New York City
Policy
Lawmakers strike sweeping deal on rent regulations
New York state lawmaker announced a sweeping deal on rent regulations that strengthen tenant protections in New York City and neighboring areas, make the laws permanent and expand them upstate.
New York City
Policy
What’s pushing prevailing wage into the 'Big Ugly'
Three ways lawmakers are trying to bridge their differences on a proposed expansion of the prevailing wage.
New York City
Policy
New York’s burgeoning array of tech training programs
New York City’s range of technology education offerings has expanded to keep pace with the city’s growing tech sector.
New York City
Opinion
A spotlight on Staten Island
Staten Island is having a moment – culturally, economically and politically.
New York City
Personality
Max Rose versus the world
With Donald Trump back on the ballot, Max Rose will have to win over conservatives to keep his House seat.
New York City
Politics
Wrangling over rent laws, marijuana in doubt and de Blasio’s endorsements
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York City
Policy
E-bike crackdown gets renewed scrutiny
Critics argue that the NYPD is seizing e-bikes and serving fines to delivery cyclists, who are often low-income immigrants.
New York City
Politics
‘Arena’ is focusing on New York City
The Arena, a national progressive group, is trying a new tack in New York City: launching this week Five Borough Future, a new campaign to restructure the political process in the city and the state.
New York City
Politics
Assemblyman Brian Barnwell disputes Melinda Katz’s claim he endorsed her in Queens DA race.
Melinda Katz’s Queens district attorney campaign touts Assemblyman Brian Barnwell among her endorsements, but Barnwell says he never endorsed her. There are also two endorsements simultaneously claimed by Katz and her opponent Rory Lancman.
Real Estate
Policy
Can New York rein in big real estate?
As rent regulations come up for renewal, tenant advocates and their progressive allies in Albany are pushing for extensive reforms – and real estate is on the defensive for the first time in years.
New York City
Policy
Airbnb’s New York City legal battles
How much data Airbnb and its peers will be made to share is still up in the air, but there are a few key legal battles to watch as New York attempts to find that answer. City & State broke down the primary conflicts over data sharing that exist between the city and Airbnb and the arguments on each side.
New York City
Politics
The New York City neighborhood names that failed or prevailed
New York magazine’s food vertical received some heat on Twitter after it published a guide to a “micro-neighborhood” it dubbed “Stuyshwick.” Here are some of the New York City neighborhood abbreviations that did and didn’t stick over the years, and some that landed in between.
New York City
Opinion
Leave de Blasio alone
Why does the New York political press seem to hate New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and hold him to a different standard than his predecessor rivals? Maybe it’s because they got used to covering a billionaire mayor who could buy love, writes journalist Kate Albright-Hanna.
New York City
Policy
The subway’s new contactless payment system begins slow rollout Friday
The OMNY system – short for “One Metro New York” – will allow riders to hold a phone or contactless card up to an electronic reader to pay with the help of a technology called “near-field communication,” rather than swiping a MetroCard. The One Metro New York system will allow riders use a phone or contactless card, rather than swipe a MetroCard.
New York City
Opinion
The New Yorker from Vermont
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is the personal and ideological epitome of the most New York kind of New Yorker, an identity that previously was absent from the ranks of serious presidential contenders, writes City & State’s Ben Adler.
New York City
Politics
Who determined the outcome in race for Jumaane Williams’ seat?
A contentious rematch is brewing in the Central Brooklyn City Council race after Monique Chandler-Waterman attributed New York City Councilwoman-elect Farah Louis’s victory in the special election to “Trump supporters.”
New York City
Policy
De Blasio weighs in on rumored Amazon site
A New York Post report over the weekend suggested that internet retail and cloud computing giant Amazon was looking at planting roots on Manhattan’s West Side has reignited the debate over the city’s loss of a new Amazon headquarters earlier this year.
Bill de Blasio
Politics
Poll: Will de Blasio make the first presidential debate?
The NYC mayor has yet to qualify for the first debate in a crowded Democratic field.
New York City
Politics
Will the Bronx elect a cowboy-hatted congressman?
Four candidates have already declared for the Democratic primary to replace Rep. José E. Serrano, which will be held next summer and, much to the surprise of outsiders, New York City Councilman Rubén Díaz Sr. may be a serious contender.
New York City
Policy