New York City

Personality

Liu on what needs to happen before lifting the charter cap

State Senator John Liu talks to City & State about the SHSAT, student suspensions and school safety.

New York State

Politics

President Trump’s controversial New York properties

President Donald Trump’s business interests have caused numerous scandals in his presidency and many of them start in New York. Here’s a full rundown of the recent and current controversies around Trump’s properties in New York.

New York City

Policy

Lyft’s minimum wage problem

Lyft sued New York City to block a new law mandating minimum wage requirements for app-based ride hail drivers, ending its government-friendly streak.

Donald Trump

Politics

Nadler blasts Barr’s handling of Mueller report release

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler accused U.S. Attorney William Barr of rolling out Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report in a way that helps President Donald Trump.

New York State

Opinion

State Legislature should act to protect New Yorkers’ data privacy

New Yorkers currently have no effective control over who has their personal information after it is originally shared, so the state should pass comprehensive privacy legislation, writes Fordham Law School’s Center on Law and Information Policy Andrea Flink.

New York State

Politics

Predicting the fate of Cuomo’s post-budget priorities

Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted on including several key measures in the state budget, including congestion pricing, criminal justice reforms and making the 2 percent property tax cap permanent, so in our latest “Ask the Experts” feature, we turn to experts and insiders to see what they think will happen next – and why.

New York City

Personality

Constantinides on NYC’s very own Green New Deal

City & State talked to New York City Councilman Costa Constantinides about getting big real estate on board, what he wants to do with Rikers Island and whether any presidential candidates stand out on environmental policy.

New York City

Personality

Environmental impacts fall on everyday New Yorkers

Mark Chambers, former architect and current Director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability current talked to City & State about asking consumers to do more, visualizing how the city could close its power plants and convincing landlords to reduce building emissions.

New York City

Policy

Subway WiFi provider to expand services

Transit Wireless announced Tuesday that it is launching a digital media business and will be offering new products and services to public places and transit systems, including the New York City subway.

New York State

Politics

Poll: Which hot-button issues will advance in Albany?

Which issues will Albany advance? Pushing on prevailing wages, marijuana or charter schools.

MTA

Opinion

Don’t block subway automation

The New York state Senate is reviewing a bill that would prohibit the practice of one-person train operations on the subway, but the bill's supposed justification, which is safety, is based on falsehoods, writes transit expert Alon Levy.

New York City

Policy

Tech industry group forms PAC

Tech:NYC’s new PAC could signal an eagerness for New York’s growing tech sector to take its voice back.

Bill de Blasio

Politics

Where New York Democrats stand on Israel

Recent events have brought fault lines over Israel and Palesine within New York’s Democratic Party to the surface. Here is where politically powerful New York Democrats line up on Israel.

New York State

Politics

Close-up on Central New York's congressional battlegrounds

City & State reviews the 2018 election results in three congressional districts in Central New York.

Donald Trump

Politics

How the GOP lost Trump country

President Donald Trump tried and failed to help his party’s House candidates in Central New York.

New York State

Policy

Self-driving cars’ uncertain future in New York

At a summit on burgeoning 5G technology hosted by City & State and Verizon last week, a panel of experts cautioned that when it came to autonomous vehicles it will be some time before the tech is ready to deploy on New York’s roads.