Albany Agenda
Policy
Assembly and state Senate release ‘one-house’ state budget proposals
The Legislature’s budget proposals differ from the governor’s executive budget proposal when it comes to discovery reform, involuntary commitment and rebate checks.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Airbnb PAC starts spending to support Riley, Farías, Salamanca and more
Speaker Adrienne Adams’ chosen successor also got support from the short-term rental company’s political committee.
News & Politics
Politics
Penn Station advocates to submit their own redevelopment plan
The proposal from Alexandros Washburn calls for replacing Madison Square Garden with a reimagined Penn Station.
Policy
Policy
Andrew Cuomo wants to do ‘precision policing’ too
The Bill Bratton approach emphasizes problem areas and problem people over blanket enforcement.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: Latinos’ greater representation at City Hall comes at Adams’ expense
The indicted mayor, having lost his inner circle, appointed Adolfo Carrión Jr., a Nuyorican, to be his deputy mayor of housing, joining one other Hispanic person at the highest level of New York City government.
Policy
Policy
DOCCS commissioner: Prison strike is over
Most of the corrections officers who took part in the unsanctioned strike have returned to work, and those who continued to strike have been fired.
Albany Agenda
Politics
$10 million tax credit for businesses advertising in local media gets Albany rally
Supporters will meet at the statehouse to ask Gov. Hochul to fund the Lift Our Communities, Advertise Locally Act in this year’s budget.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
SUNY pushes back on Trump’s second term
Senior Vice Chancellor and General Counsel Kapil Longani discusses the impact of the president’s return to the White House on the system’s 64 colleges and universities.
News & Politics
Politics
Gov. Kathy Hochul takes aim at Rep. ‘Mike something’
Continuing her trend of stronger rhetoric against the GOP, the governor repeatedly criticized potential gubernatorial opponent Rep. Mike Lawler during the Albany Somos conference.
Personality
NYN Media
A soon-to-be nonprofit exec responds when ‘God had bigger plans’
An interview with Sherry Tucker, CEO of WellLife Network.
Special Reports
Personality
Regulating labor relations amid Trump’s return to office
A Q&A with Timothy Connick, chair of the Public Employment Relations Board
Special Reports
Personality
Passing prevailing wage and worker safety expansions
A Q&A with Assembly Member Harry Bronson.
Special Reports
Personality
Passing bills to benefit workers in the state Senate
A Q&A with state Sen. Jessica Ramos.
Special Reports
Politics
Hochul makes up with unions after Hector LaSalle
The governor has spent the past couple years allying herself with organized labor.
Special Reports
Policy
Albany lawmakers focused on labor agenda brace for Trump’s second term
A look at the impact the administration will have on the 2025 legislative session.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Make America Infected Again?
Five years after New York was decimated by a novel virus, the eerie drumbeat of strange infections and diseases echo in our midst. Are we prepared for another pandemic?
News & Politics
Politics
Hochul dominates potential challengers in new Siena poll
Hochul's two potential primary opponents, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado and Rep. Ritchie Torres, lack statewide name recognition.
Politics
Politics