Transportation

Policy

How Biden’s Amtrak legacy may help advance NY’s transportation agenda

A rail enthusiast in the Oval Office signals hope for more federal aid and transportation funding.

New York City

Policy

6 Things To Know About Polly Trottenberg

Meet the incoming deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Policy

The state budget by the numbers

Here are the highlights from the spending plan unveiled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.

Labor

Policy

After Prop 22, New York is still split on gig worker reforms

New York lawmakers will pursue alternative measures to grant gig workers more employment benefits, even as some push for reclassifying them as employees.

Technology

Policy

Vaccine website frustrations point to larger government tech problems

New York had months to prepare for rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine, and yet signing up for a vaccination is complicated and difficult. Here’s why.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

New COVID-19 variant sparks calls for restrictions

Public health experts hope the discovery acts as a “wakeup call” about New York’s troubling increase in cases.

Health Care

Policy

Why can’t NYC vaccinate like it’s 1947?

New York City gave smallpox vaccines to 5 million residents in just two weeks 74 years ago. What have we unlearned?

New York State

Policy

New York’s vaccine count is only getting started

Residents are starting to get the second doses they need to be protected against COVID-19.

New York City

Policy

The first potential COVID-19 vaccine scandal

New York is investigating whether ParCare Community Health Network gave out vaccines to people who didn’t qualify.

Housing

Policy

The push for new tenant protections gains traction in Albany

Lawmakers and activists say a new eviction moratorium is the first step in a wider 2021 effort.

Health Care

Policy

How New York could improve vaccine equity

Members of a new state task force explain what needs to be done to beat COVID-19.

Criminal Justice

Policy

Putting Cuomo’s small-town police reform praise into perspective

An annotated press release of the governor’s statement on the village of Lowville “reinventing and modernizing” its police department.

Education

Policy

What to know about New York City’s school admissions changes

They’re the most significant shift to desegregate schools since de Blasio took office.

Health Care

Policy

What to know about the new coronavirus mutation

It appears to be more transmissible, but it’s unclear if it’s different enough to be unaffected by existing vaccines.