Personality
Personality
Revisiting New York’s 2022 congressional gerrymander
Here are a few of the districts that raised eyebrows last time, which could presage a future mid-decade redistricting.
Personality
Antonio Delgado explains why he’s running for governor
An interview with the lieutenant governor who’s challenging his boss
Winners & Losers
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Who’s up and who’s down this week?
Upstate
Exit interview: Billy Jones reflects on political polarization
“It's not the same political environment that I started out with,” the North Country Democrat said.
Events
Social service champions honored
City & State celebrated its latest Above & Beyond list makers at a midtown venue with remarks from New York State Office of Children & Family Services Commissioner DaMia Harris-Madden.
Personality
Sharon Owens says the Syracuse Democratic Party is facing a reckoning
An interview with the Syracuse Democratic mayoral nominee
Personality
Best bill acronyms II, from MAMDANI and SANTOS to DOGE and FLACO
Lawmakers use acronyms to make their bills memorable.
New York State
Political pups
And the dog parents who run New York.
Personality
The NYPD officers who support Zohran Mamdani for mayor
An interview with retired NYPD Lieutenant Commander Shamsul Haque, co-founder of the Bangladeshi American Police Association.
Personality
Bruce Blakeman, once a rising star, has been reborn in the MAGA mold
He spent over a decade in the political wilderness until his shrewd embrace of Donald Trump led to a second act on the national stage.
Winners & Losers
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
Who’s up and who’s down this week?
Interviews & Profiles
At City Hall, Randy Mastro is in charge
Roughly 100 days in, the first deputy mayor has torpedoed projects, tried to put ICE back on Rikers Island and strong-armed City Council members into an actually somewhat functional relationship.
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Personality
The many times Mike Lawler talked about being governor
Lawler stoked the rumor mill for over a year but ultimately decided not to run for governor.
Personality
A field guide to socialist elected officials
Learn the differences between Socialists in Office, DSA members and allies.
Personality
Two Bob Holden staffers are running against each other for their boss's seat – and it’s actually not awkward
Phil Wong and Alicia Vaichunas will face each other in a competitive general election.
Interviews & Profiles
Here’s how Zohran Mamdani’s 50K-strong volunteer army pulled it off
An interview with Tascha Van Auken, field director for Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign.
Interviews & Profiles
Ruwa Romman says Mamdani’s victory could ‘change the calculus’ around Democratic support for Israel
An interview with the first Palestinian American state lawmaker in Georgia
Interviews & Profiles
Cynthia Nixon hopes that Andrew Cuomo’s career is finally over
An election night interview with the actor and former gubernatorial candidate
Interviews & Profiles
Deputy Mayor Jeffrey Roth on being gay in the military – and governing NYC under Trump
After serving during "don't ask, don't tell," New York City’s highest-ranking LGBTQ official is now trying to find common ground with the federal government. “I have great hope, but a lot of fear.”
Interviews & Profiles
Mark Levine: ‘The comptroller has to be totally independent of the mayor’
An interview with the winner of the Democratic primary for New York City comptroller – who could end up serving as a check on a Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
