New York State
Politics
Next in line for Pete King’s throne
Assembly Members Andrew Garbarino and Mike LiPetri clash for the chance to keep the Long Island congressional seat Republican.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Hot competition for open state Legislature seats in Brooklyn
Establishment liberals face progressive insurgents in majority-minority districts.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Is it time to check Cuomo’s emergency powers?
Republicans in the state Legislature are renewing their calls for checks on the governor’s emergency powers as cases of the coronavirus and deaths from the virus continue to decline in New York.
New York City
Politics
Police reforms in New York City and minor rent relief for tenants
Rounding up the week’s political news.
NYPD
Politics
The New York Post's most outrageous ‘copaganda’
The New York Post will tell you whatever its police sources say, other facts notwithstanding.
Politics
Cory Booker, Jesse Jackson back Michael Blake for Congress
Assemblyman Michael Blake's congressional campaign has been endorsed by a trio of national black leaders – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
New York State
Politics
What is Juneteenth?
Cuomo’s executive order gives state employees the day off in honor of the holiday. What is it all about?
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Dual elections take place for the fate of NY-27
State Sen. Chris Jacobs is the favorite in both the special election and GOP primary on June 23.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Leader to Leader: Responding to race and COVID-19
Nonprofit leaders on confronting the twin challenges.
NYPD
Politics
The reforms in store for the NYPD
What’s poised to change for the police – and whether it will make a difference.
New York State
Politics
Two ex-cons and a former IDCer hope to return to Albany
Stevenson, Monserrate and Hamilton are attempting political comebacks.
New York State
Politics
The coronavirus crisis is pushing government into the 21st century
Why were we still waiting in lines at the DMV?
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
New York state legislative primary races to watch
The coronavirus pandemic has added a new variable to contentious races in the June 23 legislative primaries.
NYPD
Politics
Social distancing enforcement is softer in white neighborhoods
Crowds have been gathering on streets outside bars in Manhattan. Weirdly, the cops haven’t beaten them up.
NYPD
Policy
NYC to force NYPD to reveal its secret surveillance tech
Legislation three years in the making will require the police to disclose information about facial recognition and other tools.
Long Island
Policy