New York State
Politics
NY Legislature moves to make COVID-19 workplace rules permanent
Just when the Heroes Act takes effect depends on Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
New York State
Politics
How will New York convert unused buildings into housing?
Lawmakers are ironing out the details on a plan to renovate office buildings and hotels. It’ll cost much more than what they’ve set aside.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Cuomo’s polling numbers are notably not disastrous
His approval ratings are sinking, but most voters still say he should not resign.
New York City
Politics
Questions over Cuomo’s scandals continue and the mayoral race heats up
Rounding up the week’s political news
New York State
Personality
Rachel May, a different kind of upstate Democrat
The IDC-slaying state senator is showing that you don’t have to be a moderate to win.
New York City
Politics
The state has a budget and the GOP has a candidate for governor
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
Policy
Vaccine passports raise equity, privacy concerns
New York’s Excelsior Pass can’t be equitable until vaccinations are equitable, some advocates say.
New York State
Politics
Can a Trump Republican unseat Maloney?
Assembly Member Colin Schmitt has a record that belies claims to bipartisanship as he launches a 2022 congressional bid.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
All the allegations against Cuomo
Here are all of the women who have accused the governor of sexual harassment.
Budget
Policy
Budget vote exposes Democratic divisions
Some moderates voted against the revenue bill, while Democratic Socialists changed their vote at the last minute.
Nonprofits
Policy
What’s in store for New York nonprofits in the state budget
Boosted pay for human services workers, support for Asian American organizations and more.
Budget
Policy
Does the state budget rise to the moment?
Vulnerable people like undocumented immigrants can still fall through the holes of an expanded safety net.
Budget
Policy
Cuomo, Legislature agree on $212B state budget
State lawmakers scored major victories on taxes, education funding and aid for undocumented immigrants.
New York State
Politics
The messy, last-minute changes to the ‘excluded workers’ fund
Charged state budget talks about aid for undocumented immigrants has revealed fractures among Democratic lawmakers.
New York State
Politics
Progressive lawmakers take the War Room overnight
A half dozen left-leaning legislators stayed overnight outside the governor’s Capitol office to push for their budget priorities.
Opinion
Opinion
Don’t force unvaccinated people into court
New York has prematurely brought back in-person proceedings for minor misdemeanors.
Nonprofits
NYN Media
Hard choices: How can the ‘nonprofit industrial complex’ do better?
Organizations are looking inward – and finding some troubling issues.
New York State
Policy