Policy
New York City
As some asylum-seekers resolve to stay at Manhattan hotel, others catch the bus to Brooklyn
“We want a good place to live like humans,” one 22-year-old from Venezuela said of being told to leave a Manhattan hotel for a barracks-style shelter in Red Hook.
Nonprofits
Symposium discusses solutions to homelessness and mental illness in New York
Experts gathered at the event sponsored by HELP USA and hosted by City & State to discuss policies and practices to improve housing and mental health services for the unhoused.
Eric Adams
5 takeaways from Eric Adams’ State of the City
The New York City mayor laid out his “Working People’s Agenda” for 2023 at a theater in Queens on Thursday.
Policy
NY advocates want to do away with mandatory minimums
While bail reform, parole reform and the sealing of criminal records have been the main focus for years, advocates are hopeful the growing enthusiasm of sentencing reform will be fruitful this session.
Heard Around Town
NYC education department says admissions diversity pilot is working
A program to set aside spots at high-performing schools for underrepresented students should be expanded, city education leader says.
Heard Around Town
Internet access for some of New York's neediest residents to be announced in Eric Adams' state of the city
Among the efforts planned for this year is a broadband pilot program for Section 8 households in the Bronx and Northern Manhattan, New York City's mayor told City & State.
Policy
The quest to end legal protections for public employees in NY – and not just police
Repealing qualified immunity, an issue that most often comes up with employees of public schools, is a priority for some state Democratic lawmakers.
Housing
NYC’s basement apartment pilot draws only 5 participants
A program to bring some illegal basement apartments up to code has demonstrated the financial and regulatory hurdles to conversions – a setback for the mayor and governor’s housing agendas.
Policy
‘That era is over.’ Hochul touts support for law enforcement
Riding the high of recent positive polling, the governor wants more money for police and more discretion for judges deciding whether to set bail.
Technology
New York City embarks on creating an AI strategy
The Office of Technology and Innovation is hiring a director of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Energy & Environment
Hochul, lawmakers, activists agree: It’s time for all-electric buildings in NY
A bill to ban new gas hook-ups is getting a renewed push in Albany.
Heard Around Town
NYC’s law to prevent artificial intelligence bias in hiring is in limbo
The implementation of the 2021 law has been delayed until April, while the city continues to consider how to define automated hiring tools and other draft rules.
Immigration
Amid “crisis,” Adams defends cruise terminal migrant shelter
The New York City mayor has grown increasingly fed up with criticism levied at his administration’s efforts to house asylum-seekers.
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Energy & Environment
The uncertain fate of upstate’s most controversial bitcoin mining site
Greenidge Generation demonstrated a way to revive old upstate power plants.
Policy
Is crypto dead in New York?
Even Eric Adams isn’t talking about it anymore.
Policy
With tweaks, could Clean Slate have a chance in 2023?
New York lawmakers have been trying to pass legislation to seal old criminal records since 2020 – and this year they’ve made some concessions.
Budget
Eric Adams eliminates vacant job openings, by the numbers
More than 4,300 city positions were cut in the mayor’s latest financial plan.
Heard Around Town
Adams rallies the nation’s mayors
The New York City mayor wants his counterparts to join him on addressing gun violence, the fentanyl epidemic and asylum-seekers.
Immigration
NYC migrant crisis is not the first immigration issue to flummox Hochul
Experts and lawmakers argue Hochul didn’t do enough to tackle immigration in her State of the State address.
Immigration
