Personality

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.

Interviews & Profiles

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.

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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.

Personality

Senate celebrates Star Wars Day two weeks late

Lightsabers and stormtroopers made the state Senate feel more like the Galactic Senate.