Trailblazers
Power Lists
The 2026 Trailblazers in Transportation
Influential leaders keeping New York on the move
Budget
Policy
The astroturf war in New York over car insurance reform
The fight over the incredibly technical topic is pitting two powerhouse industry lobbies against one another.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: To keep New York safe, Albany must protect victims and witnesses from ICE
Local law enforcement should never enforce civil immigration law or allow victims and witnesses to be turned into targets for ICE.
Health Care
Policy
Lawmakers, state officials scramble to help 450,000 New Yorkers set to lose health insurance
New Yorkers making between 200% and 250% of the federal poverty line on the Essential Plan will lose their health benefits on July 1 unless state leaders act.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York must protect cancer patients’ access to biomarker testing
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget would weaken the evidence-based standards in New York’s biomarker testing law, putting patient access at risk.
Health Care
Policy
Helen Keller’s family members irate over changes to communication bill of rights proposal
The proposed changes to the bill have also caused a rift between the chairs of the Assembly and Senate committees on disabilities.
Policy
Policy
Lawmakers apathetic, yet unfazed, by sluggish state budget talks
State budget talks are expected to drag on weeks past the April 1 deadline.
News & Politics
Politics
Blakeman denied public matching funds in decision criticized as partisan
The Democrat-majority state Public Campaign Finance Board voted not to permit the likely Republican nominee for governor to receive millions in matching funds
News & Politics
Politics
Hochul leads Blakeman by just 13 points in latest Siena poll
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s lead over her likely GOP opponent has shrunk by half over the past two months.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: To trans New Yorkers, we must say: ‘We see you’
New York must redouble our legislative support for the trans community and expand the Trans Wellness and Equity Fund to $10 million.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Blakeman stops by City Hall to tout affordability
The GOP candidate for governor, like the incumbent governor, is against raising taxes.
Immigration
Policy
Report finds immigrant legal services under stress in New York
Immigrant rights advocates want state leaders to approve landmark new funding and legislation to improve access to attorneys for immigrants amid a hostile federal government
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Stanley Richards wants Rikers closed. In the meantime, he works there.
The new correction commissioner is committed to borough-based jails, ending solitary confinement and collaborating with federal supervisors.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: County governments will benefit from income tax fairness, too
Asking the wealthiest New Yorkers to contribute more is a reasonable step toward stabilizing public finances and strengthening communities.
Personality
Personality
St. John’s basketball carries the hopes of these political alums
Many other New York politicos have been rooting on their teams in both NCAA basketball tournaments.
Personality
Personality
Meet the mastermind behind Hochul’s unhinged pressroom X account
Ben Freedman skillfully counters misinformation and claps back at the Trump administration’s attacks on Gov. Kathy Hochul, all while having fun.
Personality
Personality
Can the new OCM head get NY’s cannabis market back on track?
An interview with John Kagia on the fifth anniversary of cannabis legalization.
Heard Around Town
Policy