New York City
Politics
State Senate stalemate, Trump endorses Donovan and Weinstein indicted
State Senate stalemate, Trump endorses Donovan and Harvey Weinstein indicted in this week's top news.
Housing
Policy
Mayor’s Charter Revision Commission to tackle land use issues
Mayor’s Charter Revision Commission to tackle land use issues and says its focus is broader than campaigns and elections.
New York City
Policy
Flanagan is the only one standing in the way of teacher evaluation bill
Despite support, Flanagan could block bill decoupling student test scores from teacher evaluations.
New York City
Politics
Party conventions, marijuana reform and a new attorney general
Party conventions, marijuana reform and a new attorney general round out the week’s top political news.
New York City
Politics
The biggest snubs of progressives at the state Democratic convention
Progressive Democratic activists feel that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his allies in the state party shunned their movement at the New York Democratic Party’s convention on Long Island.
Gambling
Politics
Marijuana reform, Letitia James for attorney general and a gamble pays off
Marijuana reform, Letitia James for attorney general and a gamble pays off in this week’s political roundup.
New York City
Policy
The long view for DoITT and LinkNYC
An interview with Samir Saini, commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Don't spark up in Central Park before reading this
5 things to know about New York City’s steps toward marijuana decriminalization
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.
Bill de Blasio
Politics
Homelessness takes center stage at NYC budget hearing
New York City officials defended the increased funding they have received to combat homelessness and their request for more money to serve the record shelter population, even as they face fresh scrutiny over the use of hotel shelters.
Bill de Blasio
Policy
How the de Blasio administration raised $417 million for charity
The New York City Mayor's Office of Strategic Partnerships has raised more than $417 million for a broad range of initiatives aimed at promoting social and economic equality.
Bill de Blasio
Opinion
New York City should expand voting rights as part of charter revision
New York state keeps failing to ease voting, but New York City can do it on their own.
New York City
Politics
GOP state senators exit, Silver retrial begins and not-so-secret ‘agents of the city’
GOP state senators exit, Silver retrial begins and not-so-secret ‘agents of the city,' it's your roundup of the week’s political news.
New York City
Politics
Keeping the faith in New York City politics
Even in New York City, there may be one religious line which politicians are not willing to cross: godlessness.
New York City
Politics
Paid parental leave fight coming to the New York City Council
The New York City Council is hoping to pressure Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration to provide a paid family leave policy to all public employees, and is holding a joint hearing on Monday afternoon to hear from municipal employees testifying on the issue.
Politics
Andrew Cuomo
Special elections, Felder not in the fold and a bag ban
Special elections, Felder not in the fold and a bag ban: A roundup of the week’s political news.
Politics
Bill de Blasio
Five things to know about de Blasio’s 2019 executive budget
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed a $89 billion budget for fiscal year 2019, an increase of $1.6 billion.
Bill de Blasio
Personality
Jimmy Oddo’s midlife crisis
Jimmy Oddo's midlife crisis. Why the Staten Island borough president wanted to throw in the towel - and what the beard had to do with it.
Politics
Andrew Cuomo