Education
Policy
NYC schools chancellor: Class size mandate will be ‘very difficult’
Kamar Samuels faced his first grilling before the City Council in a preliminary budget hearing.
Policy
Policy
Hochul draws the line on updating the state’s environmental review process
The debate to modernize the state’s environmental review process could hold up a final budget deal.
Education
Opinion
Opinion: Without mayoral control, everyone is in charge of NYC schools, and no one is responsible
State legislators should remember the lessons of the past and extend mayoral control for another four years.
Education
Opinion
Opinion: No child belongs in a box – or a broken school system
The Solutions Not Suspensions bill lets schools address students’ behavioral challenges early and consistently through evidence-based interventions, not punitive or exclusionary discipline.
Policy
Policy
Legislature closes in on immigration package deal
Lawmakers hope to reach an agreement and introduce language next week.
Energy & Environment
Policy
After weeks of public teasing, Hochul outlines proposals to roll back climate law mandates
State lawmakers say Gov. Kathy Hochul hasn’t sent over proposed changes to the law yet, but the governor sketched out her plans in an op-ed this week.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: When media giants control the remote, New Yorkers pay the bill
The Television Subscriber Choice Act would prohibit forced channel bundling, giving cable, satellite or streaming providers the flexibility to design packages based on what viewers actually want.
Heard Around Town
Politics
NYC electeds back NYU faculty union with strike looming
Non-tenure track professors have been negotiating a contract with the downtown college for more than a year.
Zohran Mamdani
Policy
3 big questions about Mamdani’s new Office of Community Safety
The much-anticipated office has a leader, but a vague mandate.
Artificial Intelligence
Politics
City Hall hires expert on AI and privacy
Rashida Richardson, an alum of the White House and Federal Trade Commission, will work with the Mamdani administration on AI, among other tech issues.
2026 congressional midterm elections
Politics
WFP isn’t endorsing Meng challenger Chuck Park after all
In an unusual move, Working Families Party leaders rejected an advisory council’s recommendation.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Why NYC needs a Department of Community Safety
For decades, the city has defaulted to police, courts and incarceration to contain and supervise crises.
Artificial Intelligence
Policy
Hochul, DiNapoli want more information on AI’s threat and benefits to the workforce
A new commission is tasked with creating policy remedies to the potential rise in automation.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Lowering energy bills starts with getting New York off fossil fuels
Energy costs are on the rise due to the state’s reliance on volatile global oil and gas markets, not its landmark climate law.
Personality
Personality
Luis Miranda Jr. steps down from MirRam Group to focus on the arts
An interview with the influential political consultant-turned-producer.
News & Politics
Politics
Judge rules that Rafael Rubio, council staffer detained by ICE, should be sent to Venezuela
The outcome was unwelcome news for Rubio’s many powerful allies and advocates. It came as others were released from federal immigration custody.
New York City
Politics
Jessica Tisch isn’t too worried about scrapped plans to hire 5,000 more cops
The NYPD commissioner stayed aligned with Mayor Zohran Mamdani during the City Council’s preliminary budget hearing.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics