Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Public banks offer an opportunity to reclaim local power and build inclusive economies

Unlike private banks, which are required to maximize shareholder profits, public banks are designed to serve the public interest.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Build without fear

New transmission is key to unlocking Gov. Kathy Hochul’s reliable, affordable and sustainable energy future.

New York State

Policy

Federal cuts leave New York with $750 million budget gap

State Budget Director Blake Washington said the state can’t tax its way out of this problem.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: The time for progressive governance is now

Let’s build a real partnership among New York’s progressive leaders – from the Hudson Valley to Harlem, from the Finger Lakes to Flatbush.

New York State

Policy

Whatever happened to those ‘guardrails’ for Eric Adams?

Gov. Kathy Hochul managed to get some more funding for the state comptroller, but nothing else from her proposals to increase oversight of the NYC mayor

New York State

Politics

Ritchie Torres will not run for governor

Torres had flirted with a run against Gov. Kathy Hochul but decided against it after Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic mayoral primary.

News & Politics

Politics

These state lawmakers just won city primaries. Who could replace them in Albany?

By January, state Sens. Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Sean Ryan and Assembly Members Zohran Mamdani and Harvey Epstein could all be serving in city government, triggering special elections to replace them in the state Legislature.

News & Politics

Politics

Hochul leads potential GOP challengers in new poll

Voters say they’d prefer that someone other than Hochul be governor, but they’ll still vote for her over her likely competition in both a general and primary.

News & Politics

Politics

Lawler holds final town halls as he considers gubernatorial run

The swing district Republican faced less hostility from the crowd at his more recent town halls, held in more GOP-friendly areas of his district.

News & Politics

Politics

Mamdani primary win showcases political power of tenants

The Tenant Bloc, launched earlier this year, backed mayoral candidates like Zohran Mamdani who called for a rent freeze. Now, it's looking ahead to 2026.

Budget

Opinion

Opinion: GOP’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ will savage NY’s health care system, budget and economy

The GOP bill would leave 1.5 million New Yorkers uninsured, cut hospital funding by $3 billion and blow a $13.5 billion hole in the state budget.

Immigration

Politics

Lawsuit against Nassau ICE agreement could expand NY’s sanctuary policies

State lawmakers went home for the year without passing new immigrant protections, but the outcome of new lawsuit stands to greatly limit localities’ ability to work with ICE

Events

Policy

Calling for responsible growth as downstate gears up for new casinos

Both state Sen. Joseph P. Addabbo and Assembly Member Carrie Woerner spoke at City & State’s Trailblazers in Casinos and Sports Betting event.