Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s Note: NYC’s High Line is once again a “lifeline”
The former elevated railroad bed that once delivered goods and supplies to the west side of lower Manhattan is now providing a vital link to the struggling Hudson Yards.
Policy
Policy
A timeline of Hochul and Adams’ fight for more cops on the subway
New York’s top leaders continue to tag-team to fight subway crime, redoubling an effort to build omnipresence in the system.
Politics
Politics
State Sen. Luis Sepúlveda is Dominican now. Other Dominican lawmakers don’t like how he did it.
His critics wondered if the move was for political gain after he was redistricted into a Dominican community.
Politics
Politics
With a renewed focus on crime, Hochul is in campaign mode at last
With ads, press conferences and announcements, the New York governor is taking ownership of public safety as her own campaign issue.
Power Lists
Power Lists
Top 75 Political Consultants 2022
New York’s leading campaign advisers, pollsters and fundraisers.
Politics
2022 general election: Who’s running for Congress in New York
Looking at every House race in the Empire State, which could be key to which party controls Congress.
Nonprofits
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Commentary: I have spent years fighting a wrongful conviction – a struggle known by many
The exoneration process takes far too long and needs streamlining.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Governor’s race now a nailbiter
A deep analysis of recent polling shows momentum seems on the side of Republicans, not Democrats, both across New York State and the country.
News & Politics
Politics
Asylum-seeker camp opens, NYC wrestles with housing crisis and Cuomo’s podcast begins
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Politics
Politics
Mike Lawler’s congressional campaign is paying his own consulting firm
The Assembly member, who is running against Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, is also a political consultant, and says he isn’t profiting from his own campaign.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Hochul and Brown announce shooting memorial the day after courts halt gun control law
The governor and Buffalo mayor’s announcement of the memorial for the ten victims of the tragic Buffalo supermarket shooting comes right after a judge’s decision to stop a concealed carry law in churches.
Nonprofits
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Grace Bonilla on United Way of NYC’s emergency fund for asylum-seekers
The CEO in a Q&A discusses the organization’s work with the recent influx of migrants who’ve arrived in the five boroughs.
New York State
Politics
State Senate Democrats could expand their ranks of women of color
Julie Shiroishi and Lea Webb could further diversify the upper chamber.
New York City
Policy
Just 40% of New Yorkers have gotten a COVID-19 booster
As COVID-19 cases climb again, the New York City Department of Health is stressing that updated bivalent boosters offer the “single greatest protection.”
New York City
Policy
Will Biden’s new border policy stop asylum-seekers from coming to NYC? City officials aren’t sure
The flow of asylum-seekers into the city slowed in recent days, but officials say that’s unlikely to be related to the new border policy.
New York State
Politics
Cuomo the podcast: Going after the left and the right with a mic
Episode 1 featured a discussion with Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci”and lots of talk about the “woke left” and “cancel culture.”
New York City
Policy
New York City Council staff won’t give up hybrid work without a fight
The council staff’s union sent a petition to Speaker Adrienne Adams calling for continued hybrid work flexibility, which is set to end on Oct. 31.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Former New York City Council member stands with a current one on Innovation QNS
This rezoning battle feels like others before it.
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