Opinion
Opinion
Conservative amateur sleuths deny New York hospital crisis
Apparently, you can tell how many ICU beds are open from across the street.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Andrew Cuomo finds his inner Mario
The governor is beginning to sound like his oratorically gifted father.
New York City
Politics
Is coronavirus de Blasio's Katrina?
The mayor seems to be leading New York City from behind.
Eric Adams
Politics
“Go back to Iowa” could fit Adams’ mayoral strategy
Progressive transplants have other candidates, so the Brooklyn borough president is looking elsewhere for votes.
Opinion
Opinion
City & State’s best op-eds in 2019
We’ve injected some overlooked ideas into the conversation.
New York City
Politics
The biggest dead-end job in politics
New York City mayors never go on to higher office. Can Mike Bloomberg break the losing streak?
New York City
Politics
Bloomberg takes first step in running for president
The former Republican NYC mayor filed to get on a Democratic presidential primary ballot.
Bill de Blasio
Politics
Joe Borelli fights for the silent minority in public advocate debate
New York City Councilman Joe Borelli, the Republican nominee for public advocate, showed in Tuesday night’s debate with incumbent Jumaane Williams that he is fighting for New Yorkers “who aren't out there protesting” – the silent minority of conservatives in his city.
New York City
Politics
The least powerful man in New York
Bill de Blasio promised to end inequality. He didn’t. But a mayor never could.
New York State
Opinion
Reversing climate change means killing car culture
Climate Week is the perfect time to reexamine our infrastructure.
New York City
Opinion
‘The Last O.G.’ is the only thing on TV that gets NYC right
“The Last O.G.,” the TBS sitcom starring Tracy Morgan that just finished its second season, gets New York City, Brooklyn, race and class right in a way TV shows rarely do, writes City & State’s Ben Adler.
New York City
Opinion
The New Yorker from Vermont
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is the personal and ideological epitome of the most New York kind of New Yorker, an identity that previously was absent from the ranks of serious presidential contenders, writes City & State’s Ben Adler.
New York City
Policy
How to make the ‘Green New Deal’ good for cities
The “Green New Deal” could adopt a platform to reverse 70 years of federal policy that has incentivized environment-destroying sprawl. By doing so, it would help the district of the proposal’s author, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York City and other cities in New York.
New York State
Personality
Hochul on Amazon’s demise, Buffalo’s rebound and championing child care
Kathy Hochul discusses economic development policy, the prospects for Western New York and her desire to see Equal Rights Amendment added to the state constitution.
New York State
Policy
Buffalo’s billion-dollar Band-Aid
Most of Buffalo, New York's largest and most costly individual projects have produced underwhelming results, whereas some of the smaller-scale, lower-profile programs are actually generating a lot of growth – or, at least, the potential for it.
New York City
Opinion
Pied-à-terre tax died for ridiculous reasons
Every New Yorker sitting on a delayed subway should know that some of the blame rests with the ultra-rich, luxury real estate developers and their lackeys in Albany, who killed the pied-a-terre tax, writes Ben Adler.
Bill de Blasio
Opinion
Why the mayor gives the NYPD a free ride
Instead of transforming New York City's police department, many feel that New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is turning a blind eye to their bad practices.
New York State
Opinion
The asinine critique of Ocasio-Cortez’s car usage
The critique of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s car usage simply does not make sense — Ben Adler breaks down the many reasons why.
Andrew Cuomo
Opinion
NY pols and Amazon blew up their deal by acting like themselves
How Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Amazon all contributed to the death of HQ2.
New York City
Policy