israeli settlement activity and war crimes.
2026 congressional midterm elections
Politics
Cutting satire: Pro-circumcision Constantino campaign flyers are fake
A satirical artist based in Washington County is photoshopping NY-21 flyers of candidate Anthony Constantino that are getting the attention of North Country voters.
2026 congressional midterm elections
Politics
National Dems embrace Conley’s challenge to GOP Rep. Lawler
The DCCC is adding the Hudson Valley candidate to its Red to Blue program
New York City
Politics
Mamdani’s push for free buses takes a back seat to faster ones (for now)
Road work ahead? The mayor sure hopes it does.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: It’s time to say ‘neigh’ to a dangerous anachronism
The New York City Council can finally get on the right side of history later this month by starting the process to quickly phase out the controversial carriage horse industry.
Personality
Personality
Ali Krieger talks Zohran Mamdani and Gotham FC coming to Queens
The Olympic gold medalist and Gotham FC ambassador said the mayor is right to get New Yorkers excited about the world’s most popular sport.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Mamdani adviser heads to Maine to sort out Senate mess
Morris Katz is trying to help scandal-starred U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner wind down his campaign and find an appropriate replacement.
New York City Council
Politics
Good government groups back 18% pay raise for City Council, elected officials
But they don’t think raises should be automatic, as the council moves closer to passing the bill.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Criminal justice reform advocates push against judges’ recertification
Like the rest of the judicial system, the process for approving judges to serve past 70 is opaque.
Politics
Policy
With progressive momentum on their side, tenant advocates see hope for the REST Act next session
On the heels of the primaries, is there more of an appetite upstate for rent stabilization?
Opinion
NYN Media
Opinion: Why Block by Block matters for New York's future homeowners
Solving the housing crisis requires not just creating affordable renting housing, but also expanding opportunities for working families to become homeowners.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The Knicks won. Their fans lost their privacy. It’s time to ban the scan.
A City Council bill would ban MSG and other businesses from engaging in biometric surveillance of their customers.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
How Ritchie Torres, diehard Israel supporter, easily survived a brutal primary cycle
The three-term Congress member handily defeated challenger Michael Blake while two colleagues lost their seats to pro-Palestinian lefties.
Zohran Mamdani
Policy
What’s NOT in the New York City budget?
From extra cops to 1% for parks, $126 billion and still not everything gets funded.
Personality
Personality
Darializa Avila Chevalier is dating Mamdani’s lawyer Ramzi Kassem
The congressional primary winner and the mayor’s top legal adviser have been quietly dating since 2023.
Healthcare
Politics
Congressional Democrats blast Trump, Blakeman over newly enacted Essential Plan cuts
Some 450,000 New Yorkers have officially been kicked off their low- to no-cost subsidized state health insurance.
Budget
Opinion