New York State

Personality

Gottfried and Rivera make the case for single-payer health care

With the state Legislature firmly in Democratic hands, single-payer health care has never been closer to becoming a reality in New York state.

New York State

Policy

New Yorkers weigh in on Amazon exit

A Siena College poll released Monday confirmed that most New Yorkers were sad to see Amazon abandon plans for a new headquarters in Long Island City.

New York State

Politics

Making sense of the legislative pecking order

Here's what you need to know about the multiple legislative positions in New York.

New York State

Politics

Legislative leadership positions: A glossary

An easy to understand breakdown of every one of New York's legislative leadership positions.

Donald Trump

Opinion

The Wilbur Ross I know

City & State publisher Tom Allon reflects back on his time with his former boss, the now-Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Health Care (Archived)

Policy

Is it finally Richard Gottfried’s year for single-payer?

Despite large Democratic majorities in the state Senate and Assembly, lawmakers from Long Island and the Hudson Valley say they do not see single-payer happening anytime soon.

New York State

Politics

Why these New York politicians are backing Beto

Beto O’Rourke thinks he is born to run for president, and so far, it looks like New York Reps. Sean Patrick Maloney and Kathleen Rice agree.

New York State

Politics

Democrats at odds, Hudson Yards opens and Manafort’s new charges

Hudson Yards had its grand opening, Albany Democrats spent the week negotiating a state budget deal, Long Island Legislatures let it be known that they are not keen on marijuana legalization, Paul Manafort was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday, and so much more.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

The $25 billion question

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing for a property tax cap, but other lawmakers aren't sure this is the right move.

New York State

Politics

An Irish lament: The fading of Hibernian political power

New York has the most Irish-Americans of any major city in the country, but their political clout reached an unheralded nadir last year after state Senator Marty Golden and Representatives Joe Crowley and Dan Donovan were swept from power by challengers.

New York State

Opinion

New York should protect students from predatory for-profit colleges

For-profit colleges disproportionately overcharge, underperform and foreclose the futures of far too many students and result in gargantuan loans.

New York State

Politics

Democrats go on offense against four New York congressional Republicans

New York’s GOP is increasingly being forced to choose between their increasingly right-wing party and their relatively moderate districts thanks to the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Who will pay Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s opioid tax?

Experts have mixed opinions on opioid taxes, with some arguing that taxing a medication is a lot less straightforward than taxing an unhealthy commercial product.

New York State

Politics

What a staffer’s sexual harassment scandal means for Kirsten Gillibrand

An aide working for U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand accused a male aide, Abbas Malik, of sexual harassment, then complained about Gillibrand's office's response to her allegation. We asked experts what this could mean for Gillibrand's 2020 presidential campaign.

New York State

Personality

Monica Martinez, state Senate centrist

Monica Martinez discusses her first months in office, what she likes and dislikes in the budget and what a native of El Salvador thinks about driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New York State

Opinion

Fusion voting supporters should study its history

The history of fusion voting in New York is flawed, biased toward conservatives, and has stymied more good government than supported it, according to Tom Watson.

New York State

Policy

Ending the ‘Stone Age’ of criminal justice

New York lawmakers want to pass a package of three bills that would make the trial process more favorable to defendants, who are overwhelmingly people of color.

New York State

Opinion

Cuomo is wrong about state Senate Democrats

State Senate Democrats aren't as vulnerable as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo thinks they are, and they should keep pushing for transformative progressive victories this year.