Real Estate

Politics

Real estate spending heavily on attorney general race

REBNY and the Durst Organization have donated to multiple attorney general candidates

New York State

Politics

Republicans face obstacles to drop Collins from ballot

Western New York Republicans will meet to decide on their options to replace Rep. Chris Collins in NY27.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Minor-party bids, independents poised to take votes from Delgado

Up to five left-leaning candidates may foil Democratic opportunity to knock off Rep. John Faso

Campaigns & Elections

Personality

Jessica Ramos looks to capture that Ocasio-Cortez energy

Jessica Ramos is challenging state Sen. Jose Peralta, a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference.

Campaigns & Elections

Personality

Democratic House candidate Dylan Ratigan is a lifelong non-voter

Democratic House candidate, and former MSNBC anchor, Dylan Ratigan didn’t vote in 2016 “out of disgust.”

Andrew Cuomo

Personality

Paladino: Molinaro backs Trump, and the rest of the GOP should too

Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino says the Marc Molinaro, the GOP's nominee against Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year, is supportive of President Donald Trump - and the rest of the party should be, too.

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.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Bar admittance unlikely to impede a Teachout attorney general run

Law professor Zephyr Teachout isn’t admitted to the New York state bar, posing a political hurdle to her potential candidacy for state attorney general, but that may be fixed more easily than some experts expected.

Campaigns & Elections

Policy

It’s not just Cambridge Analytica

It’s not just Cambridge Analytica. More and more campaigns are using social media to hypertarget potential voters.

New York City

Personality

Being Mexican in NYC with Carlos Menchaca

New York City Councilman Carlos Menchaca became the first Mexican-American elected in the city when he won his Brooklyn seat in 2013. To mark the Cinco de Mayo celebration of Mexican culture, Menchaca talked to City & State about spending summers on a farm south of the border, the best Mexican restaurant in the city and how he has to deny working with President Donald Trump.

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.