Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Restoring education cuts is critical for career and technical education
A Q&A with Shelley Mayer, chair of the state Senate Education Committee.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Stacey Pheffer Amato would like to get New York retirees a COLA
A Q&A with the chair of the Assembly Governmental Employees Committee.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Robert Jackson says ‘Tier 6 sucks.’ Here’s how he’d fix state pensions.
A Q&A with the chair of the state Senate Civil Service and Pensions Committee.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
How the Hochul administration wants to help workers this year
A Q&A with state Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
For workers facing extreme stress, injury or a temporary disability, Harry Bronson’s got a bill for it.
A Q&A with the new chair of the Assembly Labor Committee.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
State Sen. Jessica Ramos is moving forward with her 2024 labor agenda
Temporary disability insurance, adapting to extreme heat, tackling wage theft and more.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Jay Jacobs is feeling positive after Tom Suozzi’s Long Island victory
The chair of the state and Nassau County Democratic parties has started the year with a major win after previous criticisms.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
How does a New York Bar task force recommend colleges respond to the Supreme Court's affirmative action ruling?
Kapil Longani has left the New York City mayor's office and come to SUNY as senior vice chancellor for legal affairs and general counsel where he's taking on challenging legal questions about equity.
Albany Agenda
Personality
Grace Meng says Suozzi didn’t take Asian voters for granted
From multilingual campaign lit to weekly meet-and-greets, the Suozzi campaign made outreach to Asian voters a top priority – and Meng hopes other Democrats will follow suit.
Albany Agenda
Personality
Maria Torres-Springer on why she’s ‘extremely grateful’ to Kathy Hochul
The New York City deputy mayor for housing said the governor has included all the city’s priorities in her budget proposal. The next hurdle is convincing lawmakers.
Personality
Personality
Byron Brown highlights need for predictable state funding
In a Q&A, the Buffalo mayor talked about his budget testimony and his political future.
New York City
Personality
Family of man incarcerated at Rikers who died after botched heart surgery wins $6.1 million jury award
Juan Francisco Hidalgo Flores died at a prison ward at Bellevue Hospital.
Criminal Justice
Personality
The most notable Southern District of New York prosecutors
From Morgenthau to Giuliani – egos abound.
Interviews & Profiles
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