Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
Is the Albany Power 100 list sexist?
Blame society, not the journalists who report on it, for the unequal distribution of power in the Albany Power 100.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Teachout left out as WFP nominates Nixon, Williams and DiNapoli
The Working Families Party officially officially designated Cynthia Nixon as its candidate for governor, as well as New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams for lieutenant governor and state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli for another term, at the third party’s state convention on Saturday. But left out was Zephyr Teachout, who was denied the party’s ballot line for attorney general – at least for now.
Andrew Cuomo
Personality
New York doesn't do royal weddings, but it has its own royalty
New York doesn't have royalty, but the former colony seems fond of dynastic succession in politics.
Criminal Justice
Opinion
Criminal justice reform would protect immigrants from deportation
Minor crimes get immigrants in trouble with the Trump administration. Here's what New York can do to protect them.
New York State
Personality
Marcus Molinaro vs. the Empire
Marcus Molinaro on how to beat Cuomo – and which "Star Wars" character he sees himself as.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
Seismic testing threatens New York waters
Seismic testing threatens New York waters even before offshore oil and gas drilling begins.
New York City
Policy
The sharing economy is New York’s hottest political war right now
New York City and state officials are duking it out over Uber and Airbnb.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Letitia James doesn’t want to be attorney general … yet
Why Letitia James and the biggest names opted out of the state legislative selection process.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
You don’t have to be that qualified to be attorney general
The state Legislature is interviewing candidates to replace Schneiderman, but the job’s formal qualifications are minimal.
New York City
Policy
Digital currency regulation and other tech-tonic shifts
Digital currency regulation and four other big technology issues New York is facing now
New York State
Politics
Who needs Eric Schneiderman anyways?
Why Democrats shouldn’t worry about Eric Schneiderman’s unceremonious exit.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Who New York’s power players want to be the next attorney general
Who Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and others want to replace Eric Schneiderman as New York state attorney general.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Silver’s re-conviction caps roller-coaster week
Eric Schneiderman resigns and the search for his replacement in this week's headlines.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Women’s Caucus: Vance shouldn’t lead Schneiderman investigation
The New York City Council Women’s Caucus supports the appointment of Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas as a special prosecutor
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
It’s not just Eric Schneiderman: New York’s #MeToo moment
Many local political figures have been recently accused of sexual misconduct
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the leftest of them all?
Cynthia Nixon is trying to get to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s left. But is there any space there?
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Schneiderman resigned in scandal. Here's how politicians are reacting.
A bombshell New Yorker story reports that New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman physically abused four women, and he resigned within hours. How did New York politicians and others react?
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Long Island Republicans might support Cuomo’s offshore drilling ban
Protecting the oceans is popular in the region that may determine the future of the state Senate
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Simcha Felder's state Senate stronghold
For a district at the center of a political firestorm, New York state Senate District 17 is most often sleepy and pleasant. It is here where unique demographics and political arrangements have afforded shelter to one of the most powerful and – for Democrats – frustrating figures in New York politics since 2012: state Sen. Simcha Felder.
New York City
Personality