New York City
Policy
How the 2020 census citizenship question will affect New York’s headcount
Many immigrant households may skip the survey, but NYC has a plan to fight back.
New York City
Policy
How insurance is adapting for the modern age
Key New York officials give us the latest on how the insurance industry is adapting for the modern age.
Transportation
Policy
Insuring the future
What modernization and technology mean for New York's insurance industry.
Rikers Island
Policy
Where people are locked up around NYC
Where people are locked up around New York City. Spoiler alert: Jails are already in your backyard.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Cuomo’s “disingenuous” estimate of NYC's surplus
Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked New York City to pony up more money for the subways in a speech on Thursday – but the de Blasio administration shot down the budget numbers he used as evidence as “completely disingenuous.”
Labor
Policy
What the Assembly wants to do for public-sector unions
An interview with Peter Abbate Jr., chairman of the Assembly Committee on Governmental Employees.
Budget
Policy
5 big insurance issues in New York
New York faces a number of other insurance issues – some of which were addressed as part of the budget talks, and some that weren’t. Here are five key legislative and regulatory issues affecting the state’s insurance industry.
New York State
Policy
Want to pay a little more for green energy? It’s not so simple
Many ESCOs pitch their services to potential customers as a way of going green. The details vary, but the idea is always to direct your money toward cleaner or renewable energy, such as wind and solar.
Budget
Policy
State budget includes health care fund after $2.8 million lobbying push
Following months of threats by the Trump administration to slash federal health care spending, New York state’s 2018-19 budget responded by creating a new health care shortfall fund – and a major lobbying push likely played a role.
Policy
How an obscure nonprofit became one of NYC's largest contractors
Queens-based nonprofit Childrens Community Services was a quarter-million dollars in the red in 2014, according to IRS records. But by the summer of 2017, record homelessness had propelled the organization to securing what is now the eighth largest year-to-date spending of any city contract, according to Checkbook NYC.
New York State
Policy
New York’s pension funds still invest in guns, tobacco and oil
New York’s pension funds still invest in guns, tobacco and oil because divesting from controversial companies or industries is not so simple – even after high-profile incidents, such as the Florida school shooting in February that left 17 dead, increase the political pressure to do so.
Labor
Policy
Bob Linn is watching the U.S. Supreme Court
Labor Commissioner Bob Linn spoke to City & State about tussling with the police union, negotiating with NYCHA workers and why he’s watching the U.S. Supreme Court.
Labor
Policy
Labor is under threat. A new bus managers union shows how to fight back.
A new MTA bus managers union could be a model for growth as the labor movement faces an uncertain landscape.
Nonprofits
Policy
How the 2018-19 state budget affects the nonprofit sector
New York nonprofits scored some funding wins in the final state budget for the upcoming year, but the victory was not shared across the board.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Updated: 6 questions about the Gateway Program, answered
The Gateway Program is the Lucy’s football of regional politics – long-promised and long-awaited, but always just out of reach. Here are six questions and answers about the project.
Policy
Nonprofit leaders appreciate governor's race shakeup
Nonprofit leaders say they are open to supporting Cynthia Nixon's primary challenge against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
MTA
Policy
New York wants to double-dip from ride-hail companies
A “phase one” for congestion pricing in Manhattan isn’t the only state budget proposal affecting ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft. An Assembly measure would add a new $1 tax on such rides in upstate and Long Island – and business groups aren’t pleased.
Policy