Policy
Policy
Where does each borough-based jail project stand?
Every jail is behind schedule and over budget, but there is some progress.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Stanley Richards wants Rikers closed. In the meantime, he works there.
The new correction commissioner is committed to borough-based jails, ending solitary confinement and collaborating with federal supervisors.
Rikers Island
Policy
With new leadership, advocates are daring to hope for change at Rikers
Mamdani’s Department of Correction Commissioner Stanley Richards and federal Remediation Manager Nicholas Deml will work side by side. Their task – fixing a notoriously dysfunctional jail system – is daunting.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Unions, NYC council members to rally for DCWP funding
The worker protection agency is looking at an 8% budget cut.
Zohran Mamdani
Updated
Personality
Mamdani, reporters, trade jabs at the Inner Circle show
It was a “Free-for-All” at the annual parody musical – and the mayor even teamed up with old rival Curtis Sliwa.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: County governments will benefit from income tax fairness, too
Asking the wealthiest New Yorkers to contribute more is a reasonable step toward stabilizing public finances and strengthening communities.
Personality
Personality
St. John’s basketball carries the hopes of these political alums
Many other New York politicos have been rooting on their teams in both NCAA basketball tournaments.
Personality
Personality
Meet the mastermind behind Hochul’s unhinged pressroom X account
Ben Freedman skillfully counters misinformation and claps back at the Trump administration’s attacks on Gov. Kathy Hochul, all while having fun.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Mamdani will skip this weekend’s rallies aimed at Trump, Hochul
The New York City mayor, navigating relationships with both executives, won’t attend Saturday’s No Kings rally or Sunday’s Tax the Rich event.
Personality
Personality
Can the new OCM head get NY’s cannabis market back on track?
An interview with John Kagia on the fifth anniversary of cannabis legalization.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: We can protect our immigrant neighbors. What are we waiting for?
The New York for All Act is the most comprehensive solution on the table to fight back against the federal deportation machine.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Senate leaders – and C&S readers – expect a late budget
This thing isn’t getting settled until after Easter.
New York City
Policy
Council passes bills to regulate protests outside schools and houses of worship
There was veto-proof support for the bill pertaining to churches and less support for restricting protests at schools.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Mamdani hits the fundraising circuit
He popped up at a Brad Lander party in Brooklyn Heights this week, and is heading to tony Old Westbury to support Claire Valdez next.
New York City
Policy
NYC Conflicts of Interest Board declines to clarify electioneering rules
Anticorruption groups wanted to rein in government spending to promote ballot proposals, but the city’s watchdog board said that’s not up to them.
Energy & Environment
Policy
Lawmakers may be open to delaying climate law deadlines to avoid something worse
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to change the state’s emissions accounting methods struck a nerve with legislators that could provide room for compromise to keep it the same
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Protest is sacred
As faith leaders of three spiritual traditions, we oppose the City Council’s “security perimeter” legislation around houses of worship.
Immigration
Policy