Politics
Sean Patrick Maloney feels good about running for AG
A source familiar with Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney’s thinking told City & State that the Hudson Valley congressman is moving closer to a run, and feeling “even better” about it since Rep. Kathleen Rice is dropping out.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
It’s time to stop tax lien sales from snaring New York City's nonprofits
An unpaid tax bill should not be the end of community-based nonprofits which are so critical to the health and vitality of our city.
Bill de Blasio
Policy
How the de Blasio administration raised $417 million for charity
The New York City Mayor's Office of Strategic Partnerships has raised more than $417 million for a broad range of initiatives aimed at promoting social and economic equality.
New York State
Politics
All New York AG candidates are "qualified"
All of the New York attorney general candidates are "qualified"
Nonprofits
NYN Media
The next New York attorney general needs to fight for nonprofits
The attorney general’s office is both the lawyer for the people of New York and, through its Charities Bureau, the state regulator of nonprofits. In both capacities, the attorney general’s work intersects with that of the nonprofit sector.
Bill de Blasio
Opinion
New York City should expand voting rights as part of charter revision
New York state keeps failing to ease voting, but New York City can do it on their own.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Letitia James doesn’t want to be attorney general … yet
Why Letitia James and the biggest names opted out of the state legislative selection process.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
You don’t have to be that qualified to be attorney general
The state Legislature is interviewing candidates to replace Schneiderman, but the job’s formal qualifications are minimal.
New York City
Policy
Digital currency regulation and other tech-tonic shifts
Digital currency regulation and four other big technology issues New York is facing now
Nonprofits
NYN Media
A new $1 million fund to combat sexual harassment and assault
The New York Women’s Foundation threw its weight behind the #MeToo effort against sexual harassment and assault by announcing the creation of a $1 million fund to support the movement and its allies, they announced at a recent fundraiser.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
This $400 million NYC effort seeks new ideas for old problems
There’s the initiative that has provided more than 40,000 pairs of glasses for poor children, literacy programs, veterans services – even more than $1 million for an evaluation of how social media can help report foodborne disease outbreaks.
New York State
Politics
Who needs Eric Schneiderman anyways?
Why Democrats shouldn’t worry about Eric Schneiderman’s unceremonious exit.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Who New York’s power players want to be the next attorney general
Who Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and others want to replace Eric Schneiderman as New York state attorney general.
Kathy Hochul
Politics
Updated: The leading contenders to be New York’s next attorney general
The Legislature will choose a successor to Eric Schneiderman. Here’s an updated guide to the candidates' strengths and weaknesses.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Silver’s re-conviction caps roller-coaster week
Eric Schneiderman resigns and the search for his replacement in this week's headlines.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Our stories are the rule – not the exception. It’s time for bail reform.
It is a fact that New York state’s pretrial “justice” system violates the basic human and constitutional rights of people who are forced into county jails strewn across the state.
Personality