Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York City needs help to convert unused offices to housing
State law limits residential buildings' floor area ratio, complicating office conversions.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Pop-up nonprofit helps New Yorkers access $4.6 billion in student loan relief
PSLF.NYC released a report highlighting billions of dollars in loan forgiveness its campaign saved nonprofit and government workers
Policy
Policy
MyCity portal launches with focus on child care benefits
New York City Mayor Adams and Chief Technology Officer Matt Fraser promised “more to come” for the new city services portal.
Policy
Policy
Legal experts warn Hochul’s proposal would change definition of bail
Could New York be on the brink of upending decades of law around pretrial detention?
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Gary Jenkins: ‘I don’t think it looks bad at all’
The former New York City Department of Social Services commissioner talks to City & State about his new job working with former New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ Chief of Staff Frank Carone at his new consulting business, Oaktree Solutions.
Policy
Policy
Dueling approaches on the impact of charter schools
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed lifting the regional charter school cap. The dueling rallies – led by prominent Black leaders – offered a look into the intraparty divide over charter schools as both sides argued its impact.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Modernizing Belmont Park is a smart wager for New York Labor
The New York Racing Association has pledged to use union labor to build the new park
Heard Around Town
Policy
Unions join chorus of ‘good cause’ backers
Over a dozen labor groups are calling on state leaders to include the tenant protections in the budget.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York City’s solid waste bottleneck
Expanding the Bottle Bill would benefit both the environment and the 'canners' who collect bottles from the city's streets
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Report calls for renewed funding for CUNY-wide college success program
Accelerate, Complete, and Engage has in some cases boosted graduation rates by about 18%.
Politics
Politics
Hochul could pick two Court of Appeals judges from current shortlist
That means neither the new chief judge nor the new associate judge would be Latino.
Policy
Policy
City Council bills would require NYPD to document every street stop
The NYPD says documenting the stops would be ‘onerous’ and take too long.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Safety means investments, not oppression
The governor’s proposal to weaken bail reform will harm our communities. We can’t accept it.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Adams: funding for migrants is top priority in Albany
The New York City Mayor visited the Capitol monday to lobby for his budget asks
Nonprofits
NYN Media
NYC schools expand access to sports for students with disabilities
The expansion comes through a partnership with Special Olympics New York.
Policy
Policy
Ahead of the final budget deadline, the push to tax the wealthy heats up
Lawmakers and advocates denounced the governor’s proposals for increased payroll mobility tax and tuition hikes – instead calling for more taxes for the wealthiest New Yorkers.
Politics
Policy
Hochul refuses to budge on bail in closed-door talks
The governor’s insistence on coming to an agreement on bail reform rollbacks before discussing the rest of the budget briefly derailed negotiations over the weekend
Above & Beyond
Power Lists
The 2023 Above & Beyond: Women
Recognizing 50 remarkable women who are improving New York.
Kathy Hochul
Politics
Poll: New Yorkers back bail changes, millionaires tax
A new Siena College poll has bits of good news for everyone heading into the budget
Opinion
Opinion