Personality

Child Victims Act sponsors top weekly winner vote

Child Victims Act sponsors top weekly winner vote, and 32BJ's Hector Figueroa got the most loser votes - thanks to some voter fraud.

New York City

Personality

Back to school with Steve Israel

Former congressman Steve Israel is confronting our volatile political era with a new politics institute at Cornell.

New York City

Personality

How de Blasio's D.C. agents keep tabs on Trump’s government

As Bill de Blasio wages a war on Washington, his agents in D.C. keep tabs on Donald Trump’s government.

New York State

Personality

Top state financial regulator steps down

Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo reflects on her time leading the agency.

Policy

Amazon’s skimpy favors for the community infuriate City Council critics

In the City Council’s second hearing on Amazon’s enormous planned office in the neighborhood of Long Island City, the contentious debate continued.

New York State

Politics

New York delegation lands prime House committee assignments

Most New York members of Congress will serve on House committees corresponding to their districts and interests. Pelosi detractors will not.

New York City

Personality

New York’s tattooed legislators

A new generation of tattooed New York lawmakers are showing off their skin art.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Which new Democratic laws will make the biggest difference in Albany?

Experts weigh in on the most politically significant legislation advancing in Democratic-controlled Albany, which bills could backfire, and the biggest spending fights.

Politics

The church’s non-repent for the Child Victims Act

Cardinal Timothy Dolan continues to make the church seem like the victim.

Gun Control

Opinion

The high stakes of NYC’s U.S. Supreme Court gun control case

The decision could signal how a more conservative court will interpret the Second Amendment.

New York State

Politics

In Democratic Albany, property tax cap is a rare disconnect

Proposals to make a property tax cap permanent gives the chamber some leverage in budget talks.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

Cuomo's design-build expansion slowly chugs along

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to expand design-build procurement authority to more state agencies

Personality

Filling in for John Flanagan

Upstate Republican Joseph Griffo discusses his stint as acting GOP Senate leader.

Technology

Policy

Facebook messaging merger sparks antitrust concerns

With little oversight, horizontal mergers have hindered free market competition

Politics

Rumble in the Bronx

The borough’s grassroots progressives broke through with stunning upset victories by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Alessandra Biaggi. Can they keep the insurgency going?

New York State

Politics

How the state Senate GOP is picking its legislative battles

Republican votes are helping Democrats pad their margins – but not on immigration and abortion.