Why the new bail law was always destined for changes

Apparent contradictions in bail reform backed Democrats into corner.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• February 13, 2020

Why the state Senate and Assembly are split on bail reform

Competing incentives for the different Democratic conferences.

• By Zach Williams
• February 12, 2020

Cuomo will give the DHS access to state DMV records, after all

On a case-by-case basis, anyway.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• February 12, 2020

James loses bid to block Sprint/T-Mobile merger

A U.S. District Judge gave the go-ahead to the Spring and T-Mobile merger.

• By Annie McDonough
• February 12, 2020

Everyone’s got a problem with the plastic bag ban

Environmentalists say new rules are too permissive and the plastics industry says they are too restrictive.

• By Zach Williams
• February 12, 2020

The Democrats working to reform bail reform

A working group of state senators is under pressure to rethink criminal justice – again – or risk electoral defeat.

• By Zach Williams
• February 12, 2020

NYC’S POST Act: 21st century oversight for 21st century policing

It would require the NYPD to disclose information about its surveillance tools.

• By Ángel Díaz
• February 12, 2020

The celebrity investors of New York’s pot industry

The big-time ballers, bosses and businessmen banking on buds.

• By Jana Cholakovska
• February 11, 2020

Leader to Leader: Wayne Ho

• By Greg Berman
• February 11, 2020

Talking tech and urban challenges with New Lab’s Shaun Stewart

First Read Tech talks to CEO of New Lab, Shaun Stewart.

• By Annie McDonough
• February 11, 2020

What to know about New York’s new discovery laws

Bail wasn’t the only major criminal justice reform passed in 2019

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• February 11, 2020

Child Victims Act leads to insurance woes

Some institutions facing or at risk of facing child sex abuse lawsuits have lost coverage.

• By Kay Dervishi
• February 11, 2020

You want democracy? Give noncitizen New Yorkers the right to vote

If we want New Yorkers to have true representation, we must extend the right to vote to all who live here, including non-citizens.

• By Natasha Ishak
• February 11, 2020

Some real estate brokers aren’t following new rent regulations

Multiple tenants have reported that brokers are still trying to charge them considerable fees.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• February 10, 2020

What to know about this weekend’s NYPD shootings

The suspect has been apprehended – but some cops are mad at the mayor.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• February 10, 2020

You can’t just decriminalize sex work without regulations

To prevent exploitation, cut out the middlemen.

• By Lindsay Beyerstein
• February 10, 2020

Clearview AI lands in Big Tech’s crosshairs

The New York-based start up is receiving demands to stop using data from other platforms.

• By Annie McDonough
• February 10, 2020

Should sex workers still end up in handcuffs?

New York lawmakers are reevaluating the labor of lust.

• By Lisa Peterson
• February 10, 2020

The 2020 Philanthropy Power 50

The 50 most influential philanthropists in New York.

• By Kay Dervishi
• February 10, 2020

#OscarsSoNewYork, but should they be?

Seven Academy Award-nominated films qualified for a controversial tax credit that Cuomo wants to extend.

• By Annie McDonough
• February 8, 2020