New York State
Policy
Senate incumbents face the consequences of the teacher evaluations fight
State Senate incumbents face the consequences of the teacher evaluations fight as New York's teachers union is targeting the lawmakers who failed them during session.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Guilty Trump allies, the Times' Teachout nod and Cuomo at the fair
In this week's headlines, former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was found guilty, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen reached a plea deal, and The New York Times endorsed Zephyr Teachout for attorney general.
New York City
Policy
Does Uber deserve credit for Cohen’s comeuppance?
Ride-hailing apps paved the way for Michael Cohen’s crimes and punishment.
Personality
Who's up and who's down this week?
From Zephyr Teachout to Michael Cohen, it's a "slam-bang, difficult world" that produces plenty of Winners & Losers.
Bill de Blasio
Policy
Education experts weigh in on guns in schools
Three major players – state Education Department Commissioner MaryEllen Elia, New York City Council Education Committee Chairman Mark Treyger, and New York City’s United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew – took the stage to field questions about New York’s education agenda.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
The real reason Cuomo and James are calling to change double jeopardy law
Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Public Advocate Letitia James' calls for action, the state Senate won’t do anything to confront Trump on Paul Manafort. They're doing it to win the primaries.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
How to get to ‘50 by 30’
Is New York on pace to generate half its electricity from renewables by 2030?
New York State
Policy
More pay-to-play questions follow Trump supporter Elliott Broidy
Elliott Broidy is facing more pay-to-play questions nine years after pleading guilty to rewarding official misconduct.
Donald Trump
Politics
NY GOP lawmakers largely silent on Cohen, Manafort bombshells
Republican members of New York’s congressional delegation are taking a wait-and-see approach in responding to how the criminal conviction of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chair Paul Manafort and the guilty plea of Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen will affect their support for Trump moving forward.
Personality
Assemblywoman Ari Espinal adopted someone twice her age
Assemblywoman Ari Espinal is the legal guardian of a 50-year-old man with developmental disabilities, taking responsibility for caring for him after his mother died in 2013.
New York State
Politics
Maloney and Teachout share an obscure alma mater
Sean Patrick Maloney and Zephyr Teachout went to the same small New Hampshire high school.
New York State
Policy
Cuomo banned fracking. But is he still vulnerable on natural gas pipelines?
Cynthia Nixon tries to ride the environmentalist tide that propelled Zephyr Teachout in 2014.
New York State
Opinion
The West Wingnuts
Embarrassingly incompetent New Yorkers are dominating the national political debate.
New York City
Opinion