Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Jennifer Jones Austin on fighting poverty and its impact on communities of color

An interview with the CEO and executive director FPWA, formerly the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Dianne Morales has been named the new leader of El Puente

The former 2021 New York City mayoral candidate talks about that race, how it ended and her next chapter.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

After an era of restoration, the Central Park Conservancy considers how to protect the park

President and CEO Betsy Smith discusses her stewardship of the nation’s most-visited urban park and the nonprofit’s opposition to horse carriages.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Crusading for equitable, fair wages and retirement, for all New Yorkers

An interview with state Sen. Robert Jackson, chair of the Civil Service and Pensions and Committee.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Have we seen the end of bipartisan foreign policy?

Rep. Greg Meeks on the lack of consensus in the House Foreign Affairs Committee under Donald Trump.

Special Reports

Personality

Kirsten Gillibrand: If they cut FEMA, ‘they’re going to find out at the ballot box’

New York’s junior senator talks transit resilience and the future of federal funding to recover from extreme weather events.

Special Reports

Personality

Preparing New York for hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, 7-foot snowstorms

State Emergency Services Commissioner Jackie Bray tries to plan for a wide variety of possible weather emergencies – and she’s worried about federal cuts.

Special Reports

Personality

Zach Iscol: ‘It’s my job to be concerned about everything’

The commissioner of New York City Emergency Management said extreme heat makes heavy rain more likely – leading to unpredictable floods.

Special Reports

Personality

What does homeland security mean for Andrew Garbarino?

The new chair of the House Homeland Security Committee talked with City & State about disaster preparedness as his party’s president considers dismantling FEMA.

Special Reports

Personality

Firefighting in a hotter New York City: ‘This is a whole brave new world for us’

Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker said brush fires in city parks were unlike anything he’d seen “ever, ever.”

Special Reports

Personality

A veteran environmentalist tackles resiliency against rising rainfall

A Q&A with James Gennaro, chair of the New York City Council Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Committee

Interviews & Profiles

NYN Media

Working to keep New Yorkers covered in the wake of massive federal healthcare setbacks

A Q&A with Elisabeth Benjamin, vice president and managing director of health initiatives at the Community Service Society of New York

Personality

Personality

For Emily Gallagher, McGuinness Boulevard has been a long road

The Assembly member became an expert on the roadway she says “cuts through the heart of Greenpoint.”

New York City

Personality

New NYU Wagner Dean Polly Trottenberg makes the pitch for public service

The transportation expert wants to inspire young people to take on challenging, ambitious work in government.

Interviews & Profiles

Politics

How the WFP held their NYC mayoral primary slate together

Co-Directors Ana María Archila and Jasmine Gripper courted Adrienne Adams, sidelined Jessica Ramos, and pushed and pushed for a cross endorsement.

News & Politics

Politics

Mark Levine, looking at a possible Mamdani administration, wants no drama

The city’s likely next comptroller is strategizing to protect against Donald Trump – while many of his supporters hope he’ll also push back on a lefty mayor.