New York City

Opinion

Opinion: Fear isn’t leadership – New York needs policing built on trust

Good policing doesn’t depend on violating rights. It depends on professionalism, fairness and community trust.

Events

Policy

Increasing diversity in government contracts through partnership and policy

City & State’s Diversity & Procurement Summit: Facilitating Government Partnerships for NY’s Businesses looks at how to leverage public-private collaborations to support underrepresented businesses.

Politics

Politics

Mark Levine endorses Assembly Member Micah Lasher in NY-12

He’s no Kennedy grandson, but the state legislator is clearly the favorite of the Upper West Side political machine.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: The next step toward Universal Child Care is free 2-Care for All

New York City ultimately needs to establish free, universal child care starting at birth, but the first step should be free child care for every 2-year-old.

New York City

Politics

Meet the heavyweights leading Mark Levine’s transition team

New York City’s next comptroller is rolling out a team helmed by Henry Garrido and Yvonne Stennett to help him prepare for the citywide role.

News & Politics

Politics

Pro-housing coalition takes a ballot proposals victory lap

The proposals passed with double digit margins and support across the city, a report from Yes on Affordable Housing shows.

Personality

Personality

5 things to know about Dean Fuleihan

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s first deputy mayor is twice his age and has many fans in government.

News & Politics

Politics

Hochul and Mamdani play nice at Somos

The governor and New York City mayor-elect projected unity in Puerto Rico last week, but they couldn’t completely paper over ideological cracks.

News & Politics

Politics

Mayor Eric Adams vetoes four City Council bills

The legislation under the axe includes bills that would require pay equity reporting for large private companies and limit rent contributions for certain voucher recipients.

2025 New York City Mayoral Election

Politics

5 takeaways from the 2025 NYC election turnout

Millions (plural!) showed up, Black voters swung toward Mamdani, NIMBY’s represented and more.

News & Politics

Politics

Speaker candidates project strength at Somos

The race for the second-most powerful position in City Hall is on in San Juan.

News & Politics

Politics

Being NYC mayor historically sucks. Will that hold true for Zohran Mamdani?

He’s got an unwieldy coalition, a hostile president and extremely high expectations – but he’s also got global stardom on his side.