New York City
Personality
In an exit interview, Marjorie Velázquez doesn’t regret Bruckner Boulevard rezoning vote
The outgoing New York City Council member got a lot done in a short time, including permanent outdoor dining.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Philanthropy: Rethinking the value of charities during a season of giving
Emphasis must be placed on results.
Heard Around Town
Politics
More ex-public servants join Frank Carone’s Oaktree Solutions
Former New York City nightlife czar Ariel Palitz and former voting agency head Onida Coward Mayers join Max Rose, Gary Jenkins and others at the public affairs firm.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Nonprofit coalition creates experimental learning campus at Floyd Bennet Field
The 1,300 acre site in Brooklyn will accommodate up to 50,000 New York City public school students annually to learn skills and mindsets focused on sustainability while earning credentials for future green careers.
Opinion
Politics
Opinion: David Paterson feels Eric Adams’ pain
New York’s 55th governor writes that the New York City mayor is the target of a “well-organized defamation of character campaign” that he knows all too well.
Labor
Politics
NYC teachers sue Eric Adams over school budget cuts
The United Federation of Teachers filed a lawsuit Thursday to block planned spending reductions.
Policy
Policy
Council bills could set up Eric Adams’ next veto fights
The council passed a bill banning solitary confinement in city jails and legislation requiring police officers to report information about lower-level investigative encounters with civilians.
News & Politics
Politics
At Willets Point, Queens, a massive housing project breaks ground
The former industrial area will become a new neighborhood and center around a new soccer stadium.
Personality
Personality
Our favorite City & State New York covers of 2023
Bringing Ted Lasso, The Great Gatsby and Barbie into the nichiest niches of New York politics.
Politics
Politics
Mayor Adams announces plans to bring community newspapers to Room 9
The mayor has criticized the City Hall press corps for being both disproportionately white and overly critical of his administration.
Opinion
Opinion
Commentary: New York is to blame for Donald Trump
Both the city and state, governed largely by Democrats, set the stage so that a rich, white man could be rewarded for shamelessness, dishonesty and criminality.
Opinion
Opinion
Editor’s note: NYC reporters cannot lose ‘the Shack’ at One Police Plaza
This grimy office is the only foothold the press has within the confines of the NYPD.
Personality
Personality
Andrew Yang on growing the Forward Party, defeating Donald Trump and his political future
The former presidential and former New York City mayoral candidate spoke with City & State following his keynote speech at the 2023 Above & Beyond awards ceremony.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Helping small businesses thrive in the Bronx
An interview with Rob Walsh, president of the Bronx Economic Development Corporation
New York City
Policy
NYPD opposes more stringent reporting requirements in POST Act
One proposal to clarify the surveillance technology transparency law “would be extremely harmful to the functioning of the department,” one official said.
News & Politics
Politics
Real estate lobbyist Melissa Rosenberg launches Assembly campaign
Will YIMBY politics be enough to win an open seat on the Upper West Side? Melissa Rosenberg hopes so.
Rikers Island
Politics
Exclusive: New Rikers commission unveils list of members
The former New York City probation commissioner and a former deputy mayor will join many original members to get the closure plan back on track.
Policy
Policy
City Council to grill NYPD on surveillance technology and transparency
After multiple deferrals, police officials are set to appear at an oversight hearing on the POST Act.
Politics
Politics