New York State
Personality
Sean Patrick Maloney goes on the offensive
Sean Patrick Maloney is going on the offensive in the attorney general's race.
Eric Adams
Policy
Houses of worship providing affordable housing in Brooklyn
Borough President Eric Adams wants churches to build affordable housing units on their unused tax lots.
New York City
Personality
Eric Adams, election cyclist
Eric Adams rehabbed his block and his body. Is the borough president fit to be New York City’s next mayor?
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Seven years for Silver, Daily News staff slashed, speed cameras stall
In this week's headlines, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced, for a second time, to seven years in prison, Tronc slashed the editorial workforce at the Daily News, and New York City's speed camera program was suspended due to inaction in Albany.
Politics
Helen Rosenthal files for New York City comptroller run
New York City Councilwoman Helen Rosenthal has filed to run for city comptroller in 2021. The Upper West Side Democrat became the first candidate to officially declare her intentions to run for the citywide seat by filing with the New York City Campaign Finance Board.
New York City
Politics
Candidate kicked off the ballot? It all happens in this room.
When candidates challenge each other’s petitions to get on the ballot, who does the vetting? City & State goes behind the scenes at the New York City Board of Elections office in Lower Manhattan to see how it all plays out.
NYPD
Policy
Records standoff between NYPD and Vance continues
The New York Police Department hasn’t met Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s demands for access to internal police disciplinary records and investigative reports, but Police Commissioner James O’Neill is confident the two sides will reach an agreement.
Politics
Kaminsky: It's not OK Skelos did it for his son
City & State talked to Kaminsky just before the verdict came down about what his district thinks of Skelos, what he’s going to do with all his money, and why he likes Letitia James – even though he won’t endorse her for attorney general yet.
Politics
The next leaders of Queens
Who will be the next borough president and district attorney of Queens?
Politics
Have we seen the last of Joe Crowley?
Joe Crowley is still the Queens Democratic chairman, and with no heir apparent, he is expected to hold on to his other base of power – even if some Democrats think it’s time for a change.
Politics
Robert Jackson has been lobbying for Big Styrofoam
State Senate candidate Robert Jackson has made more than $100,000 since 2015 lobbying for a styrofoam company with potential regulatory matters before the state Legislature.
Politics
Diana Richardson and Jesse Hamilton take it outside
The war of words between the two Central Brooklyn Democrats began Friday when Richardson praised Hamilton’s primary challenger, Zellnor Myrie, on Instagram (she insists it was not yet an endorsement).
New York City
Policy
Lippman Commission calls for expanding supervised release
Bail reform stalled in the state Legislature this year despite a push from the grassroots to the governor, but the Lippman criminal justice commission is releasing a report saying that New York City doesn’t have to wait until next year to keep more New Yorkers out of jail.
Bill de Blasio
Politics
REBNY, business groups call on de Blasio to ditch commercial waste zones
Major business interests in New York City have written a letter urging New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Department of Sanitation to withdraw its plans for a zoned commercial waste pickup system.
Housing
Politics
Myrie campaign ad attacks ex-IDC Hamilton’s real estate ties
State Senate candidate Zellnor Myrie is out with his first campaign video, and in it he accuses his rival, state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, of being in the pocket of real estate developers.
Transportation
Policy
Better ways to get to LaGuardia Airport
Who needs Andrew Cuomo’s AirTrain with alternatives like these?
New York State
Personality
William Larkin's honorable discharge
State Sen. William Larkin is leaving Albany after seven decades in public service – and confident his seat will stay red.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
Reform Party hosting candidate-less congressional primaries
The write-in contest is intended to promote idiosyncratic election law proposals
Immigration
Politics