Interviews & Profiles

Personality

SUNY pushes back on Trump’s second term

Senior Vice Chancellor and General Counsel Kapil Longani discusses the impact of the president’s return to the White House on the system’s 64 colleges and universities.

News & Politics

Politics

Gov. Kathy Hochul takes aim at Rep. ‘Mike something’

Continuing her trend of stronger rhetoric against the GOP, the governor repeatedly criticized potential gubernatorial opponent Rep. Mike Lawler during the Albany Somos conference.

Special Reports

Politics

Hochul makes up with unions after Hector LaSalle

The governor has spent the past couple years allying herself with organized labor.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Make America Infected Again?

Five years after New York was decimated by a novel virus, the eerie drumbeat of strange infections and diseases echo in our midst. Are we prepared for another pandemic?

News & Politics

Politics

Hochul dominates potential challengers in new Siena poll

Hochul's two potential primary opponents, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado and Rep. Ritchie Torres, lack statewide name recognition.

Politics

Politics

What good are mayoral forums? Ask the leading candidates who haven’t been to any

Mayoral candidates are invited to attend countless policy panels throughout the course of the campaign. They don’t all feel compelled to attend.

Politics

Politics

A whole lot of elected officials showed up at Adrienne Adams’ campaign launch

Seven City Council members are backing the speaker, in addition to multiple other current and former electeds.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Universal child care in NY could save the Democratic Party

Let’s show the nation that when Democrats are in power, they pass universal policies that directly improve the lives of working-class people.

Health Care

Opinion

Opinion: New York reached a major health milestone, but we cannot take our foot off the gas

The state must continue to fund Donate Life New York State, the nonprofit organization that operates the organ donor registry.

Immigration

Policy

New package of immigrant rights bills introduced ahead of Albany Somos

Assembly Member Catalina Cruz is proposing new legislation to keep ICE out of schools amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Immigration

Politics

ICE wrongly lists Lake Placid, NY as cooperating with immigration officials

The federal agency reported it had an agreement with the Lake Placid Police Department in New York. But it actually has an agreement with Lake Placid, Florida.