Opinion
Opinion: What shall we call the new Buffalo Bills Stadium?
The name of the new sports and entertainment complex should be determined by New Yorkers who contributed $850 million for its construction.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Lessons for Adams on homelessness from his mayoral predecessors
Here’s what past mayors did to help the homeless and implement supportive housing policies, some more successfully than others.
New York City
Policy
City Council grills education officials on support for students in foster care
A new division for students in foster care was announced last year but won’t be staffed up until this summer, education officials said.
New York State
Policy
Pot has been legal in NY for a year. Where are the retail stores?
After delays in setting up the state’s cannabis bureaucracy, the leaders of the regulatory agencies are promising progress.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Catholic Guardian Services appoints five new board members
The newest additions to the board will help continue the nonprofit’s legacy of serving underserved youth and families.
Energy & Environment
Policy
How do you plant more trees in New York City? Give them away
In Canarsie, tree saplings were available for residents to grab and go plant in their own backyard ahead of Earth Day.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Jessica Tisch led City Cleanup Corps before sanitation appointment
The department’s new commissioner went to work for the city program after she stepped down as chief information officer in January.
Budget
Policy
A new subsidy in the state budget aims to help farm owners afford overtime
Workers and advocates are celebrating, but farm owners are saying the tax credit won’t be enough to offset new costs, especially if a 40-hour workweek is instituted.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Making a case for how New York can reach its climate goals
As state Climate Action Council hearings solicit public input statewide, National Grid New York President Rudy Wynter discusses a new report where the company details ways the state can reach its ambitious climate goals.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Combat wage theft to help further New York’s recovery from COVID-19
A coordinated effort must continue as the pandemic subsides to hold unscrupulous contractors accountable.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Opinion: Lessons for Adams on homelessness from his mayoral predecessors
Here’s what past mayors did to help the homeless and implement supportive housing policies, some more successfully than others.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Velázquez, Reynoso endorse reformist district leaders in yet another strike at the Brooklyn Democratic Party
The member of Congress and Brooklyn borough president called on party boss Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn to resign last year.
Power Lists
Power Lists
The 2022 Energy & Environment Power 100
New York’s leaders with the most political megawatts.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s Note: NYC heroes who ended day of nightmare deserve thanks
From the straphangers that helped one another to the security camera technician who said he identified the gunman, New Yorkers came together to protect their own.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
A Q&A with the new head of The New York Foundling
Melanie Hartzog, a former New York City deputy mayor, discussed the arc of her career and moving back to the nonprofit world.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Many vulnerable New Yorkers lose in Hochul’s first state budget
There’s still time to cancel a prescription drug benefit carve out from New York’s Medicaid managed care program designed by the governor’s predecessor.
New York City
Policy
ATF’s role in mass shooting suspect’s arrest highlights how agency helps NYC in war on guns
Mayor Eric Adams reiterated the importance of the NYPD’s partnership with the agency in the wake of last week’s Brooklyn subway shooting.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Opinion: Rethinking the role of nonprofits in fight for racial and economic justice
Organizations can help BIPOC vendors flourish during COVID-19 by leveraging their spending power to create more opportunities
News & Politics
Politics
A mass shooting and the lieutenant governor steps down
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
Politics