New York City
Personality
A loyal Democrat challenges Felder
An interview with Blake Morris, state Sen. Simcha Felder's Democratic primary opponent.
Politics
Corey Johnson's first big trip came with a big price tag
New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson is sending a big bill to taxpayers for his first out-of-state trip as speaker after paying $3,570.64 to get himself and an aide to Tennessee and back on Wednesday.
Budget
Policy
State budget includes health care fund after $2.8 million lobbying push
Following months of threats by the Trump administration to slash federal health care spending, New York state’s 2018-19 budget responded by creating a new health care shortfall fund – and a major lobbying push likely played a role.
Infrastructure
Opinion
The state budget keeps wasting economic development cash
New York Economic development cash and how it's being spent.
Politics
Campaigns & Elections
The special election that could determine the outcome of the state Senate
Is a Westchester County state Senate swing district going to flip and what would it mean for the balance of power?
NYN Media
Nonprofits
The special election that could determine the outcome of the state Senate
Is a Westchester County state Senate swing district going to flip and what would it mean for the balance of power?
Politics
Andrew Cuomo
Takeaways from the state Senate Democratic unity announcement
Looking like classmates forced by their parents to play together, state Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Independent Conference Leader Jeff Klein joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a press conference on Wednesday to officially announce the reunification of the IDC with the legislative body’s mainline Democrats.
Andrew Cuomo
Personality
The WFP’s Bill Lipton on state Senate Democratic reunification
The Working Families Party's New York state political director Bill Lipton said that while he supports reunification and the ascension of Andrea Stewart-Cousins to lead a united Senate Democratic conference, the WFP is sticking with its endorsements of candidates challenging members of the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.
NYN Media
Nonprofits
The WFP’s Bill Lipton on state Senate Democratic reunification
The Working Families Party's New York state political director Bill Lipton said that while he supports reunification and the ascension of Andrea Stewart-Cousins to lead a united Senate Democratic conference, the WFP is sticking with its endorsements of candidates challenging members of the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
New skyscrapers near Penn Station are a good idea
New skyscrapers near Penn Station are the ideal way to finance the station's reconstruction.
Policy
How an obscure nonprofit became one of NYC's largest contractors
Queens-based nonprofit Childrens Community Services was a quarter-million dollars in the red in 2014, according to IRS records. But by the summer of 2017, record homelessness had propelled the organization to securing what is now the eighth largest year-to-date spending of any city contract, according to Checkbook NYC.
Politics
Andrew Cuomo
What to know about Cuomo’s state Senate Democratic unity deal
Andrew Cuomo is trying to unify New York Senate Democrats. What does that mean and how are Simcha Felder, Cynthia Nixon, IDC challengers and past failures all part of the equation?
Nonprofits
NYN Media
How an obscure nonprofit became one of New York City’s largest contractors
It all began in 2014 when Thomas Bransky, the son of a Chicago hotel owner, came to the city in order to build an organization to help house the thousands of homeless New Yorkers that had a right to shelter each night. But at first he was far from successful.
New York State
Policy
New York’s pension funds still invest in guns, tobacco and oil
New York’s pension funds still invest in guns, tobacco and oil because divesting from controversial companies or industries is not so simple – even after high-profile incidents, such as the Florida school shooting in February that left 17 dead, increase the political pressure to do so.
NYN Media
Nonprofits
5 things to know about Marcus Molinaro
Five things to know about Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, who's running against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
New York State
Politics
5 things to know about Marcus Molinaro
Five things to know about Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, who's running against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Labor
Policy