New York City

Opinion

Focusing on the seat, not a sitter

New York City should allow candidates to use campaign funds for child care

Gambling

Politics

Marijuana reform, Letitia James for attorney general and a gamble pays off

Marijuana reform, Letitia James for attorney general and a gamble pays off in this week’s political roundup.

Andrew Cuomo

Personality

New York doesn't do royal weddings, but it has its own royalty

New York doesn't have royalty, but the former colony seems fond of dynastic succession in politics.

New York City

Politics

Why you shouldn’t open your high-rise office windows

New York City is imposing new building regulations starting next year, where all residences, even single-family homes, will have to have ventilation systems.

New York City

Policy

The long view for DoITT and LinkNYC

An interview with Samir Saini, commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.

Bill de Blasio

Politics

Homelessness takes center stage at NYC budget hearing

New York City officials defended the increased funding they have received to combat homelessness and their request for more money to serve the record shelter population, even as they face fresh scrutiny over the use of hotel shelters.

Bill de Blasio

Policy

How the de Blasio administration raised $417 million for charity

The New York City Mayor's Office of Strategic Partnerships has raised more than $417 million for a broad range of initiatives aimed at promoting social and economic equality.

New York City

Policy

Digital currency regulation and other tech-tonic shifts

Digital currency regulation and four other big technology issues New York is facing now

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Silver’s re-conviction caps roller-coaster week

Eric Schneiderman resigns and the search for his replacement in this week's headlines.

Transportation

Opinion

Free street parking in Manhattan is a rip-off

Stopping suburbanites from parking in Upper Manhattan should only be the beginning of parking reform.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Women’s Caucus: Vance shouldn’t lead Schneiderman investigation

The New York City Council Women’s Caucus supports the appointment of Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas as a special prosecutor

New York City

Opinion

Never abandon: Increase funding for the City Council’s Holocaust Survivors Initiative

New York City is home to nearly 45,000 holocaust survivors, almost half of whom live at or below the poverty line.

New York City

Personality

Being Mexican in NYC with Carlos Menchaca

New York City Councilman Carlos Menchaca became the first Mexican-American elected in the city when he won his Brooklyn seat in 2013. To mark the Cinco de Mayo celebration of Mexican culture, Menchaca talked to City & State about spending summers on a farm south of the border, the best Mexican restaurant in the city and how he has to deny working with President Donald Trump.

New York City

Politics

GOP state senators exit, Silver retrial begins and not-so-secret ‘agents of the city’

GOP state senators exit, Silver retrial begins and not-so-secret ‘agents of the city,' it's your roundup of the week’s political news.