Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Siffert, Martinez win tight Assembly races after recounts
Poised for November wins, attorney David Siffert would be New York’s first nonbinary state legislator as Patrick Martinez continues the Crowley dynasty.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: It's time to end horse-drawn carriages in New York City
After crashes, deaths and chaos, the City Council must pass Romanch’s Law.
DSA
Politics
DSA debates how to debate AOC presidential endorsement
Explaining the latest fight roiling the Democratic Socialists of America
Policy
Policy
A brief history of New York City’s neverending horse carriage controversy
Since Central Park first opened, no one has been able to agree whether horse-drawn carriages should be allowed to transport tourists around the city.
Zohran Mamdani
Personality
Why Mamdani won’t take off that damn suit
For Zohran Mamdani, almost no mayoral pursuit will be done sans suit.
Opinion
Opinion
Editor’s note: De Blasio talks to the Irish, Italians and Mamdani
The former mayor helped write the rules for the new era of populism in New York City.
NYN Media
NYN Media
Child support cases see citywide speed up
A new Her Justice report examined how the New York City Family Court system has used a new program to work through its case backlog.
New York City
Politics
New rules: You don’t need labor during an election; you need them after
In the reshuffling of power over the past two years, Big Labor has lost several big races.
New York State
Personality
How Jordan Wright held off the DSA
The Assembly member gave the DSA its only loss in last month’s primaries. He said it’s thanks to old-school campaigning.
New York City
Policy
Legislation to ban horse carriages nears majority support
Hold your horses: Council Members Oswald Feliz, Lynn Schulman and Kamillah Hanks have signed on as co-sponsors and Rita Joseph is poised to follow.
New York City
Politics
Mamdani’s push for free buses takes a back seat to faster ones (for now)
Road work ahead? The mayor sure hopes it does.
Personality
Personality
Ali Krieger talks Zohran Mamdani and Gotham FC coming to Queens
The Olympic gold medalist and Gotham FC ambassador said the mayor is right to get New Yorkers excited about the world’s most popular sport.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: It’s time to say ‘neigh’ to a dangerous anachronism
The New York City Council can finally get on the right side of history later this month by starting the process to quickly phase out the controversial carriage horse industry.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Mamdani adviser heads to Maine to sort out Senate mess
Morris Katz is trying to help scandal-starred U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner wind down his campaign and find an appropriate replacement.
New York City Council
Politics
Good government groups back 18% pay raise for City Council, elected officials
But they don’t think raises should be automatic, as the council moves closer to passing the bill.
Opinion
NYN Media
Opinion: Why Block by Block matters for New York's future homeowners
Solving the housing crisis requires not just creating affordable renting housing, but also expanding opportunities for working families to become homeowners.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The Knicks won. Their fans lost their privacy. It’s time to ban the scan.
A City Council bill would ban MSG and other businesses from engaging in biometric surveillance of their customers.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
How Ritchie Torres, diehard Israel supporter, easily survived a brutal primary cycle
The three-term Congress member handily defeated challenger Michael Blake while two colleagues lost their seats to pro-Palestinian lefties.
Zohran Mamdani
Policy
What’s NOT in the New York City budget?
From extra cops to 1% for parks, $126 billion and still not everything gets funded.
Personality
Personality