Labor
Policy
Is there any hope for gig workers this session?
After falling by the wayside, Albany will revive the question of whether your Uber driver should have labor protections.
Energy & Environment
Policy
How Democrats will tackle the power puzzle
Climate change isn’t the only energy issue next session.
Energy & Environment
Policy
New York’s war on plastic
Democratic lawmakers are pushing a wave of bills next session as the climate crisis worsens.
New York State
Opinion
Is the state Legislature delegating, or derelict?
Public Campaign Financing Commission stretches the limits of representative democracy.
Education
Policy
The fates of specialized high schools, charter schools and rural schools
How Democrats will decide kids’ futures in 2020.
New York City
Policy
Will New York students finally get the funding they were promised?
Lawmakers finally have a chance to beat Cuomo in a decadelong school aid fight.
Energy & Environment
Policy
The latest in New York bird law. Yes, that’s a thing.
Lawmakers have stepped up to protect our fine feathered friends.
New York State
Policy
Cuomo’s multibillion-dollar headache
The state Medicaid program is deep in the red, and there are no easy solutions.
Health Care (Archived)
Policy
Democratic lawmakers’ big plans for health care
From single-payer to vaping to reproductive health.
Donald Trump
Policy
Why the Trump Foundation settlement was so unusual
Foundations often fall under the radar, despite New York’s strong charity enforcement.
Technology
Policy
How Tish James is taking on Big Tech
The New York attorney general is taking on Google and Facebook.
New York State
Personality
The year of Tish
Letitia James made a national name for herself going after Trump. But is she “Cuomo’s A.G.”?
New York State
Personality
Q&A: Letitia James is one of them now
The AG on going from public advocate to the head of law enforcement.
New York City
Politics
Trump’s impeachment advances and changes on the way for campaign finance
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
Personality
Third parties aren’t going down without a fight
Conservative Chairman Gerard Kassar on the state’s new ballot requirements.
New York City
Politics
NY has the richest, poorest, smallest, most unequal congressional districts
New York State is one of diversity, poverty, wealth, and inequality.
Technology
Policy