News & Politics

Politics

Menin and Mamdani find common ground

The presumptive council speaker and the new mayor joined forces to combat junk fees.

NYN Media

NYN Media

Opinion: Mamdani must act big (and small) on housing

Six ways the new administration can change the trajectory of affordability in New York City.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: It’s time for abundance in specialized high schools

Almost 29,000 middle-school students take the SHSAT entrance exam each year, but only 5,000 of them gain admission to the city’s specialized high schools. Why not create more schools?

Zohran Mamdani

Politics

Mamdani calls Trump on Venezuela to oppose ‘pursuit of regime change’

The new mayor of New York City didn’t talk much about the president in his first couple days in office. That changed Saturday.

Policy

Policy

Mamdani plans to delete ALL Adams’ tweets

The new mayor of New York City is trying to start with a clean slate, revoking executive orders and getting rid of posts on X – though they’ll still be archived.

News & Politics

Politics

Mamdani brings the campaign mobilization to City Hall

DSA organizer Tascha Van Auken will head the new Office of Mass Engagement to keep Mamdani’s unprecedented volunteer army engaged – and expand City Hall’s reach.

New York City

Politics

Mamdani’s inauguration – through the eyes of five New Yorkers

A taxi driver, a campaign aide, a former comptroller, a field organizer, and a certain crime-fighting radio host.

Personality

Personality

Mayor Zohran Mamdani rides into City Hall

After being formally sworn in as mayor in the old City Hall subway station, Mamdani promptly announced his pick for DOT commissioner.

Education

Policy

The education challenges the Mamdani administration faces

A wholesale end to mayoral control of schools will not be among them, despite what Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said on the campaign trail.

Eric Adams

Politics

Eric Adams goes out fighting the City Council

Vetoes and a brand new charter revision commission marked the New York City mayor’s last day

Eric Adams

Politics

Eric Adams’ curtain call

The New York City mayor’s last day in office may include vetoes and the creation of a new charter revision commission.

News & Politics

Politics

What does it mean to be on Mamdani’s transition committee? For most, an assembly and a 90-minute Zoom

The mayor-elect has solicited input from crowded virtual meetings and a digital recommendation form.

New York City

Personality

Mamdani to name Kamar Samuels as schools chancellor

The Manhattan superintendent will lead the nation’s largest public school system.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: How Black and Jewish Brooklynites teamed up against a controversial housing bill

A broad coalition helped block the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act from winning a veto-proof majority.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: How Black and Jewish Brooklynites teamed up against a controversial housing bill

A broad coalition helped block the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act from winning a veto-proof majority.

New York City

Personality

Mark Levine names top staff for NYC Comptroller’s office

More than half the top appointees are staying on from Brad Lander’s administration.

New York City Council

Politics

In theory, each City Council member’s office gets the same budget. In reality, some get much more

Expense reports obtained by City & State show annual spending among individual council offices can differ by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Personality

Personality

The top tweets in New York politics from 2025

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