Personality
DSA
NYC-DSA co-Chair Grace Mausser: This is the most important moment for U.S. socialists in a century
The woman who led the DSA to new heights of power is now working on building alliances.
DSA
Bernie Sanders spawned unnumbered socialists. NYC-DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo was one of them.
A class on “radical Latin American cinema,” climate change concerns and a populist presidential campaign were the recipe that formed the influential New York City leftist.
Personality
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Who’s up and who’s down this week?
Personality
What political posts lead to becoming New York’s governor?
It turns out being LG and waiting for a scandal isn’t a terrible option.
Interviews & Profiles
Here’s why you keep seeing Mamdani’s consumer protection commissioner everywhere
Sam Levine, who moved to the city in June, has had a particularly active start in the Mamdani administration.
Interviews & Profiles
Everyone’s against Rana Abdelhamid. She’s running anyway.
A Q&A with the Assembly candidate running in a special election against the new “establishment.”
Personality
Heastie taps criminal justice reformer Alana Sivin as counsel
A socialist who challenged an incumbent legislator is now the right hand of the Assembly speaker.
Announcements
Editor’s Note: Kate Lisa is joining City & State
We’re bolstering our state politics coverage in a big year.
Personality
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Who’s up and who’s down this week?
Personality
Yvonne Armstrong isn’t discouraged by the challenges facing health care workers
An interview with the (relatively) new president of 1199SEIU.
Personality
Can Claire Valdez unite socialists and labor unions?
An interview with the Assembly member running to replace Rep. Nydia Velázquez by building a left-labor coalition.
New York City Council
Meet the new NYC Council members
Eleven first-termers make their debut.
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Personality
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Who’s up and who’s down this week?
New York City Council
The Menin era begins
The new NYC Council speaker is staffing up and making it official.
Personality
Mayor Zohran Mamdani rides into City Hall
After being formally sworn in as mayor in the old City Hall subway station, Mamdani promptly announced his pick for DOT commissioner.
New York City
Mamdani to name Kamar Samuels as schools chancellor
The Manhattan superintendent will lead the nation’s largest public school system.
New York City
Mark Levine names top staff for NYC Comptroller’s office
More than half the top appointees are staying on from Brad Lander’s administration.
Personality
The top tweets in New York politics from 2025
These posts were featured in City & State’s First Read Tonight newsletter.
Interviews & Profiles
The Blue Square Alliance is working to get people off the sidelines in the fight against antisemitism
Adam Katz, president of Robert Kraft’s foundation, shares how he has stitched together a proprietary system of addressing the problem of Jewish hate.
New York City
Mamdani appoints Lillian Bonsignore to lead FDNY
Bonsignore brings decades of experience in the department’s emergency medical services division.
