Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino was inspired by Elon Musk to run for Congress

An interview with the unconventional GOP candidate hoping to replace outgoing Rep. Elise Stefanik upstate.

Criminal Justice

Policy

Criminal justice reform advocates start new push for sentencing reform

For the fourth year in a row, activists are backing a trio of bills that would give incarcerated people time off for good behavior and allow judges to impose more lenient sentences.

News & Politics

Politics

Heastie to tap Pretlow for powerful budget committee

Longtime Assembly Member Gary Pretlow would chair the influential Ways and Means Committee

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Amid renewed fights over diverse school curricula, we must speak up

In 1991, New York City caved to conservative pressure to scrap the “Children of the Rainbow” curriculum guide. Let’s not make the same mistake.

Policy

Policy

Grocery stores launch new coalition to push for wine sales in supermarkets

The “New York State of Wine” coalition hopes to finally win a perennial Albany fight over the wine sales, which are currently limited to liquor stores.

Politics

Politics

Poll: Majority of New York voters want ‘someone else’ as governor

A new poll from Siena College found that only a third of New York voters would vote to reelect Gov. Kathy Hochul.

News & Politics

Politics

Did Kevin Thomas admit to breaking election law?

The state senator told City & State that the state Democratic Party chair offered him something in exchange for dropping out of a congressional race – which could violate the law.

Policy

Policy

Will Hochul veto the Grieving Families Act for a third time?

Supporters hope the governor will finally reform the state’s nearly 180-year-old wrongful death law, but hospitals, insurance companies and the business lobby still oppose the bill.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Iwen Chu: ‘I didn’t just start two years ago, I started 20 years ago.’

The first Asian American woman elected to the state Senate was defeated after just one term. She’s unsure if she’ll run again.