Special Reports
Personality

Is New York City investing enough in mental health treatment?

An interview with Linda Lee, chair of the New York City Council Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addictions.

  • By Kay Dervishi

New York State
Policy

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $1 billion ushers in a new era of mental health care

The influx of funding has bolstered a sector that has languished with insufficient support.

  • By Kay Dervishi

Policy
Policy

Where do first responders turn when they need help?

An anonymous mental health care program created in 2019 for NYPD members could become the blueprint for a national program.

  • By Kelly Grace Price

Policy
Personality

Times that New York state has cribbed ideas for laws from New York City

Sometimes the city is at the vanguard of new pieces of legislation.

  • By Eliot Force, Alison Argueta Raudales and Rebecca C. Lewis

Policy
Policy

Independent Budget Office: Holding all elections on even years would save NYC millions

Fewer election dates, less money, IBO says. Supporters of the idea hope it would lead to higher voter turnout, too.

  • By Annie McDonough

Policy
Policy

Union leaders testify at hearing on public school funding

UFT President Michael Mulgrew and NYSUT President Melinda Person spoke out against Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed changes to the school funding formula.

  • By Austin C. Jefferson

Events
Policy

Social services innovators honored at City & State event

ACS Commissioner Jess Dannhauser delivered a keynote address at the festivities honoring visionaries in advocacy, nonprofit, government and the private sector.

  • By Phenix Kim

Albany Agenda
Policy

Hochul’s ambitious AI plans may threaten state’s climate goals

New York state wants to become a leader in AI research and slash its use of fossil fuels. But can it do both?

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis

Transportation
Policy

Congestion pricing is indefinitely ‘on pause.’ NYC doesn’t have a backup plan to meet climate goals.

“We are certainly not waiting on congestion pricing,” Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi said, of the city’s emissions reductions efforts.

  • By Annie McDonough

Education
Policy

Providing a Spanish digital curriculum for emerging bilingual students

Age of Learning’s “My Reading Academy Español,” to be discussed at City & State’s upcoming Education in New York Summit, will help instill fundamental reading skills that will help students acquire a second language

  • By Phenix Kim

Albany Agenda
Policy

Board of Elections sued over ERA ballot language

The state BOE approved ballot language that may violate a state law requiring ballot proposals to be written at no higher than an eighth-grade reading level.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis

Policy
Policy

State AG seeks public comment on new social media regulations

State Attorney General Letitia James’ office has been tasked with drawing up new regulations related to minors’ use of social media websites.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis

Policy
Policy

Will New York ever begin automatically registering voters?

The state passed a law to do so in 2020.

  • By Eliot Force

Policy
Policy

Which upstate cities are adopting ‘good cause’ eviction and rent control?

Progressives have successfully pushed a handful of municipalities outside New York City to adopt tenant-friendly housing policies in recent years.

  • By Austin C. Jefferson

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: NY’s climate progress is failing. A new plan for public power can fix it.

The state must build 15 gigawatts’ worth of clean energy projects by 2030 to hit its climate targets.

  • By Julia Salazar and Sarahana Shrestha

New York City
Policy

City posts final surveillance policy for gun detection scanners

The controversial scanners, which look like metal detectors, will be located in areas where the NYPD already does bag checks.

  • By Annie McDonough

Opinion
Opinion

Opinion: How not to run a charter revision commission

The mayor’s undemocratic sham of a charter revision commission bears little resemblance to the truly democratic and transparent charter revision process I was part of in the 1980s.

  • By Ruth Messinger

Policy
Policy

NYC Charter Revision Commission proposals: explained

And rated by how much they have pissed off the City Council

  • By Sahalie Donaldson and Annie McDonough

Technology
Policy

Evolv gun detection tech rolling out in NYC subway stations this week

“I am telling them they need to evolve and get it out, because I think it’s good technology,” Mayor Eric Adams said.

  • By Annie McDonough

MTA
Policy

For Janno Lieber, congestion pricing isn’t dead

The self-described “patron saint of challenging projects” is trying to keep the MTA from moving backward – without straying from his boss.

  • By Annie McDonough
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