Personality

Interviews & Profiles

Deputy Mayor Jeffrey Roth on being gay in the military – and governing NYC under Trump

After serving during "don't ask, don't tell," New York City’s highest-ranking LGBTQ official is now trying to find common ground with the federal government. “I have great hope, but a lot of fear.”

Interviews & Profiles

Mark Levine: ‘The comptroller has to be totally independent of the mayor’

An interview with the winner of the Democratic primary for New York City comptroller – who could end up serving as a check on a Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

New York City

How Dutch settlers got their start in the New York Harbor

A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the English.

Personality

Foreword: Answering the questions in New York City’s history

The New Netherland Institute is making the records of the New Netherland colony more accessible.

New York City

Book excerpt: How the Dutch and English reached a deal for the peaceful transfer of New Netherland

Author Russell Shorto, in his book “Taking Manhattan,” described the negotiations between Dutch Director General Peter Stuyvesant and English military officer Richard Nicolls.

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Rick Cotton on ‘the airport business, the bridges and tunnels, roads, commuter railroad business’

An interview with the executive director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey ahead of City & State’s 2025 Rebuilding New York Summit.

Interviews & Profiles

Charles Rangel, in his own words

The longtime member of Congress, Harlem power broker and part of the “Gang of Four” spoke to City & State last year.