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.

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

New York State

Politics

Suozzi calls Florida’s 'Don’t Say Gay' law 'reasonable'

Asked on a conservative radio talk show about the controversial law, Rep. Tom Suozzi leaned into right-wing talking points about not wanting teachers discussing sexual orientation and gender identity.