Policy

Policy

Senate budget proposal includes full Build Public Renewables Act

Gov. Hochul’s executive included a watered-down version of the bill, but the Senate is insisting on the full legislation.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Nonprofit hits $100M fundraising milestone

New York Road Runners’ Team for Kids will use the money for free youth and community programs.

Politics

Politics

Why can’t the City Council get the NYPD to show up at a hearing?

Several lawmakers have called for the City Council to use its subpoena power to compel the NYPD to testify following their no-show at a recent hearing.

Heard Around Town

Policy

Amid e-bike fires, Council member suggests charging at police, fire stations

The City Council considered how to prevent lithium-ion battery fires at the FDNY budget hearing.

Politics

Politics

Cuomo campaign has lots of money in Signature Bank

The former governor shouldn’t expect to lose any money though, even though the bank was taken over by the state of New York.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Will John King stop SUNY from spiraling?

He’s no stranger to the New York education world. Now, he hopes to save the state’s struggling public universities.

Personality

Personality

Three New York universities name first women presidents

Fordham University, Columbia University, and New York University have all hired women to lead them in the past year, marking historic milestones for the universities.

Policy

Policy

Two Oscar contenders are getting New York state tax credits

That’s way less than in past years – just as Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to boost the credit to $700 million a year.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Karines Reyes: Jenny Rivera was ‘overlooked’ for chief judge

The newly elected chair of the Assembly Puerto Rican and Hispanic Task Force hopes this year’s Albany Somos conference will place issues impacting Latinos front and center.

Policy

Policy

NY proposed legislation takes aim at ‘vulture funds’ that profit from poor governments’ debt

After trying to pass legislation to establish a fair debt negotiation process since 2021, New York lawmakers say they’ve laid the groundwork to finally get it over the finish line.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

As local laws fall, leaders call for statewide ‘good cause’ eviction legislation

In a letter to state leaders shared exclusively with City & State, dozens of local leaders pushed for the tenant protections.