Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Fernando Ferrer talks about the nature of power

The former Bronx borough president weighed in on City & State’s lists and New York’s biggest political players of the past five years.

New York State

Politics

Who will Hochul pick as lieutenant governor?

She’s eyeing a downstate ally, but there are several interesting options.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

How AOC and the left reinvented NY politics

The young, diverse progressives she inspired are winning races and pushing out longtime incumbents.

Politics

Politics

Five years and a transformed New York

Trump’s 2016 presidential victory shocked his home state. We had no idea what we were in for.

Personality

Personality

David Paterson on Kathy Hochul’s history-making governorship

The former governor reflects on the lessons he learned in office, and what he would impart to the incoming governor.

Personality

Personality

COVID-19 technology is failing us

Albert Fox Cahn on the failures of contact tracing apps, vaccine passports and why an analog approach to fighting the pandemic is sometimes best.

Policy

Policy

Ride-hailing companies getting better on accessibility

But the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has stricter requirements in place this year.

New York State

Politics

Kathy Hochul meets the press

In her first press conference, the soon-to-be governor aligned herself with Cuomo’s progressive accomplishments, but distanced herself from his managerial style.

Politics

Politics

What will Cuomo do in the next two weeks?

His critics are nervous he might do something nefarious. Or it could be a boring final fortnight for the governor.

Personality

Personality

Cuomo wanted to be the one to solve political dysfunction. He became the epitome of it.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will have her work cut out for her restoring public trust in a state government Cuomo always claimed to want to reform.

New York State

Politics

How will the Hochul transition work?

There are still a lot of questions about her accession and what happens to Cuomo next, but history may offer some clues.