Interviews & Profiles
Personality
A new Republican in a Democratic world
Mike Lawler is the only GOP challenger to beat a Democratic incumbent in the Assembly this year.
New York State
Policy
‘The weapon that ends the war’: the COVID-19 vaccine distribution process begins
Beginning this week, the rollout will likely continue until the middle of 2021.
New York State
Politics
What can lawmakers do about NY’s maddeningly slow vote count?
The long, drawn-out absentee tally is a national embarrassment.
New York State
Politics
How to reform the Board of Elections
Lawmakers have a lot to consider when thinking about New York’s dysfunctional elections administration.
New York City
Politics
Vaccines on the way and New York’s elections are certified
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
Politics
Western New York has emerged as the state's new coronavirus epicenter
And officials and experts aren’t sure why.
New York State
Policy
NYC to get over 500,000 COVID-19 vaccinations
However, many are feeling tentative about receiving the inoculation.
New York State
Politics
What’s going on in the Brindisi-Tenney race?
It’s a month after the election and we still don’t know the winner in New York’s 22nd Congressional District.
Joe Biden
Politics
What NY’s GOP members of Congress are saying about Trump’s election loss
Silence, support and little dissent for baseless claims of election fraud.
Joe Biden
Politics
New Yorkers who could fill Biden’s cabinet
The incoming administration is pulling from the Empire State.
New York State
Politics
With many voters looking for a progressive mayor, Morales says ‘no labels’
And more coverage of key 2021 races
New York State
Opinion
The Supreme Court’s illogical overturning of COVID-19 restrictions
New York’s limits on religious gatherings weren’t discriminatory.
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