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Personality
Adams upstaged by James, de Blasio at ‘Inner Circle Show’
The mayor’s rebuttal featured a Broadway actor and rat-smashing practice.
Personality
Personality
Does Mayor Eric Adams smoke weed? City & State New York readers are split
Behold, the results of our highly unscientific 4/20 reader poll.
Personality
Personality
Iwen Chu: I am the first one to get elected; I will not be the last one.
As the first senator elected to represent the first Asian-majority district, Chu has a plan to address the needs of her AAPI and immigrant constituents.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Jabari Brisport on police robots: ‘It’s the depersonalization of what makes communities safe’
The Brooklyn state senator introduced a bill to ban the NYPD from using the ‘Digidog’ and other surveillance robots.
Personality
Personality
New York City is obsessed with the bad old days
The fear of going backward is growing, but the city is in a much better place today.
Personality
Personality
Guess when New York will have a budget for some sweet City & State swag
We’ve got a coveted City & State NY shower curtain for the lucky person who guesses the date and time the spending plan is passed.
Heard Around Town
Personality
Addiction-focused health commissioner still needs to talk to Hochul about overdoses
Acting Health Commissioner James McDonald is poised to take over permanently and has a history in overseeing controversial supervised injection sites.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Open New York pushes Hochul’s Housing Compact
An incentive-only approach to encourage localities to meet housing creation targets is a “nonstarter,” the pro-development group says.
Personality
Personality
Ruining more iconic NYC logos
It’s not just We ❤️ NYC, there are other perfectly good logos that could use a redesign.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Has the real rat czar been here all along?
Mayor Eric Adams shot a video with a city rat expert, while the search for the new role continues.
Personality
Personality
Who is Alvin Bragg, the prosecutor who might charge Donald Trump?
Here’s what you need to know about the man vying to take a legal shot at former President Donald Trump.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Mark Levine talks housing, casinos and the scourge of sidewalk sheds
Mark Levine talks housing, casinos and the scourge of sidewalk sheds
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
NY’s new GOP Chair Ed Cox: ‘We are on the offensive’
After leading the GOP party for years, Cox is back with hopes to disrupt the Democratic supermajorities in Albany. And he called the recent chief judge saga a threat to democracy.
Personality
Personality
New York City tech chief Matt Fraser commands attention
The chief technology officer on the decision to leave behind the Internet Master Plan, why we still haven’t seen the launch of MyCity, and why he’s still bullish on crypto.
Personality
Personality
Andy Pallotta’s still got a budget season between him and retirement
The outgoing president of NYSUT is proud of his legacy encouraging teachers to run for office – and securing Foundation Aid.
Personality
Personality
Three New York universities name first women presidents
Fordham University, Columbia University, and New York University have all hired women to lead them in the past year, marking historic milestones for the universities.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Will John King stop SUNY from spiraling?
He’s no stranger to the New York education world. Now, he hopes to save the state’s struggling public universities.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Karines Reyes: Jenny Rivera was ‘overlooked’ for chief judge
The newly elected chair of the Assembly Puerto Rican and Hispanic Task Force hopes this year’s Albany Somos conference will place issues impacting Latinos front and center.
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