Heard Around Town

Politics

Eric Adams targets quality of life crackdown message to conservative audience

The New York City mayor is pitching a new law for involuntary removals, though it has no sponsors in Albany or bill language yet.

NYPD

Politics

Investigation: Unlicensed psychologists perform assessments of NYPD candidates.

City & State found uncredentialed psychologists handling the job under a professional licensure exemption that the NYPD argues is valid.

Policy

Policy

NY missed out on nearly $500 million by not switching seniors to Medicare

A new report from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found that New York kept thousands of Medicare-eligible seniors on Medicaid plans, costing the state $485 million.

Policy

Policy

Delgado thinks banning local cooperation with ICE is good now

Is Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado flip-flopping on immigration or just misinformed?

Policy

Policy

Delgado thinks banning local cooperation with ICE is good now

Is Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado flip-flopping on immigration or just misinformed?

News & Politics

Politics

Is the DSA on a collision course with AOC?

The socialist organization is committing to a hard line on anti-Zionism that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has so far rejected.

News & Politics

Politics

New Yorkers like public matching funds program

A new poll found that 64% of likely voters support the small donor matching program and 89% believe wealthy donors have more influence in politics than ordinary voters

News & Politics

Politics

Hochul to Trump: Hands off our National Guard

Gov. Hochul did not take kindly to the president’s suggestion he may take control of the New York National Guard, suggesting the state wouldn’t make it easy for him

News & Politics

Politics

Mamdani leads Cuomo by 19 points, while Stefanik is catching up to Hochul

The governor’s lead over Rep. Elise Stefanik in a hypothetical gubernatorial election next year has shrunk from 23 points to 14 points.

Housing

Politics

‘Zohran’s Law,’ Cuomo’s very political housing proposal, would not apply to Zohran

The rule pitched by Cuomo’s campaign would means test incoming tenants in rent-stabilized units.

Personality

Personality

Revisiting New York’s 2022 congressional gerrymander

Here are a few of the districts that raised eyebrows last time, which could presage a future mid-decade redistricting.

Albany Agenda

Policy

Will Hochul’s focus on redistricting fight distract from state governance?

“I assure you, my capacity for an expansive range of topics is enormous,” the governor told reporters.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Helping youth achieve early career milestones this summer

Sheila Duke, CEO of Roads to Success, shares how the nonprofit is navigating federal spending cuts in an interview with New York Nonprofit Media.

News & Politics

Politics

Mark Levine, looking at a possible Mamdani administration, wants no drama

The city’s likely next comptroller is strategizing to protect against Donald Trump – while many of his supporters hope he’ll also push back on a lefty mayor.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Robert Tucker clocks in one year as FDNY’s ‘CEO’

An interview with the department’s 35th commissioner, who says “the future of FDNY is EMS.”

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: How to prevent more mass shootings

There are proven programs that work to prevent targeted violence like the recent shooting in midtown Manhattan. But the Trump administration has defunded them.

Policy

Policy

Kingston tenants owed rent refunds face obstacles when trying to collect

The city’s Rent Guidelines Board ordered that stabilized rents be lowered, but few tenants have been able to receive compensation after being overcharged.