Education

Personality

Behind the Board of Regents’ request for $2.1 billion in school aid

Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa explains their request for $2.1 billion in school aid.

Technology

Politics

Say hello to First Read Tech

City & State launches a new newsletter to cover the intersection of tech and policy in New York.

Bill de Blasio

Opinion

How Bill de Blasio seeking the national spotlight backfires

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts in seeking the national spotlight often backfire, while Gov. Andrew Cuomo is better at looking like he’s doing his day job.

New York City

Politics

No L train shutdown, Fair Fares and Cuomo’s inauguration

Jeff Klein gets a new job, Bill de Blasio and Corey Johnson outline Fair Fares and Andrew Cuomo saves the day for L train riders.

Personality

Who's up and who's down this week?

Vote for this week's biggest Winner & Losers.

MTA

Policy

What the L?

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s effort to avert L train shutdown is drawing skepticism from pols and the public alike.

Personality

Latrice Walker's plan to advocate, agitate, legislate and litigate

With a special election set for Feb. 26, Brooklyn Assemblywoman Latrice Walker has under two months to win a tough race to be the next New York City public advocate. But she says she’s a perfect fit for the position, whose role is “to advocate, agitate, legislate and litigate.”

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Takeaways from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 2019 inaugural address

Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave his inaugural address on Ellis Island on Tuesday evening. Here are four takeaways from the speech, including the governor’s focus on the president, his own prospects of running for president, and – of course – his latest video presentation.

Bill de Blasio

Politics

New York political predictions for 2019

What bills will the Democratic state Legislature pass? Will Amazon’s new office in Queens move forward – as is? Who will be New York City’s next public advocate? We reached out to a half dozen New York experts and insiders for their political predictions for 2019.