Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Adams and Sliwa face off in last mayoral debate
The two candidates have one last chance to make their cases in a lopsided contest.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Recent NYC child homicides raise concerns
Questions about the efficiency of the city’s child welfare agency have risen, after authorities were alerted to suspected child abuse but failed to prevent homicides from happening.
New York City
Politics
Taxi drivers’ hunger strike hits its seventh day
A group of protesters hope the action will force a new plan from City Hall to help them pay off what they owe on medallion loans.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
NYCHA’s child care centers are in need of massive repairs
A lack of heating, mold and pests continue to plague the 400 centers and the people who run them.
Politics
Politics
To some of their colleagues’ chagrin, progessive legislators are normalizing activist tactics
A hunger strike to help indebted taxi drivers highlights how lawmakers are putting their organizing experience to use in office.
Housing
Policy
Progressives score another upstate win on good cause eviction
Newburgh has become the latest city to adopt the tenant protections which have stalled at the state level.
Labor
Politics
Amazon workers file for a union election in New York
An independent movement born out of the online retailer’s Staten Island warehouses took a first step in its bid to organize on Monday.
Politics
Politics
Prominent New York Democrats who have not endorsed India Walton
The Democratic mayoral nominee in Buffalo is not getting support from powerbrokers in her own party.
New York State
Politics
QUIZ: How well do you know Kathy Hochul’s administration?
Which one is a former reality TV star? Which one helped keep state Senate Republicans in power?
Power Lists
Power Lists
The 2021 Political Consultants Power 75
The campaign pros propelling candidates into elected office in New York.
Personality
Personality
The spirit of mutual aid endures among Puerto Ricans
In New York and on the island, community support and self-reliance help fill the gaps left by those in power.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Adrienne Arsht and the power of her giving
The business executive and philanthropist talks to NYN Media about her passion for the arts and her latest philanthropic endeavors.
Politics
Politics
All eyes on Buffalo mayoral race while NYC’s contenders square off
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
Politics
With Kamala Harris’ visit, NY leaders hopeful for federal influx
Hochul: “Let’s spend that money here.”
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
After the first debate, the mayor’s race is still, unsurprisingly, Eric Adams’ to lose.
Candidates were pressed on Gifted and Talented programs, vaccine mandates and criminal justice while Republican Curtis Sliwa attempted to take just a bit of the spotlight.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Nonprofit agencies need to create an agenda for NYC’s next administration
It’s up to nonprofit agencies and the membership organizations that represent them to tell the next mayor and members of the City Council what they need – and soon.
Housing
Policy
Illegal evictions are rising across the state, but landlords rarely face consequences
There’s a growing trend of landlords changing locks and shutting off utilities to get tenants out without going to court, tenant organizers say.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: De Blasio’s latest COVID-19 vaccine mandate draws legal threat, of course!
It’s no surprise NYPD union president Pat Lynch said he would take the city to court over the requirement that all municipal employees get vaccinated.
Campaign Confidential
Politics