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Politics

Andy King is off the ballot again, after appeal

The former City Council member is trying to win his old seat back, after being expelled in 2020.

Personality

Updated Personality

George Santos’ lies, ranked

Would you put stealing from a dog’s GoFundMe higher or lower than saying your employees were killed in a mass shooting?

Politics

Politics

At ‘Unity Summit,’ Hochul touts gun laws, hate crime prevention

Almost a year after the Tops shooting in Buffalo, the governor said she’s taking action to prevent future racist violence.

Campaign Confidential

Politics

Rep. Mike Lawler is in the middle of everything

Biden is visiting, the mayor wants to send asylum-seekers to his district and he’s facing one of the toughest reelection battles in the country.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: The NYPD's Inspector General has lost its potency

Recently finding no harms created by a controversial gang database shows how much this office has been compromised from doing its job of police oversight.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: We must act now to improve access to New York City's early education system

The current enrollment set-up doesn’t do enough to inform parents about free child care and get kids in the city’s 3-K and pre-K programs.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Real Talk: Crunch time

Nonprofits are feeling the pressure from rising interest rates and the increasing cost of borrowing.

Campaigns & Elections

Policy

Two bills aim to clean up future campaign messes

Lawmakers’ campaigns wouldn’t get public dollars for spending on legal defenses, and lobbyists for nominees would have to disclose their donors under two pieces of legislation being considered in New York.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Denise Rosario Adusei is on a mission

The new executive director of the Bronx Children’s Museum in a Q&A talks about the institution’s top priorities under her leadership.

Policy

Policy

Low-income New Yorkers’ demand for cash assistance grows amid application backlog

Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park said that the agency is focused on hiring to help meet demand.

Budget

Policy

The budget is finally finished. Here are the issues left to tackle this session.

Housing, criminal justice and transgender health care are all on the docket for New York lawmakers and advocates.

Campaign Confidential

Politics

Laundry and Taylor-ing? Al Taylor spent campaign funds on laundry.

Now that Assembly Member Al Taylor is running for city council, some potentially sketchy spending came to light from an earlier campaign.

Campaign Confidential

Politics

Not stringing him along: Nadler tells Stringer he's running for reelection

Rep. Jerry Nadler, 75 years old, says he’s running again in 2024, despite what a whole lot of potential candidates may hope.

Politics

Politics

Queens progressives look to primary Juan Ardila if he refuses to resign

The Assembly member faces multiple sexual assault and misconduct allegations but has refused to step down.

Budget

Politics

Hochul’s late budget strategy seems like it worked

It took a while, but the governor got concessions on bail, charter schools and more.

New York City

Personality

Council member, advocates criticize reduced city funding for senior meals

The mayor’s latest budget proposal would lower funding for meal programs for older New Yorkers because of “less than anticipated usage.”