New York City
Policy
When environmental protection becomes personal
An interview with New York City Council Committee Chairman Costa Constantinides
Education
Opinion
A 3-point plan to increase diversity in NYC’s specialized high schools
Black and Latino students are badly underrepresented at top schools, but new bills in Albany aim to change that.
New York City
Opinion
Dan Donovan’s brilliant press release
Rep. Dan Donovan’s airtight logic: Michael Grimm is a felon, so he must love Andrew Cuomo and hate Donald Trump
New York City
Policy
Kicking the bag down the road
Billions of plastic bags clog sewage plants, pollute waterways and cling to trees and lampposts in New York City. And Albany won’t let the city stop it.
Politics
Bill de Blasio
So long, Shola, the Cohen raid and de Blasio’s mystery meeting
So long, Shola, the Cohen raid and de Blasio’s mystery meeting in your weekly news roundup.
Politics
Bill de Blasio
Shola Olatoye’s long goodbye
Why NYCHA chairwoman Shola Olatoye resigned when she did.
Politics
New York City
Johnson and council members off on week-long trip to Israel
Fresh off his first domestic trip as speaker of the New York City Council, Corey Johnson is going abroad on a eight-day trip to Israel.
New York City
Policy
How the 2020 census citizenship question will affect New York’s headcount
Many immigrant households may skip the survey, but NYC has a plan to fight back.
New York City
Policy
How insurance is adapting for the modern age
Key New York officials give us the latest on how the insurance industry is adapting for the modern age.
Donald Trump
Opinion
Michael Cohen is Trump’s new Roy Cohn
When U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation, according to The New York Times, the Donald Trump complained, “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” Michael Cohen, the president’s current personal attorney, might have been hurt by Trump’s comments.
Politics
Housing
5 questions about Shola Olatoye leaving NYCHA, answered
The public housing authority's chairwoman unexpectedly stepped down. Here's why.
Rikers Island
Policy
Where people are locked up around NYC
Where people are locked up around New York City. Spoiler alert: Jails are already in your backyard.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Cuomo’s “disingenuous” estimate of NYC's surplus
Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked New York City to pony up more money for the subways in a speech on Thursday – but the de Blasio administration shot down the budget numbers he used as evidence as “completely disingenuous.”
Labor
Policy
What the Assembly wants to do for public-sector unions
An interview with Peter Abbate Jr., chairman of the Assembly Committee on Governmental Employees.
New York City
Personality
A loyal Democrat challenges Felder
An interview with Blake Morris, state Sen. Simcha Felder's Democratic primary opponent.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion