Personality
Personality
Kash Patel’s book wasn’t Eric Adams’ first reading recommendation
The mayor has several top picks for New Yorkers – including one that he wrote.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Supporting Hochul's proposed changes to the discovery law
A call for balanced justice
Immigration
Policy
Immigrant advocates demand local jails stop working with ICE
The Dignity Not Detention Act would ban New York jails and prisons from contracting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
LGBTQ+
Opinion
Opinion: To Paul Weiss, thanks for everything
A former client from a landmark LGBT+ case was left “speechless” by the firm’s caving into the Trump administration.
News & Politics
Updated
Politics
Eric Adams’ federal corruption charges dismissed
Federal Judge Dale E. Ho dropped the case with prejudice, meaning charges can’t be brought again in the future.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Riders can’t afford to strike out in the state budget
Building teams and transit for the future
News & Politics
Politics
Will Steve Cohen’s gambit to sidestep Jessica Ramos work?
After Ramos turned him down, Cohen turned to John Liu, whose district includes part of the casino project – but Joe Addabbo says it’s ‘Jessica Ramos’ issue.’
Heard Around Town
Politics
Adams slams Cuomo, Mamdani
The mayor was unfiltered in his criticism of his two opponents on Tuesday.
Albany Agenda
Policy
Legislature passes $1.7 billion extender as state misses budget deadline
The budget extender will fund the state through Thursday.
Policy
Policy
State budget director warns NY will have to cut services if federal funding dries up
The state’s projected $252 billion budget includes over $90 billion of federal funding – and if the Trump administration cuts that off, the state won’t be able to backfill it.
New York City
Politics
‘This isn’t ideological, it’s just math’: Andrew Yang on how to move the country forward
An interview with the presidential candidate turned mayoral candidate turned founding co-chair of the Forward Party.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Women lead a quarter of U.S. cities. Let’s make it more.
As women, communities of color, immigrants and LGBTQ+ individuals face increasing pressures, it’s more important than ever to have local leaders who will stand up for their communities.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Norman Siegel: Civil rights is a marathon, not a sprint
A Q&A with the civil rights attorney, who is still rabid about defending the Constitution and the First Amendment.
Budget
Politics
Eric Adams and Adrienne Adams are both running for mayor. They’re also hashing out the city’s $115 billion budget.
The mayor and the City Council speaker are going to have to find consensus amid an unprecedented and fractious primary election.
Personality
Personality
Betsy Gotbaum honored with lifetime achievement award at City & State event
The Above and Beyond: Women awards ceremony recognized fifty women for their work to create a better New York.
Policy
Policy
Survivor groups split over Hochul’s proposed changes to discovery laws
After a number of organizations representing survivors of sexual and domestic violence called on lawmakers to support the governor’s proposal, other survivor groups called on lawmakers to reject it.
Technology
NYN Media
Artificial intelligence: A strategy to pay nonprofits on time and relieve staffing pressures
Here’s how to leverage this technology innovation to provide solutions at a time when it’s needed most.
Policy
Policy
New York has debated forced psychiatric treatment for decades
Half a century after the state tightened the criteria for involuntary commitment, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to make it easier to hospitalize mentally ill people against their will.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Public policy insanity
Involuntary commitment of severely mentally ill people should be a last resort. Let’s build more first resort solutions.
2025 New York City Mayoral Election
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