New York State

Opinion

Replace JCOPE with an independent body

Ross Barkan makes the case for replacing JCOPE with a new independent commission to better combat corruption.

New York State

Politics

The downstate-upstate divide – budget edition

It's unclear whether or not upstate and downstate Democrats are going to agree on these five key budget issues.

MTA

Policy

Byford offers mea culpa on e-hail program

New York City Transit President Andy Byford apologized to Metropolitan Transportation Authority customers on Monday due to unexpected changes to an e-hail program for Access-A-Ride users.

New York State

Opinion

Want to run for president? Quit your day job

City & State publisher Tom Allon makes the case for a new law applicable to anyone interested in a run for any political office: "You have to vacate your current position so a successor can be appointed or voted in who is willing to put in 50-70 hour weeks."

New York State

Policy

Putting #MeToo into policy

State lawmakers like state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi are trying to pass multiple bills that will hopefully address and curb sexual harassment in New York.

New York State

Politics

3 horrifying harassment cases the courts did nothing about

Three examples of real cases in which judges ruled certain modes of conduct could not be considered harassment in New York.

New York State

Politics

New York law lets sexual harassers off the hook

Despite attempts to curtail harassment in the work place proving that you work in a hostile work environment can be difficult and as a result lets a lot of sexual harassers off the hook. But young lawmakers like state Senator Alessandra Biaggi are trying to change that.

Donald Trump

Policy

Trump’s potential New York legal woes

The president is the subject of several investigations in the Empire State

Personality

Gounardes, Glick and a Golden opportunity

Jeanine Pirro, a political commentator crossed a line discussing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Bill de Blasio is trying to keep the New York City ferry afloat, while Kirsten Gilibrand receives her first New York presidential endorsement from Carolyn Maloney. So you tell us, who did great this week and who's falling a part?

New York City

Policy

The professional driver mental health crisis

Taxi drivers and drivers working for app-based ride-hailing companies, such as Lyft and Uber, are suffering from poor mental health.

New York State

Politics

Crossing Andrew Cuomo’s red lines

Democrats have had their strongest hold on the state Legislature in a century, spurring Governor Andrew Cuomo to propose a litany of progressive policies in his state budget plan, including criminal justice reforms, marijuana legalization, easier access to voting, protections for transgender people and expanded abortion rights.

Power Lists

Above & Beyond 2019: Honoring 30 distinguished New York women

In City & State's annual Above & Beyond feature we have identified 30 of New York's most distinguished women who have left their mark in health care, law, real estate, business and the nonprofit sector.

New York City

Politics

Speed cameras zoom ahead, marijuana on hold, SHSAT scrutinized

This week New York City approved the installation of more speed cameras around schools, marijuana legalization was officially removed from the budget, questions were raised about New York's Specialized High School Test, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

New York State

Policy

What’s happening to the tipped minimum wage?

Advocates for the restaurant industry are trying to get New York to apply the standard minimum wage to tipped workers, but a lot of servers are skeptical of this potential change.

New York City

Policy

New York tech's slog to diversity

Wendy Garcia, chief diversity officer at the New York City Comptroller’s Office discussed how tech companies and businesses can better support minorities and women during City & State's Diversity Summit on Thursday.

New York City

Politics

What you need to know about the NYC Charter Revision Commission

Another charter revision commission was created by the New York City Council this year and Council Speaker Corey Johnson said last year that this commission would overhaul the charter — so we took a look on what we might be able to expect from the new city charter.