News & Politics
Politics
What does it mean to be on Mamdani’s transition committee? For most, an assembly and a 90-minute Zoom
The mayor-elect has solicited input from crowded virtual meetings and a digital recommendation form.
New York City
Personality
Mamdani to name Kamar Samuels as schools chancellor
The Manhattan superintendent will lead the nation’s largest public school system.
Zohran Mamdani
Politics
Who’s who in Zohran Mamdani’s administration?
Meet the folks who will run New York City come 2026.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: How Black and Jewish Brooklynites teamed up against a controversial housing bill
A broad coalition helped block the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act from winning a veto-proof majority.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: How Black and Jewish Brooklynites teamed up against a controversial housing bill
A broad coalition helped block the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act from winning a veto-proof majority.
New York City
Personality
Mark Levine names top staff for NYC Comptroller’s office
More than half the top appointees are staying on from Brad Lander’s administration.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Stop abusing the environmental review process to block housing
The Sustainable Affordable Housing and Sprawl Prevention Act will reform the process to promote more housing development in walkable, transit-friendly neighborhoods.
Policy
Policy
Hochul quietly signs bill to stop conservatives from hijacking WFP ballot line
The new law makes it easier for the progressive third party to un-enroll someone “not in sympathy with the principles” of the party.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Lower LIRR and Metro-North fares for families make for a more affordable ride
Starting next month, kids under 18 years old traveling with an adult will pay just $1.
Personality
Personality
The top tweets in New York politics from 2025
These posts were featured in City & State’s First Read Tonight newsletter.
New York City Council
Politics
In theory, each City Council member’s office gets the same budget. In reality, some get much more
Expense reports obtained by City & State show annual spending among individual council offices can differ by hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
The Blue Square Alliance is working to get people off the sidelines in the fight against antisemitism
Adam Katz, president of Robert Kraft’s foundation, shares how he has stitched together a proprietary system of addressing the problem of Jewish hate.
Heard Around Town
Politics
State Senate gets praise from environmental group, while Assembly gets faulted
The New York League of Conservation Voters scorecards are out!
New York City
Personality
Mamdani appoints Lillian Bonsignore to lead FDNY
Bonsignore brings decades of experience in the department’s emergency medical services division.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The Scaffold Law isn’t the problem. Unsafe construction is.
The law imposes a simple and morally obvious rule: if you control the work site, you control the danger.
Personality
Personality
These items should’ve gone in Eric Adams’ time capsule
The mayor has a lot of ephemera that’s emblematic of his four years in office.
Events
Personality
Changemakers celebrated at City & State’s Responsible 100 event
Taking time to recognize individuals who are making New York a better place to live.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Here are the NYC seats DSA is eyeing in 2026
Nepo babies, Eric Adams allies, representatives of lefty districts, beware.
Policy
Policy
Hochul’s year-end vetoes and signatures
Gov. Kathy Hochul has just one bill that remains up in the air as 2026 approaches.
News & Politics
Politics