Infrastructure
Opinion
No, Mikhail Prokhorov doesn't 'own' the Barclays Center
Nominal ownership by New York state enables tax breaks.
Energy & Environment
Policy
Can New York keep climate change at bay?
A discussion on sustainability with New York City and state's leading environmental officials.
Education
Opinion
A 3-point plan to increase diversity in NYC’s specialized high schools
Black and Latino students are badly underrepresented at top schools, but new bills in Albany aim to change that.
New York City
Opinion
Dan Donovan’s brilliant press release
Rep. Dan Donovan’s airtight logic: Michael Grimm is a felon, so he must love Andrew Cuomo and hate Donald Trump
New York City
Policy
Kicking the bag down the road
Billions of plastic bags clog sewage plants, pollute waterways and cling to trees and lampposts in New York City. And Albany won’t let the city stop it.
Politics
Andrew Cuomo
Felder: Cuomo hasn’t talked to me about reuniting the Senate since 2017
State Sen. Simcha Felder refutes a report that Gov. Andrew Cuomo called him.
Politics
Labor
Which unions are in and out of the WFP?
Which unions are in and out of the WFP? Assessing the fallout of the tussle over endorsing Cynthia Nixon for governor.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
How fishermen could thwart Cuomo’s offshore wind master plan
Offshore wind turbines are a critical part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's clean energy mandate to generate 50 percent of the state’s electricity from renewable energy. But a few humble fishermen are threatening to derail the governor’s goals with a federal lawsuit they believe is their last best shot to save their livelihoods.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
How the school aid formula became unrecognizable
In the state budget, the governor included a requirement that school districts submit information to the state outlining how they will distribute aid to each of their schools. But the governor’s new transparency mandate is seen by many in the education community as an attempt to divert attention from a much more complicated and costly issue: how aid is divided up among school districts.
Politics
Bill de Blasio
So long, Shola, the Cohen raid and de Blasio’s mystery meeting
So long, Shola, the Cohen raid and de Blasio’s mystery meeting in your weekly news roundup.
New York City
Policy
How the 2020 census citizenship question will affect New York’s headcount
Many immigrant households may skip the survey, but NYC has a plan to fight back.
New York City
Policy
How insurance is adapting for the modern age
Key New York officials give us the latest on how the insurance industry is adapting for the modern age.
Politics
New York State
Updated: Who’s on the ballot in state special elections?
In the New York state Legislature's special elections, 11 seats are open, nominees are chosen, and some races may be close.
Andrew Cuomo
Policy
Cuomo’s “disingenuous” estimate of NYC's surplus
Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked New York City to pony up more money for the subways in a speech on Thursday – but the de Blasio administration shot down the budget numbers he used as evidence as “completely disingenuous.”
Labor
Policy
What the Assembly wants to do for public-sector unions
An interview with Peter Abbate Jr., chairman of the Assembly Committee on Governmental Employees.
Budget
Policy
5 big insurance issues in New York
New York faces a number of other insurance issues – some of which were addressed as part of the budget talks, and some that weren’t. Here are five key legislative and regulatory issues affecting the state’s insurance industry.
New York State
Policy