Opinion

Opinion

Commentary: Don’t succumb to Trump’s immigration fearmongering

There’s no need to amplify the president’s unrealistic mass deportation messages.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Heavy is the head that wears the crown

Gov. Kathy Hochul has a vexing choice to make that will determine New York City’s future. Does she have any good options?

Politics

Politics

City Council candidate proposes WEINER Act to bar sex offenders from elected office

Sarah Batchu is running against former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who served time for sexting a minor, in lower Manhattan.

News & Politics

Politics

Meet the (not yet convened) inability committee that could decide Eric Adams’ fate

Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander said that he would seek to convene the committee if the mayor doesn’t lay out contingency plans. Speaker Adrienne Adams doesn’t think the committee applies to Adams’ current predicament.

Editor's Note

Opinion

Editor’s note: To turn your back on immigrants is to turn your back on New York

New York City Mayor Eric Adams knows immigrants are central to the identity of New York City. That’s why it’s humiliating to see him turn his back on them.

News & Politics

Politics

Brannan will have to wait for public matching funds in comptroller race

Council Member Justin Brannan’s campaign expects to receive the payment of matching funds next month.

Albany Agenda

Politics

Hochul meets with ‘key leaders’ as she considers removing Adams

After meeting with the governor, Rev. Al Sharpton said she will wait to see if charges against Adams are dismissed before deciding whether to remove Adams.

Education

NYN Media

Opinion: Why “Crew” should be expanded in NYC schools

This advisory and community-building model is helping to foster school and student success.

Adams probes

Politics

Who has left the Adams administration?

Calls for Mayor Eric Adams to resign or be removed from office escalated following the departure of four of his highest-ranking aides in City Hall.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Donald Trump just dynamited Eric Adams’ mayoralty

The mayor’s coziness with Trump won’t endear him to NYC voters, as our polling shows that Adams has no chance of winning the Democratic mayoral primary.

Politics

Politics

As Hochul weighs action, Sharpton, Jeffries and Meeks grow more critical of Adams

Rev. Al Sharpton and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries have expressed more explicit concerns about Mayor Eric Adams in the past few days.

Heard Around Town

Politics

A very Andrew Cuomo valentine

The former governor hijacked an Assembly member’s event to shoot a campaign-esque video.

News & Politics

Politics

With Eric Adams refusing to resign, who is calling for him to be removed from office?

After a former federal prosecutor accused Mayor Eric Adams of a corrupt quid pro quo, some elected officials want him removed from office.

Personality

Personality

Meet City & State’s 2025 political power couples

Staffers, consultants and even a pair of state legislators have all found love in New York politics.