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Jeff Coltin

is the City Hall bureau chief at City & State New York.

Politics

Politics

Reynoso appoints Kim Council as deputy Brooklyn borough president

His former opponent in the BP race brings balance to the office after Diana Richardson was ousted.

Policy

Policy

Lawmakers rally against housing density near New York City Hall

The governor has proposed repealing floor area ratio limits to allow more development. Some prominent Democrats say that amounts to a developer handout.

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

Politics

Who hasn’t filed their campaign finance reports?

See the list of who is already two months late – including at least four state legislators.

Politics

Politics

This Assembly member didn’t file campaign finance reports for nearly 5 years. No one noticed.

The state Board of Elections seems ill-equipped to enforce basic reporting requirements, as Assembly Member Amanda Septimo illustrated.

Politics

Politics

Eric Adams keeps creating new offices

From child care to rats, if you’ve got a problem, the mayor of New York City has a job to tackle it.

Politics

Politics

Cuomo campaign has lots of money in Signature Bank

The former governor shouldn’t expect to lose any money though, even though the bank was taken over by the state of New York.

Heard Around Town

Politics

The City Hall steps are closing for renovation

Visitors to the center of New York City government will have to enter through a side door for the next year.

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New York City Council

Policy

Adrienne Adams wants New York City to get creative with its staffing crisis

At her State of the City address, the City Council speaker called for expanding programs to get people from the correctional system into civil service jobs.

Politics

Politics

Brooklyn Dems sued for breaking office lease

The party said it couldn’t pay because of the pandemic. Its landlord says the party owes $82,000.

Immigration

Policy

NYC hopes to relocate asylum-seekers to other places

Mayor Eric Adams released a blueprint for the city’s path forward, as the Biden administration weighs immigration policy changes.

New York City Council

Policy

Council to Adams: there’s more money to be found

At issue is the very size of New York City’s operating budget, and how it gets spent.

Personality

Politics

Called back for One Last Job

Robert Megna is not the only veteran to get back in the action to serve New York.

Heard Around Town

Politics

Adams, de Blasio send off Sally Goldenberg from Room 9

The Politico New York reporter, the de facto dean of the City Hall press corps, is moving on to national coverage.

Personality

Personality

George Santos’ lies, ranked

Would you put stealing from a dog’s GoFundMe higher or lower than saying your employees were killed in a mass shooting?

Heard Around Town

Politics

Will the NYPD show up to testify this time?

Police higher ups postponed an oversight hearing twice on the Strategic Response Group.