Winners & Losers
Personality
Winners & Losers of 2023: Miscellaneous awards
These are just some of the people who make the New York political world a unique and interesting place.
Winners & Losers
Personality
Winners & Losers of 2023: Who flopped
A jurist who fell short, a certain lying former Congress member and a stressed-out mayor – all had a bit of a rough year.
Winners & Losers
Personality
Winners & Losers of 2023: Who came out on top in New York
New City Council members, a new NYPD boss, and the woman who’s fixing Buffalo – these folks managed to make 2023 work for them.
Winners & Losers
Personality
Meet the new City Council members
Whether they unseated an incumbent or took charge of a national conversation, each disrupted the norm in their newly redrawn districts.
New York City
Policy
Adams administration to restore $2.7 million in temporary flood mitigation funding
The budget decision comes after a wave of resident concerns.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Is NYC in as bad fiscal shape as the mayor says?
A look at the numbers doesn’t show it.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: NYC can save, not cut, billions through the Office of Health Care Accountability
The budget deficit should not stop this watchdog agency from launching.
News & Politics
Politics
NYC Council to examine Eric Adams administration’s financial plan
“To close these gaps, the administration is once again using a scythe,” Council Member Justin Brannan said.
Personality
Personality
Steve Bellone on how Republicans took over on Long Island
The centrist Democrat will step down as Suffolk County executive at the end of this year. He’s throwing support behind Tom Suozzi and George Latimer on the way out.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Commentary: Here’s how to create new pathways for unretirement success
Retirees returning to work thrive when they have support landing the right job.
News & Politics
Politics
4 things to know about new DOC Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie
Maginley-Liddie will take over for outgoing Department of Correction Commissioner Louis Molina at a time of crisis for the city’s jails.
News & Politics
Politics
Will Lander pay political price for blocking Adams’ emergency contracts?
Mayor Eric Adams appears to have already begun shifting blame to the comptroller for issues responding to an influx of migrants into the city.
Heard Around Town
Politics
“Cold reality:” Help is not on the way from feds, Adams says
“We did not walk out from D.C. with any level of optimism that anything is going to drastically change,” Adams said on Friday.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The feds must take control of Rikers and then close it
Should the city jails be put into receivership or should Rikers be closed? The only correct answer is both.
New York City Council
Policy
City Council members balk at $4.5 million in cuts to supportive housing rental subsidies
The Adams administration defended the proposed reduction as “right-sizing.”
Heard Around Town
Politics
Adams beats a familiar drum on D.C. trip
A last-minute meeting with White House officials was added to the mayor’s schedule on Thursday, giving him another chance to ask for federal help to deal with the migrant crisis.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
5 things to know about Tom Suozzi
The former congressman is officially running for his old seat.
Opinion
Opinion