Campaign Confidential

Politics

Yusef Salaam doesn’t know the City Council. He says that’s a good thing.

A Q&A with the newcomer to local politics, who’s running for a Harlem council seat against two experienced elected officials.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

City Council goes to D.C. (not because the mayor told them to)

A Q&A with Council Member Justin Brannan on getting more federal funding for asylum-seekers and advocating for expedited work authorizations.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

A son of the Bronx is now its historian

A Q&A with Angel Hernandez on taking over from Lloyd Ultan and the borough’s connection to Puerto Rico.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

How to develop more complete NYCHA complexes

A Q&A with New York City Housing Authority Executive Vice President for Real Estate Development Jonathan Gouveia.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Affordable housing in NY isn’t completely up in flames

RuthAnne Visnauskas, commissioner of state Homes and Community Renewal, discusses current state efforts to make housing affordable in the state.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Denise Rosario Adusei is on a mission

The new executive director of the Bronx Children’s Museum in a Q&A talks about the institution’s top priorities under her leadership.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

How NYC is streamlining MWBE contracting

Lisa Flores, chief procurement officer and director of the Mayor's Office of Contract Services, discussed efforts that have improved how MWBE vendors interact with the city in a Q&A at City & State’s Diversity Summit

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

How NYC is streamlining MWBE contracting

Lisa Flores, chief procurement officer and director of the Mayor's Office of Contract Services, discussed efforts that have improved how MWBE vendors interact with the city in a Q&A at City & State’s Diversity Summit.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Latrice Walker: ‘Agitate, advocate, legislate – and if that doesn't work – litigate’

After going on a three-week hunger strike to protest further bail reform rollbacks, the New York Assembly member said she plans to bring the fight to court.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Leader to Leader: Nolvia Delgado

A discussion with the executive director of the Kaplan Educational Foundation, an organization that she herself benefited from as an undergraduate

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Zohran Mamdani is bringing Hollywood glamor to Albany

Dubbed ‘the socialist, Muslim Ronald Reagan,’ the state legislator takes a creative approach to fighting for increased MTA funding and single-payer health care.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Helping Black and Brown youth harness their power

Minority Millennials founder Dan Lloyd spoke to New York Nonprofit Media about empowering young people of color to become civically engaged and the upcoming We Are The Future Summit.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Lester Chang: ‘The people have spoken that voted me in’

The newly elected Assembly member talked bail reform, his new district office and residency requirements.

Personality

Personality

Iwen Chu: I am the first one to get elected; I will not be the last one.

As the first senator elected to represent the first Asian-majority district, Chu has a plan to address the needs of her AAPI and immigrant constituents.

New York State

Personality

Jumaane Williams: Asylum-seeker crisis goes beyond the news cycle

The New York City public advocate talked with City & State about his trip to D.C. and what’s needed to address the ongoing influx.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Jabari Brisport on police robots: ‘It’s the depersonalization of what makes communities safe’

The Brooklyn state senator introduced a bill to ban the NYPD from using the ‘Digidog’ and other surveillance robots.