Campaigns & Elections

Politics

How does ranked-choice voting work?

Some critics don’t think New Yorkers can grasp the concept.

New York City

Personality

City & State’s best covers of 2020

Some of our favorite Page Ones from this year’s magazines.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Bichotte makes the case for being a unifier

The head of the Brooklyn Democratic Party speaks out after a contentious 26-hour organizational meeting

New York City

Policy

The first potential COVID-19 vaccine scandal

New York is investigating whether ParCare Community Health Network gave out vaccines to people who didn’t qualify.

Housing

Policy

The push for new tenant protections gains traction in Albany

Lawmakers and activists say a new eviction moratorium is the first step in a wider 2021 effort.

Personality

Personality

Greg Meeks, the diplomat

The Queens leader talks foreign policy, stimulus checks and Chris Collins’ pardon.

New York State

Politics

A timeline of the Chris Collins case

How the former member of Congress became a free man after pleading guilty to insider trading in 2019.

Health Care

Policy

How New York could improve vaccine equity

Members of a new state task force explain what needs to be done to beat COVID-19.

Personality

Personality

How Rudy’s reputation melted away

He was already making a fool of himself as Trump’s lawyer, but 2020 spelled the end for America’s mayor.

Criminal Justice

Policy

Putting Cuomo’s small-town police reform praise into perspective

An annotated press release of the governor’s statement on the village of Lowville “reinventing and modernizing” its police department.