New York State
Politics
How powerful Black women are correcting inequalities
They’re using their influence to make the path easier for others.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Elinor Tatum: Black women’s contributions need to be recognized
The Amsterdam News’ editor-in-chief on her special project with City & State.
New York State
Personality
How Black women became New York’s power players
Firsthand accounts of the barriers and triumphs in New York’s political world.
Budget
Policy
State budget battles begin taking shape
Legislators, advocates and the Cuomo administration are girding for a multi-front tilt in the weeks before the governor has to present his budget in January.
New York City
Politics
The death of David Dinkins and there’s a new supermajority in Albany
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Technology
Policy
How the new normal could narrow New York’s digital divide
State lawmakers and activists say better late than never in expanding Internet access for millions of people during the coronavirus pandemic.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
State Senate Democrats proved the haters wrong
The final vote shows that voters are rewarding Democrats for what they got done with one-party rule in Albany.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
More Emmys for New York’s politicians
Why stop with Cuomo? Here are some other award-winning performances.
New York State
Politics
What Democratic supermajorities mean for New York’s COVID-19 response
A Q&A with state Sen. Gustavo Rivera on the pandemic and the future of single-payer health care.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Steve Bellone: The last of the New York centrists
What’s next for the Suffolk County executive in a state where you have to pick a side?
Transportation
Policy
Why the MTA has Georgia on its mind
A Senate win in Georgia could mean more funding for the MTA
New York City
Politics
City schools shut down and the MTA proposes a doomsday budget
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Health Care
Policy
Some NY counties won’t enforce COVID-19 restrictions
Making sure private gatherings don’t exceed 10 people isn’t high on their list of priorities, despite recent COVID-19 surges.
New York State
Politics
Open Assembly chairs could enhance diversity
People of color chair only two out of 39 Assembly committees – but that could change in 2021.
Health Care
Personality
Richard Gottfried on the busy legislative front against COVID-19
Assembly Health Committee Chair said state needs to codify pandemic lessons learned.
New York State
Policy
Advocates say Cuomo is delaying action on protecting contact tracing data
The governor has not signed a bill passed months ago that would block police and immigration authorities from accessing personal information.
Donald Trump
Politics
Trump obsessively hates on NY
The president attacks his former hometown frequently, and often inaccurately.
New York State
Policy