Personality

Interviews & Profiles

City’s first ‘close Rikers czar’ starts this month

Dana Kaplan will work to get the complex replaced with four borough-based jails.

Interviews & Profiles

Asad Dandia is Brooklyn’s new borough historian

Borough President Antonio Reynoso tapped the popular tour guide, who’s close with Mayor Zohran Mamdani, to safeguard Brooklyn’s past.

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Getting ‘jazzed’ telling New Yorkers about city jobs on social media

An interview with Yume Kitasei, the commissioner of the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services.

New York State

An Albany exodus of retiring state lawmakers

A dozen lawmakers from both parties and both legislative chambers have said they won’t seek reelection this year

Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s first 100 days: Staffing up

The new mayor attracted top talent from around the country, but there were certainly hiccups along the way.

Personality

How does Mamdani’s first 100 days favorability stack up against Adams, de Blasio?

Mayors often start strong with a base of support, but sometimes that doesn’t even last the first few months.

Zohran Mamdani

Gen Z on the millennial mayor

The young voters that propelled Zohran Mamdani to victory reflect on the first 100 days of his term.