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Politics

Ritchie Torres endorses Keith Powers in Manhattan BP race

The term-limited council member is coalescing support among Latino elected officials in his bid against state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal.

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Politics

With Adams ditching the primary and Cuomo absent, mayoral ire turns toward little-known Tilson

The private sector candidate for New York City mayor with outside odds became something of a heel at Monday night’s mayoral forum.

Immigration

Politics

Civil rights attorneys raise the alarm about 3 NY asylum-seekers currently held in a Texas detention facility

Their New York City-based lawyers said they have been denied due process and are in danger of being sent to an El Salvador prison camp.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Exposing the fire

The FDNY’s long-standing discrimination problem and the need for radical reform

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s note: City & State to co-host mayoral forum

Senior City Hall Reporter Annie McDonough and New York Times Metro Politics Reporter Jeffery C. Mays are moderating the event, co-hosted by Community Service Society of New York, City & State, FPWA, BronxNet at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

News & Politics

Politics

Mayor Cuomo and Gov. Hochul? It would be weird.

There’s still a lot of uncertainty in the New York City mayor race, but one thing is for sure: the mayor will have less power than his or her counterpart in Albany.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Actually, more mayoral campaigns should use AI

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s campaign was mocked for using ChatGPT, but we should want our leaders to make use of new technologies.

Heard Around Town

Politics

Mark Levine nets building trades’ backing in comptroller bid

The Manhattan borough president is also backed by CWA and RWDSU, while Justin Brannan boasts 32BJ SEIU and the Hotel Trades Council.

Eric Adams

Policy

Adams admin skips council hearing on possible Trump budget cuts

No one from any of the multiple agencies the council invited to testify showed up. Council members said they also didn’t receive written testimony from the mayor’s administration in time for the hearing.

News & Politics

Politics

Are New York’s biggest pension funds investing in Elon Musk?

Both New York City and the state have billion-dollar investments in Tesla, but CUNY and many unions wouldn’t say if they owned shares in Musk’s companies.

News & Politics

Politics

Brad Lander gets No. 1 ranking in another progressive group’s endorsement

Churches United For Fair Housing Action follows Make the Road Action in endorsing Lander first, and also endorsing Adrienne Adams and Zohran Mamdani.

New York City

Updated Politics

Andrew Cuomo denied millions in public matching funds for mayoral campaign

The former governor’s campaign won’t receive the funds until next month at the earliest.

Housing

Policy

Poll: 3 in 4 New Yorkers want a rent freeze

Capping the rents on rent-stabilized apartments has support across the political spectrum.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s Note: Saving the Upper West Side’s Metro Theater is nothing short of a miracle

An effort to bring the landmarked venue back as a nonprofit is welcome news for New York’s struggling brick-and-mortar cinemas.

Special Reports

Policy

Does anyone want to be New York City’s tech mayor?

In 2021, Eric Adams ran on government modernization, but few candidates running to replace him are talking about picking up that work.

Special Reports

Personality

Making investments in New York City’s century-old subway system

A Q&A with Jamie Torres-Springer, president of Metropolitan Transportation Authority Construction & Development.