New York City
Policy
The challenge of harnessing urban tech
Brooklyn startup Numina is taking on pedestrian congestion in a hyperlocal way – using sensors to map how traffic flows are impacted by external factors like scaffolding and construction sites.
New York State
Politics
Somos conferences paying off for students and sponsors
Somos, the biannual Hispanic conference will take place in Albany this weekend.
New York State
Opinion
The asinine critique of Ocasio-Cortez’s car usage
The critique of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s car usage simply does not make sense — Ben Adler breaks down the many reasons why.
New York City
Policy
NYC hit its limit on charter schools
New York City will finally hit the limit on charter schools allowed in the five boroughs this month.
New York State
Policy
Under pressure, Zuckerberg unveils new privacy approach
Wednesday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out a six-pronged approach to privacy, with much of the strategy being devoted to shifting social media posts to private, end-to-end encrypted interactions, rather than the public, forum-like shared posts that were a hallmark of early Facebook.
New York State
Personality
Yuh-Line Niou puts policy over politics
Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou discusses the Child Victims Act vote, her economic justice platform, abolishing ICE and the changing politics of the state Legislature.
New York State
Policy
Should “dangerousness" be a factor in granting bail?
The Bail Elimination Act, sponsored by state Sen. Michael Gianaris of Queens and Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell of Manhattan, wouldn’t fully eliminate bail and judges could still impose conditions to compel defendants to return to court but the bill would end cash bail, a practice in which defendants are asked to pay a deposit, refundable if they attend all their court dates, in order to be released from jail.
Health Care (Archived)
Opinion
Support long-term care services in the New York Health Act
The New York Health Act has been reintroduced this session and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, state Sen. Gustavo Rivera and advocates statewide are showing how it can be changed for the better, including a new amendment which includes comprehensive long-term care services.
New York City
Politics
Frank Seddio, the devil’s advocate
Kings County Democratic chairman Frank Seddio is known for defending the indefensible.
New York State
Politics
The factions, fringes and future of New York’s U.S. House Republicans
The GOP New York House delegation is trying to deal with their dwindling population both in New York and in Washington.
New York State
Policy
Dems embrace New York campaign startup MobilizeAmerica
MobilizeAmerica is both an app and a website that caters to Democratic and progressive campaigns and causes. It allows volunteers to sign up for canvassing shifts and supporters to register for rallies – all on one centralized platform.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Cuomo promised ‘free tuition.’ Has New York delivered?
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Excelsior Scholarship, the state’s ambitious financial aid program for low- and middle-income SUNY and CUNY students, in January 2017. But has the state delivered on its promise?
New York State
Policy
New York is closer to “universal rent control” than you think
State Sen. Julia Salazar has sponsored a bill that would regulate additional apartments, part of which states landlords cannot evict tenants if those tenants cannot afford a rent increase that is “unconscionable,” defining this as greater than 1.5 times the percentage change in the area consumer price index.
New York City
Policy
5 takeaways from Corey Johnson's transit-focused State of the City
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson proposed a radical reshuffling of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in his first State of the City address since taking office at the beginning of 2018.
New York City
Policy
Treyger’s take on school aid, the charter cap and the SHSAT
New York City Council member Mark Treyger talked to City & State about the first year under a new public schools chancellor, his thoughts on the city and state budgets, and why he isn’t tackling the specialized high school admission test.
New York City
Policy
