Interviews & Profiles

Personality

For Maury Litwack, beating Bowman is just the beginning

The head of the Teach Coalition helped mobilize Jewish voters in Westchester to defeat Rep. Jamaal Bowman.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Republican education activist Yiatin Chu aims to unseat state Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky

Chu plans to draw on Asian voters’ dissatisfaction with Democrats’ education policies and criminal justice reforms.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Who might run for Manhattan borough president in 2025?

As Mark Levine looks to the comptroller’s seat, the Manhattan borough president’s office could open up to City Council Member Keith Powers, state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and more.

Transportation

Policy

Congestion pricing is indefinitely ‘on pause.’ NYC doesn’t have a backup plan to meet climate goals.

“We are certainly not waiting on congestion pricing,” Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi said, of the city’s emissions reductions efforts.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

NYC Council Member Chris Marte likely to face 2025 YIMBY challenge

Manhattan Community Board 1 member Jess Coleman, who is exploring a run in the 1st district, could get support by positioning himself as a pro-housing candidate.

News & Politics

Politics

One of NYC’s most storied political clubs invests in its future by preserving its past

The Village Independent Democrats finds new home for its seventy-year old records trove in the Village Preservation Society’s Archives

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Guiding the next generation through running and mentorship

NYPD First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella is mentoring young women through their first Harlem 5K race.

Nonprofits

NYN Media

Creating a strong culture of running in New York

An interview with Rob Simmelkjaer, CEO of New York Road Runners

Courts

Politics

Is Randy Mastro the next Hector LaSalle?

LaSalle’s nomination didn’t die in committee, and Mastro’s almost certainly won’t either.

Education

Policy

Providing a Spanish digital curriculum for emerging bilingual students

Age of Learning’s “My Reading Academy Español,” to be discussed at City & State’s upcoming Education in New York Summit, will help instill fundamental reading skills that will help students acquire a second language

Heard Around Town

Personality

Dems to rally for Kamala Harris in Harlem

Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Assembly Member Yudelka Tapia, Comptroller Brad Lander and more to get out the vote for Harris.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: ‘Project 2025’ would be a disaster for Brooklyn

The far-right campaign platform would roll back decades of progress on issues from health care to education to labor rights, making most New Yorkers worse off.

Eric Adams

Personality

Some of the most contentious fights between Eric Adams and Adrienne Adams

While the New York City mayor and City Council speaker started off on good terms, the relationship has grown more fractured of late.

New York City

Personality

Exit interview: Laura Kavanagh on being tough enough to break the glass ceiling at the FDNY

The outgoing fire commissioner hopes she made it easier for the next woman to take on the difficult job of leading the department.

Politics

Politics

Adams administration shares list of Mastro supporters

More than two dozen people, including five attorneys who previously held the position of corporation counsel, are voicing their support ahead of what’s expected to be a contentious City Council approval process.

News & Politics

Personality

Kavanagh to doubters of female leadership: ‘Have you ever met a woman?’

The outgoing FDNY commissioner delivered a passionate keynote that turned into a farewell address at City and State’s 40 in their 40s event.

Opinion

Opinion

Commentary: Can Brad Lander really beat Eric Adams?

Young progressives, older liberals and many activist-minded Democrats will be thrilled to vote for Lander, but others will be indifferent or outright hostile.