Heard Around Town
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.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Adams doesn’t make Biden’s national advisory board after criticizing the president
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Grace Meng are helping with the 2024 reelection campaign, however.
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.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Hiram Monserrate can run again, after judge strikes down law
The political pariah from Queens got a big procedural win in his latest comeback attempt.
Education
Policy
Adrienne Adams and advocates lay out plan for strengthening early childhood programs
The City Council Speaker called the system managed by the Department of Education “broken”
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.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: Jordan Neely’s death shows how homeless people are the ones at risk
Neely didn’t deserve to die for being in a heightened level of distress.
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