Editor’s note: De Blasio talks to the Irish, Italians and Mamdani

The former mayor helped write the rules for the new era of populism in New York City.

• By Jeff Coltin
• 9 hours ago

Why Mamdani won’t take off that damn suit

For Zohran Mamdani, almost no mayoral pursuit will be done sans suit.

• By Fariha Rahman
• 9 hours ago

State lawmakers eye LGBTQ+ caucus in Albany

The state Legislature is set to welcome the most out LGBTQ+ lawmakers in its history.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• July 13, 2026

Child support cases see citywide speed up

A new Her Justice report examined how the New York City Family Court system has used a new program to work through its case backlog.

• By Chantal Mann
• July 13, 2026

New rules: You don’t need labor during an election; you need them after

In the reshuffling of power over the past two years, Big Labor has lost several big races.

• By Sahalie Donaldson
• July 13, 2026

The 26 new rules for elections in ’26

How the game changed after this year’s primaries.

• By City & State
• July 13, 2026

The 2026 Who’s Who in Insurance

Key players in New York’s multitrillion-dollar industry.

• By City & State
• July 13, 2026

How Jordan Wright held off the DSA

The Assembly member gave the DSA its only loss in last month’s primaries. He said it’s thanks to old-school campaigning.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• July 13, 2026

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.

• By Sahalie Donaldson
• July 10, 2026

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.

• By Diana Moreno
• July 10, 2026

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who’s up and who’s down this week?

• By City & State
• July 10, 2026

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.

• By Kate Lisa
• July 9, 2026

National Dems embrace Conley’s challenge to GOP Rep. Lawler

The DCCC is adding the Hudson Valley candidate to its Red to Blue program

• By Fariha Rahman
• July 9, 2026

Mamdani’s push for free buses takes a back seat to faster ones (for now)

Road work ahead? The mayor sure hopes it does.

• By Chantal Mann and Sophie Krichevsky
• July 8, 2026

Episode 1: Lessons From Silicon Valley

• By City & State
• July 8, 2026

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.

• By Tom Allon
• July 8, 2026

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.

• By Fariha Rahman
• July 8, 2026

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.

• By Peter Sterne
• July 7, 2026

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.

• By Sahalie Donaldson
• July 7, 2026

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.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• July 6, 2026