New York City

Another ‘Exonerated 5’ member eyeing a Manhattan City Council seat

Raymond Santana is thinking of running for an East Harlem seat next door to fellow Exonerated Five member Yusef Salaam.

  • By Sahalie Donaldson

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Endorsements in the 2025 New York City mayoral race

Labor unions, political clubs and power brokers. Stay up to date on which mayoral candidates are getting the coveted endorsements for 2025.

  • By Annie McDonough

Opinion

Opinion: The elephant in the room

Is Mayor Eric Adams’ best chance for reelection to become a Trump-backed Republican?

  • By Tom Allon

Politics

Did Eric Adams get a colonoscopy? We’re trying to get to the bottom of it.

What the mayor said and what his press team said regarding the timeline of the mayor’s medical procedures caused a shitstorm of confusion.

  • By Annie McDonough and Shenal Tissera

Eric Adams

At ‘Tin Cup Day’ hearing, Eric Adams’ budget priorities aren’t the point

State lawmakers paid some attention to the New York City mayor’s requests for migrant funding and discovery law changes, but questions about Trump policies and the city budget took center stage.

  • By Annie McDonough

Opinion

Opinion: It’s time to Axe the Tax for working-class NYC families

The state Legislature should support Mayor Eric Adams’ proposal to eliminate the personal income tax for low-income families in New York City.

  • By Jennifer Jones Austin

Personality

New York City’s new dog mayor: What Simon says, goes

The basset cattle dog takes over for Sally at City Hall.

  • By Sophie Krichevsky

News & Politics

On ‘Tin Cup Day’ Eric Adams to meet several of his rivals

The mayor is set to pitch Albany on “Axe the Tax” and taking people with mental health crises to hospitals against their will.

  • By Annie McDonough

News & Politics

Ras Baraka is campaigning on protecting immigrants. Across the Hudson, Eric Adams is doing the opposite.

The neighboring mayors share a political party (in theory) and a powerful union ally: 32BJ SEIU.

  • By Bob Hennelly

Opinion

Opinion: New York City’s next mayor can’t go back on literacy

Whoever wins this year’s mayoral election must build on the Adams administration’s approach to literacy education and dyslexia screenings in public schools.

  • By Robert Carroll

Policy

NYC is getting faster at distributing SNAP and cash assistance benefits

More than 80% of people who get food benefits from the city and half of people who get cash assistance were being paid on time during a recent reporting period.

  • By Sahalie Donaldson

Events

Tenth annual ‘Age Disruptors’ celebration awards 2025 50 Over 50 honorees

The City & State event underscored the fact that age is just a number, but experience and perspective are keys to success at any age.

  • By Amanda Salazar

Interviews & Profiles

Shahana Hanif talks reelection campaign, and why she’s not seeking DSA endorsement

The incumbent Brooklyn City Council member faces a primary challenge from Maya Kornberg.

  • By Annie McDonough
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Opinion

Opinion: Putting New York City in charge

The power imbalance between the city and Albany could be upended by one potential mayoral candidate.

  • By Lucius Riccio

Opinion

Opinion: Beg your pardon?

In the bizarro political world of Trump 2.0, New York City had its most surreal 24 hours yesterday as rumors swirled around the fate of Mayor Eric Adams.

  • By Tom Allon

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Candidates aim ire at MIA Eric Adams at Upper West Side mayoral forum

Adams did not attend the forum, but his challengers still trained their attention on the incumbent, amid reports that the Justice Department has discussed the possibility of dropping his criminal case.

  • By Annie McDonough

Rikers Island
Updated

A timeline on the closure of Rikers Island

The long-awaited decision on a federal takeover will have to wait till an unknown date.

  • By Sahalie Donaldson

New York City Council

Ariola challenges Carr’s victory as NYC Council minority leader

Three Republican council members, including Joann Ariola, were absent during the vote to elect a replacement for Minority Leader Joe Borelli.

  • By Sophie Krichevsky

Policy

One bill from last session still awaits action from Hochul

Hochul only has one more week to sign or veto the bill – a relatively technical measure related to state reimbursement for a busing program used by yeshivas – before it gets pocket vetoed.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis

Nonprofits

Advocating for workers in the construction industry

An interview with Elizabeth Crowley, president and CEO of the Building Trades Employers’ Association.

  • By Ralph R. Ortega

Opinion

Opinion: NYC is undermining its own housing goals

The city needs to incentivize building more affordable housing, not more homeless shelters.

  • By Gale Brewer and Justin Brannan