New York City
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: A keen sense of timing
It took nine months to go from lobbying idea to lobbying story.
NYN Media
Opinion: Invest in low-barrier, high-trust drop-in centers
A naked client on 125th Street couldn’t remember much, but he could remember how our open door made him feel.
Zohran Mamdani
Lobbyists are still feeling good in Mamdani’s New York
They thought the democratic socialist mayor would send lobbyists to Siberia. They're getting a warmer welcome.
Zohran Mamdani
Why is Mamdani suing the City Council?
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office sued the City Council over legislation that would give paraprofessionals a one-time pay bump.
Policy
Mamdani’s NYPD is still working with Israel
If the NYPD’s boots are laced by the IDF, as the mayor once said, then he’s letting them wear shoes in his house.
Julie Menin
Where are the subpoenas Julie Menin touted?
Eight months into her time as speaker, Julie Menin has not issued a subpoena, but she speaks often of beefing up the City Council’s oversight powers.
Read First
Who’s cooking for Mamdani? It could be you!
Vegan cooking is OUT at Gracie Mansion, South Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine is IN.
Taxes
Council’s pied-à-terre hearing produces many grievances, few answers
The City Council had 11 pages of questions, but the Mamdani administration declined to appear.
News & Politics
Randy Mastro can’t stop suing Zohran Mamdani’s City Hall
The former first deputy mayor is carrying the torch of the Adams administration.
NYN Media
Opinion: Let’s treat our museums and libraries like soccer fields
Extending nighttime and weekend hours at the city’s cultural institutions would make the city better.
News & Politics
Meet the new kingmaker who could lead the Brooklyn Democratic Party
What would reform look like, if Julio Peña III takes over for Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn?
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: City & State’s new, revamped city team
Shenal Tissera is joining City & State, and Annie McDonough and Sahalie Donaldson have been promoted.
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Education
NYC schools chancellor isn’t giving up on NYC Reads
Kamar Samuels can’t wait for the first day of the new school year, but he’s got a lot of homework already.
New York City
Talks underway to settle 9/11 World Trade Center air quality records fight
First responders and survivors may be close to getting answers.
Personality
Gale Brewer’s intern investigations
Have you seen a college student counting trees on the Upper West Side? That’s probably one of Gale Brewer’s summer interns.
DSA
NYC-DSA is 60% white, internal survey says
But the newest members of the Democratic Socialists of America are (slightly) more racially diverse.
New York City
Editor’s note: The thrill of Olympic defeat
Let’s hope New York’s latest bid to host the Winter Games goes as well as the last one.
Opinion
Opinion: I helped run NYC’s largest and oldest horse-carriage stable. It’s time to shut this dangerous relic down.
In all my years of driving a horse carriage, I never saw this many accidents happen so often.
Education
Opinion: NYU must provide paid family leave for all
Adjunct professors should not have to choose between caring for loved ones and getting paid.
News & Politics
Adriano Espaillat and Zohran Mamdani meet again
The outgoing Congress member and mayor, who endorsed against him, briefed New Yorkers on security ahead of the National Dominican Day Parade.
