Eric Adams
Policy
Report: New Yorkers are waiting longer for cash assistance
The mayor’s preliminary progress update for the year showed dismal wait times for cash assistance and continued sluggishness for food assistance.
Albany Agenda
Policy
Hochul finishes 2023 business with no pocket vetoes
The Legislature passed hundreds of bills before breaking in June, and three had made it into 2024.
Policy
Policy
Hochul signs Rape is Rape Act
The law expands the definition of rape in New York to include non-penetrative forced sexual contact.
Health Care
Policy
Social media declared a ‘public health hazard,’ as efforts to rein it in ramp up
New York City Mayor Eric Adams made the announcement last week, while Florida lawmakers advanced a bill banning accounts for anyone under 16 years of age.
Heard Around Town
Policy
NYC touts faster fire inspections in new report
Wait times for fire alarm inspections were down compared to last year.
Albany Agenda
Policy
Across the political spectrum, lawmakers are peeved about Hochul’s plan for education funding
Republican state senators joined the chorus of teachers and their Democratic colleagues to condemn the proposal Monday.
Criminal Justice
Policy
Lawmakers debate bail reform and gun violence at public safety hearing
State legislators asked state law enforcement leaders about the impact of bail reform and how to keep guns out of children’s hands.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Major oil, gas and coal companies must pay the staggering costs of the climate crisis
A call for including the Climate Change Superfund Act in this year’s state budget after “the worst” flooding since Superstorm Sandy recently hit Long Island’s South Shore.
MTA
Policy
MTA head 'really burned' by New Jersey over congestion pricing lawsuit, calls NJ Transit 'crummy service'
Janno Lieber unleashed his frustrations with the Garden State while some New York lawmakers made their own complaints about his agency during a joint budget hearing on transportation.
Eric Adams
Policy
5 takeaways from Eric Adams’ State of the City
During his third State of the City speech, the New York City mayor said the city is ‘back from the brink,’ striking a hopeful tone about a drop in crime and job growth despite the ongoing migrant crisis.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: We can still make progress on housing affordability in 2024
Here’s legislation that can remove major hurdles to producing mixed income development and avoids further concentrating poverty.
Cannabis
Policy
Hinchey bill would regulate cannabis owners’ energy consumption
Indoor grow operations can be energy intensive.
Policy
Policy
Hochul wants to build housing on SUNY campuses. How will that work?
State university faculty and administrators are cautiously optimistic about the governor’s proposal to build housing on state-owned land.
Albany Agenda
Policy
New York Democrats return to abortion in the hopes of galvanizing voters
The issue has yielded mixed results in a state where access is less threatened, but Democrats are giving it another shot on the 51st anniversary of Roe.
Cannabis
Policy
When will New York’s pot industry be ready to take off?
Despite lawsuits and bureaucratic snafus, the state has redoubled its efforts to jump-start the cannabis industry.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Social equity has been the biggest success of New York’s cannabis rollout
A Q&A with Tremaine Wright, chair of the state Cannabis Control Board.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Experiences in other states can be used to build up NYC’s cannabis industry
A Q&A with Dasheeda Dawson, founding director of Cannabis NYC
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
New York’s equity provisions for cannabis continue to lead the country
A Q&A with state Sen. Liz Krueger on what other states are learning from New York.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality