Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has had a few good weeks
Bragg talked discovery reform, mental health and targeting gun crimes.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Housing Works opens New York’s first recreational marijuana dispensary
Proceeds go towards helping the nonprofit fulfill its mission. Here’s everything you need to know.
New York City
Policy
How to buy weed legally in New York
The first dispensary selling recreational use marijuana in the state has opened in Manhattan. Here’s everything you need to know.
Politics
Politics
Lying isn’t a crime, so will George Santos face any consequences?
The Long Island Republican is set to take his seat in Congress next week, despite fabricating his entire resume.
New York City
Policy
New York City government lifts residency requirements for some lawyer positions amid shortage
Certain attorneys have been added to a list of hard-to-recruit civil service titles that are exempt from the city’s residency requirements.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York finally has momentum on housing and it’s time for a breakthrough
We need a comprehensive statewide strategy that sets clear expectations for where and how much we need to build.
New York City
Politics
What’s Eric Adams’ plan for Albany in 2023?
Last year’s state legislative session was a mixed bag for the New York City mayor. Jan. 1 gives an opportunity for a better session.
News & Politics
Politics
With asylum-seekers in the spotlight, mayor and council battle over city finances
New York City Council members responded with outrage over the mayor’s requests to fork over discretionary funding.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Proposed parks legislation points to path forward on capital process reform
The measures would unlock much-needed community open space across the city and save the Parks Department millions of dollars.
Heard Around Town
Policy
City Council finally gets its sexual harassment audit
Years in the making, the audit was meant to address concerns about a hostile work environment after two members received allegations of sexual misconduct.
New York City
Policy
Eric Adams got some stuff done
Ten things the NYC mayor got done in his first year – and some of the items he hasn’t followed through on yet.
New York City
Policy
NYC leaders call for money, and a plan, as more migrants arrive from the Mexican border
While buses of migrants arrived in Manhattan, the City Council held a hearing on the city’s response to asylum-seekers
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Southern Brooklyn deserves better than Ari Kagan
The New York City Council Member who left the Democratic Party to join the GOP let his campaign staff and supporters down.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Why occupant density and better data should be included into NYC’s Local Law 97
As New Yorkers are working from home in the Big Apple, it is crucial this law calculate the varying occupant density of buildings when assessing their carbon performance and caps on emissions.
New York City
Policy
Adrienne Adams makes her own bid for building new affordable housing
Following proposals made by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams, the City Council Speaker unveiled her own complementary plan that prioritized equity, while still pushing for new units.
New York City
Policy
New York Nonprofits say they’re suffering the worst staffing shortage in years
Organizations blame the shortfall on post-COVID-19 upheaval, a wage rise in Starbucks-type jobs and not enough public funding to offer higher salaries.
Heard Around Town
Policy
NYC budget watchdog warns of fiscal cliff
The Citizens Budget Commission had a dreary outlook at their budget briefing this week.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Seeing houses of worship as promoters of Eric Adams’ housing agenda
The mayor’s chief adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin suggested at City & State’s Building Bridges interfaith event that churches, mosques and synagogues could play a role in helping her boss achieve his goal of building 500,000 new housing units in the next ten years.
New York City
Policy
Eric Adams puts his own spin on universal pre-K
The administration is expanding special education and paying teachers more – and throwing shade at Bill de Blasio in the process.
New York City
Personality