Technology
Policy
Conflicting reports, reactions on Amazon backing out of HQ2
Julie Samuels, executive director of Tech:NYC, weighs in.
New York City
Policy
Think before you click: A fee for every online delivery
Assemblyman Robert Carroll of Brooklyn proposes raising subway revenue with online retail charge and ride-hail app license fee.
Technology
Policy
Charter nears deal with state regulators
Charter Spectrum is nearing a deal to avoid the company’s exit from New York.
New York City
Policy
Public advocate candidates debate tech
Animosity towards Amazon in the New York City Public Advocate debate doesn't mean the candidates are hostile to tech.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Criminal justice reforms up next ahead of Caucus Weekend
Criminal justice reforms up next for Democratic state lawmakers ahead of Caucus Weekend in Albany.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on the state’s $2.8 billion budget shortfall
New York's $2.8 billion budget shortfall is the result of Trump’s tax cut.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
What is the Public Authorities Control Board?
Why the Public Authorities Control Board, a little-known state entity, could derail the plan to bring Amazon’s new headquarters to Queens.
New York City
Policy
Could Gianaris veto Amazon HQ2?
State Senator Michael Gianaris is one of the few public officials who have taken up arms in the fight, and now has been given a seat on the Public Authorities Control Board.
New York State
Policy
Should accused sexual harassers be hired in politics?
Former state Sen. Jeff Klein is just the most recent accused New York pol to get a lobbying job. Some say that’s wrong.
New York State
Policy
Will recreational pot freeze out people of color – again?
Minority businesses were neglected in the rollout of medical marijuana, will recreational pot freeze them out again?.
Transportation
Policy
New minimum pay rule for ride-hail drivers gets messy rollout
Just before New York's new rule setting the nation’s first minimum pay rate for drivers of ride-hailing apps was set to go into effect late last week, Lyft and Juno sued to block it, arguing that the formula used to determine the minimum pay standards unfairly benefits companies that have more users.
New York City
Policy
The scramble to profit from legal pot
New York’s about-face on marijuana has triggered a gold rush.
Technology
Policy
Can New York lead in cryptocurrency?
The establishment of a new cryptocurrency task force suggests that the state is ready to expand its embrace.
Policy
Amazon’s skimpy favors for the community infuriate City Council critics
In the City Council’s second hearing on Amazon’s enormous planned office in the neighborhood of Long Island City, the contentious debate continued.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Cuomo's design-build expansion slowly chugs along
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to expand design-build procurement authority to more state agencies
Technology
Policy
Facebook messaging merger sparks antitrust concerns
With little oversight, horizontal mergers have hindered free market competition
New York City
Policy
Cuomo’s L train plan shows how he controls the MTA
A month of friction reveals the MTA board’s limited power and Andrew Cuomo’s control.
Technology
Policy
MIT study backs AOC on algorithm bias
Days after U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez elicited a minor uproar over her claim that human bias is baked into facial recognition algorithms, a new study from MIT Media Lab found that Amazon’s facial recognition technology was prone to errors in determining the gender of female faces and darker-skinned faces.
Technology
Policy
U.S. tech giants spent big on lobbying in 2018
New filings shed light on some of U.S. tech giants' less visible lobbying efforts.
Technology
Policy