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
Brad Lander is running against Eric Adams while serving as a watchdog. Is that a conflict of interest?
The comptroller has released multiple audits of the mayor’s programs and contracts.
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.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Could Andrew Cuomo use his state campaign funds to run for NYC mayor?
Technically yes, but it’s a huge pain.
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.
Personality
Personality