Personality
We made Bloomberg some dank memes
What if Bloomberg made memes … that were actually funny?
Technology
Policy
Rumors swirl around Yang mayoral run
Will the former presidential candidate make a run for City Hall?
Budget
Policy
What Cuomo’s 2021 proposed Medicaid cost-shift on localities could mean
Possible cuts to home health services, and NYC is especially vulnerable under formula that includes property tax cap.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Why the new bail law was always destined for changes
Apparent contradictions in bail reform backed Democrats into corner.
Criminal Justice
Politics
Why the state Senate and Assembly are split on bail reform
Competing incentives for the different Democratic conferences.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Cuomo will give the DHS access to state DMV records, after all
On a case-by-case basis, anyway.
Technology
Policy
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.
Energy & Environment
Policy
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.
Criminal Justice
Policy
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.
NYPD
Opinion
NYC’S POST Act: 21st century oversight for 21st century policing
It would require the NYPD to disclose information about its surveillance tools.
Politics
The celebrity investors of New York’s pot industry
The big-time ballers, bosses and businessmen banking on buds.
Technology
Policy
Talking tech and urban challenges with New Lab’s Shaun Stewart
First Read Tech talks to CEO of New Lab, Shaun Stewart.
Criminal Justice
Policy
What to know about New York’s new discovery laws
Bail wasn’t the only major criminal justice reform passed in 2019
New York State
Politics
Child Victims Act leads to insurance woes
Some institutions facing or at risk of facing child sex abuse lawsuits have lost coverage.
Immigration
Opinion
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.
Housing
Policy
Some real estate brokers aren’t following new rent regulations
Multiple tenants have reported that brokers are still trying to charge them considerable fees.
NYPD
Politics
What to know about this weekend’s NYPD shootings
The suspect has been apprehended – but some cops are mad at the mayor.
Labor
Opinion