Interviews & Profiles
Personality
State Sen. Jessica Ramos is moving forward with her 2024 labor agenda
Temporary disability insurance, adapting to extreme heat, tackling wage theft and more.
New York State
Opinion
Opinion: To confront the senior care staffing crisis, invest in what works
How proven models create equitable career paths for young people and grow the healthcare workforce
Policy
Policy
Parents concerned about addictive social media have the ear of Tish James
The New York attorney general is turning her attention to Big Tech – pushing legislation to give her office the power to crack down on algorithms targeting kids.
Heard Around Town
Politics
George Santos: ‘I’m working on a movie – a documentary – and also a reality TV show’
Possibly fictitious updates from Long Island’s former Congress member.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
How nonprofits benefit from Donor Advised Funds
With giving on a slow-down going into 2024, Sam Marks of FJC weighs in on how nonprofits can stay creative while attracting long-term investors
Albany Agenda
Politics
Upstate New York Senate ‘primary’ is over before it even starts
A local Democratic Party official was waiting in the wings just in case state Sen. James Skoufis decided to run for higher office.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Fighting to save the state’s Health Home program
Matthew Lesieur, executive director of iHealth, discusses how the coalition of twenty-one community-based organizations providing specialized care management services is taking action.
New York City
Policy
NYC Education Department taken to task over class size law
The City Council wants to see working group recommendations implemented to help student outcomes.
Albany Agenda
Politics
New York officially creates state body to study reparations
The State’s Commission to Study Reparations And Racial Justice will deliver a report with its findings to the governor and state Legislature next year.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
New York Nonprofit Media’s 2024 Nonprofit BoardCon focuses on best practices
Key issues discussed at the event included board responsibilities, deepening engagement and diversity and inclusion.
New York City Council
Policy
The NYC Council is suing Eric Adams. Here’s what you need to know.
The City Council’s lawsuit against the mayor makes an aggressive argument for the separation of powers.
2024 New York congressional battleground
Policy
NY Democrats pass modestly altered congressional maps
Could the redistricting nightmare truly be behind us for the decade?
New York City Council
Policy
City Council approves crackdown on lithium-ion batteries
A string of deadly fires over the past year have been caused by the batteries in New York City.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: A subway train improvement creates a whole new breed of straphanger
Everyone going back-and-forth across the open gangways on the new R211T cars deserves the distinction of being called “Gangway Walkers.”
New York State
Policy
State lawmakers want to boost bus funding before congestion pricing
Additional money would fund more free bus lines in New York City.
Policy
Policy
Out with the new, in with the old: Eric Adams wants to go back to laxer sanctuary protections
In his most forceful comments on the issue to date, the New York City mayor wants to collaborate with federal immigration authorities when a migrant is merely suspected of committing a crime.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Those who live in NYCHA can put an end to its corruption
An argument for the creation of Resident Management Corporations to manage the nation’s largest public housing system.
News & Politics
Politics