Immigration
Politics
Trump border czar blasts sanctuary state laws in Albany visit
Homan also criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul for trying to place limits on Mayor Eric Adams’ ability to collaborate with ICE.
Sponsored Content
Sponsor Content
Lawmakers and advocates call for additional state funding for aging services at AARP NY event
Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright and state Sen. Cordell Cleare spoke at the virtual legislative forum presented by City & State.
News & Politics
Politics
AOC and other NY progressives call for Mahmoud Khalil’s release in letter to DHS
More than 40 elected officials signed onto the missive.
Albany Agenda
Policy
Assembly and state Senate release ‘one-house’ state budget proposals
The Legislature’s budget proposals differ from the governor’s executive budget proposal when it comes to discovery reform, involuntary commitment and rebate checks.
Policy
Policy
DOCCS commissioner: Prison strike is over
Most of the corrections officers who took part in the unsanctioned strike have returned to work, and those who continued to strike have been fired.
Albany Agenda
Politics
$10 million tax credit for businesses advertising in local media gets Albany rally
Supporters will meet at the statehouse to ask Gov. Hochul to fund the Lift Our Communities, Advertise Locally Act in this year’s budget.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
SUNY pushes back on Trump’s second term
Senior Vice Chancellor and General Counsel Kapil Longani discusses the impact of the president’s return to the White House on the system’s 64 colleges and universities.
News & Politics
Politics
Gov. Kathy Hochul takes aim at Rep. ‘Mike something’
Continuing her trend of stronger rhetoric against the GOP, the governor repeatedly criticized potential gubernatorial opponent Rep. Mike Lawler during the Albany Somos conference.
Special Reports
Politics
Hochul makes up with unions after Hector LaSalle
The governor has spent the past couple years allying herself with organized labor.
Special Reports
Policy
Albany lawmakers focused on labor agenda brace for Trump’s second term
A look at the impact the administration will have on the 2025 legislative session.
Special Reports
Personality
Passing bills to benefit workers in the state Senate
A Q&A with state Sen. Jessica Ramos.
Special Reports
Personality
Passing prevailing wage and worker safety expansions
A Q&A with Assembly Member Harry Bronson.
Special Reports
Personality
Regulating labor relations amid Trump’s return to office
A Q&A with Timothy Connick, chair of the Public Employment Relations Board
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Make America Infected Again?
Five years after New York was decimated by a novel virus, the eerie drumbeat of strange infections and diseases echo in our midst. Are we prepared for another pandemic?
News & Politics
Politics
Hochul dominates potential challengers in new Siena poll
Hochul's two potential primary opponents, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado and Rep. Ritchie Torres, lack statewide name recognition.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Universal child care in NY could save the Democratic Party
Let’s show the nation that when Democrats are in power, they pass universal policies that directly improve the lives of working-class people.
Health Care
Opinion
Opinion: New York reached a major health milestone, but we cannot take our foot off the gas
The state must continue to fund Donate Life New York State, the nonprofit organization that operates the organ donor registry.
Immigration
Policy