New York City
News & Politics
NYC Council will not override Mamdani’s first veto
The council doesn’t have the votes to pass the bill over Mamdani’s objections, but they plan to introduce a new version with tweaks.
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2026 congressional midterm elections
Endorsement wars: Rep. Nydia Velázquez takes on Mamdani and the DSA
The member of Congress has endorsed against a bevy of DSA-backed candidates.
Interviews & Profiles
The council’s newest member Carl Wilson says it’s all ‘a little surreal’
The staffer-to-principal pipeline lives on as Erik Bottcher’s former chief of staff succeeds him in the council.
Opinion
Opinion: Council progressives call for rentals within reach
If fully funded with $248 million, Rentals within Reach would help ensure NYCHA and supportive housing are key pillars of our city’s safety net.
Budget
Mamdani’s counting on pension restructuring to balance the budget. Will the unions let that happen?
The city’s five municipal pension funds are partly controlled by union representatives who aren’t jumping for joy at the idea of delaying payments.
Heard Around Town
Meng challenger Chuck Park four months late on financial disclosure
The former council staffer is making a rare challenge to the Queens Democrat.
Read First
DSA Assembly candidate changes his defense of Bondi internship
Defending against a super PAC attack, Conrad Blackburn tried to spin the work he was doing for the ex-Trump AG.
Opinion
Opinion: Can Mamdani confront the NYPD’s ‘Blue Power’?
Since the 1960s, the police department and police unions have constituted a powerful, at times implacable, force in city and state politics.
Read First
FanDuel super PAC enters UWS Assembly duel
Stephanie Ruskay and Eli Northrup have both been boosted by outside spending in the race to replace Assembly Member Micah Lasher.
News & Politics
Mamdani proposes $124.7B executive budget - without raiding reserves
The proposal – $3 billion less than the preliminary version – focuses on fully funding existing city programs and avoids raising property taxes as Mamdani had previously suggested.
New York City
Ask the experts: Predicting the next 20 years in New York politics
Do Republicans have a chance to win statewide and which members of Congress will have staying power?
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New York City
The next generation in New York politics is ushering in a new dawn
They’re younger than City & State, but they’re already making an impact.
Opinion
Opinion: A well-intentioned bill could collapse NYC’s home care system
Intro. 303 does not solve the inequities in home care; it destabilizes the entire system and puts both workers and the New Yorkers who rely on them at risk
NYN Media
Study: Universal pre-K may reduce child neglect
The introduction of free preschool in New York City overlapped with reduced child maltreatment investigation rates
News & Politics
Paladino, NYC Council settle ethics dispute over Islamophobic tweets
The Republican council member will be required to delete the tweets, make a public statement and the City Council will withdraw the disciplinary charge against her.
Personality
Who’s going to be the next New York City Council speaker?
There will be just 15 returning members in 2029. The jockeying starts now.
Personality
Who’s going to be the next mayor of New York City?
Whether 2029 or more likely 2033, the Mamdani era can’t last forever.
Campaigns & Elections
And then there was one Micah
Assembly Member Micah Lasher succeeded in knocking Micah Bergdale out of the race for NY-12.
2026 congressional midterm elections
UFT backs Alex Bores in NY-12
The city teachers union chose Bores over Micah Lasher, who worked for the charter school movement in the past.
