New York State

Politics

NY Dems’ party chair wants to create … a new party

Jay Jacobs says Hochul should have two lines on the ballot – and he doesn’t seem to be counting on the WFP.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Sending out an SOS for NYC’s hotels

The city needs to help the industry with lower taxes, among other relief measures, if tourism is expected to bounce back after COVID-19.

Opinion

Publisher’s note: Tom Allon helping to launch new think tank

The nonprofit Five Boros Institute will be independent of City & State’s editorial operations.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Henry Street adopts $22 minimum wage

The nonprofit’s new pay structure is meant to be as symbolic as it is a major help for the organization’s employees.

New York State

Politics

Brian Benjamin’s ethics problems are the last thing Hochul 2022 needs

The lieutenant governor is attracting controversy just as things start to get serious in the gubernatorial primary.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: New York Nonprofit Media returns with in-person events

BoardCon attendees were excited to collaborate again after two years away due to the pandemic.

New York State

Policy

Where NY’s congressional delegation stands on stock trading

A look at who among New York’s members of Congress wants a blanket ban on using privileged information to invest in the markets.

New York City

Politics

Eric Adams’ press controls raise questions about constitutionality, practicality

The mayor reportedly told all city agencies that every public message must be vetted by his office before they’re released to the press.

Homelessness

Politics

New York City workers keep throwing out homeless people’s belongings

The Sanitation Department said ‘one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,’ but homeless advocates called the policy garbage.

New York City

Politics

As Eric Adams looks to reduce waste, council points to city offices in need of staffing

The City Council is pushing back against vacancy reductions at Sanitation, the Department of Buildings and more.

New York City

Politics

NYC fires back at Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill with billboard counter attack

Mayor Eric Adams said the city was running billboards across the Sunshine State denouncing the controversial bill signed into law last week by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

New York State

Politics

COVID-19 is back in City Hall and the Capitol, but that hasn’t changed the public health strategy

Elected leaders continue to tout the vaccine and boosters as New York’s primary COVID-19 strategy, resisting new restrictions.

New York State

Politics

Democrats granted temporary pause of lawsuit against New York’s redistricting maps

Petitioning for the upcoming June primaries can continue as planned, despite a judge’s ruling that the maps were blatantly gerrymandered.

Publisher's Section

Power Lists

The 2022 Nonprofit 40 Under 40

The next generation of leaders who are serving the most vulnerable New Yorkers.

Nonprofits

Politics

Nonprofit human services workers may finally get a raise through the state budget

Their cost-of-living increases were routinely cut out of the annual final agreement under then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.