New York State
Policy
New York’s climate change example
Four areas of progress that global leaders could learn about while they’re here for the UN Climate Summit.
New York State
Policy
Want to fix the traffic problem? Tear down a freeway.
New York’s highways have decimated whole cities.
New York State
Opinion
Reversing climate change means killing car culture
Climate Week is the perfect time to reexamine our infrastructure.
New York State
Politics
De Blasio drops out and flavored e-cigarettes banned
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
Policy
Airbnb sets course for public offering
Some observers are saying that the road to an IPO will be a bumpy one.
New York State
Policy
State audit highlights lax oversight of IBM contract
The focus on IBM follows concerns about the company’s ties to ITS officials.
New York State
Policy
How would public campaign finance affect unions?
It could limit their influence, but few are opposed.
New York State
Politics
It’s been a long, bumpy road between the Seneca Nation and New York
The fight over fixing I-90 is just the latest pothole.
New York State
Personality
The junior/senior tag teams of New York politics
It helps if voters already know your name.
New York State
Policy
What Cuomo’s executive order on vaping will and won’t do
It doesn’t ban menthols or regulate the black market.
New York City
Politics
New York’s efforts to snuff out smoking
Cuomo’s flavored e-cigarette ban is the latest in the war on lighting up.
Technology
Policy
Cuomo announces ban of flavored e-cigarettes
The new rules could go into effect as early as next month.
New York State
Policy
Takeaways from the first Public Campaign Financing Commission hearing
The Public Campaign Financing Commission held its first two hearings on Tuesday, one for experts to testify and one for public testimony. At the first of two hearings on Tuesday, 17 experts testified before the commission, with 20 minutes each to make their cases. The second saw hundreds of New Yorkers – including elected officials – show up to testify for up to three minutes. Here’s what hearings suggested about the commission’s direction.
New York State
Politics
Celebrating the Labor Power 100
A look at City & State’s gala recognizing 100 of the most influential leaders in labor.
New York State
Policy
Facebook is James’ latest tech target
She is leading the investigation into Facebook and participating in the Google probe.
New York State
Politics
Poll: Should New York have public financing of campaigns?
And should the state eliminate fusion voting?
New York State
Politics
The people who could overhaul New York’s elections
Commissioners on the Public Campaign Finance Committee come from varied backgrounds and political patrons.
New York State
Personality
Laura Curran on trying to earn Nassau County’s trust
It takes a lot to sway skeptical suburbanites – especially after Mangano’s fall from grace.
New York State
Policy