Energy & Environment
Policy
Landfill case advances to appellate court, testing Green Amendment
Residents in Monroe County argue that their right to clean air and water is not being fulfilled.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Philanthropy: Rethinking the value of charities during a season of giving
Emphasis must be placed on results.
Policy
Policy
Hochul signs legislation to move local elections to even years in New York
The law applies to municipalities outside New York City and is aimed at increasing turnout.
News & Politics
Politics
Ahead of Christmas, Hochul grants pardons and commutations to 16 people
Advocates celebrated the clemencies but criticized a system that treats pardons and commutations as rare gifts bestowed upon extraordinary individuals instead of tools for systematic justice.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Former community board chair Barry Weinberg will run for O’Donnell’s Upper West Side Assembly seat
Weinberg is first vice chair of Community Board 9 and secretary of the Manhattan Democratic Party. Hochul staffer Micah Lasher is also considering a run, sources say.
Heard Around Town
Politics
More ex-public servants join Frank Carone’s Oaktree Solutions
Former New York City nightlife czar Ariel Palitz and former voting agency head Onida Coward Mayers join Max Rose, Gary Jenkins and others at the public affairs firm.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Opinion: Our mental health system fails too many kids
There are devoted, compassionate people at every level of the system who are ready for change, and concrete things we can do together starting in 2024 to help our most vulnerable.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Nonprofit coalition creates experimental learning campus at Floyd Bennet Field
The 1,300 acre site in Brooklyn will accommodate up to 50,000 New York City public school students annually to learn skills and mindsets focused on sustainability while earning credentials for future green careers.
Opinion
Politics
Opinion: David Paterson feels Eric Adams’ pain
New York’s 55th governor writes that the New York City mayor is the target of a “well-organized defamation of character campaign” that he knows all too well.
Labor
Politics
NYC teachers sue Eric Adams over school budget cuts
The United Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit Thursday to block planned spending reductions.
Politics
Politics
New York environmental bills attract support from Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo
Two bills awaiting the governor’s signature would prevent New York from contracting with companies that contribute to deforestation and reduce neonic pesticide use.
Personality
Personality
What’s next for George Santos? City & State readers think it’s federal prison
More than 40 poll respondents guessed the former congressman was heading to jail, while half as many guessed he was heading to reality TV.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Taking on a philanthropic legacy
Julia Bator leads The J.M. Kaplan Fund as its new executive director
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: A look at the new New York City Department of Correction Commissioner’s attempts at transparency show slow to no progress
Lynelle Maginley-Liddie, previously the first deputy commissioner of the department, made tall promises to the Board of Correction that she didn’t deliver on.
Policy
Policy
Council bills could set up Eric Adams’ next veto fights
The council passed a bill banning solitary confinement in city jails and legislation requiring police officers to report information about lower-level investigative encounters with civilians.
Politics
Politics
Hochul on Trump Colorado ruling: ‘The American people ought to hold him accountable’
The New York governor said she’s watching the case “very closely.”
News & Politics
Politics
Hochul changes her tune, insisting she’s not letting politics color her role in New York’s redistricting saga
As the governor awaits new maps from the dysfunctional Independent Redistricting Commission, she says current court-drawn maps don’t represent New Yorkers’ interests.
News & Politics
Politics
