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Personality
How to develop more complete NYCHA complexes
A Q&A with New York City Housing Authority Executive Vice President for Real Estate Development Jonathan Gouveia.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Not passing housing in the state budget was a ‘missed opportunity’ for labor
A Q&A with Greater New York LECET Director of Strategic Partnerships Justice Favor.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Affordable housing in NY isn’t completely up in flames
RuthAnne Visnauskas, commissioner of state Homes and Community Renewal, discusses current state efforts to make housing affordable in the state.
Policy
Policy
NYC gets leg up on housing plan in state budget, despite setbacks
New York City Chief Housing Officer Jessica Katz talks about how aligned the city and Albany are on affordable housing goals.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Linda Rosenthal: 421-a doesn’t create enough affordable housing
The Assembly Housing Committee chair is calling for more than just tax incentives.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Brian Kavanagh on the interlocking crises of housing affordability
The state senator was a cheerleader for Gov. Kathy Hochul’s failed housing plan.
Affordable Housing Special Report
Policy
Kathy Hochul has a year to build a YIMBY coalition
The need for more housing persists, and all is not lost in the effort to make major changes to New York’s housing landscape.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Is it possible that New York will have too much gambling?
A Q&A with Washington State University professor Khalil Philander, who has studied the industry for years.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Could a casino boost the area around Penn Station?
A Q&A with Rush Street Gaming Chair Neil Bluhm on the company’s Midtown casino bid.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Should all three downstate casino licenses be awarded at once?
A Q&A with Assembly Member Gary Pretlow, who thinks doing it that way might slow down the process.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Joe Addabbo on how Resorts World changed minds in Queens
A Q&A with the state senator on the expansion of gambling in New York.
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Policy
Policy
Casino and real estate magnates are looking to hit the jackpot in New York City
They’re all jostling to nab one of the state’s three full casino licenses downstate.
New York State
Politics
“We battled to get that food store:” What the Tops supermarket meant to Buffalo’s Black community
The racist mass shooting has left a deep scar at a symbol of resilience on the city’s East Side.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
Peoples-Stokes: I’m disappointed in how America allows racism to continue
The Assembly majority leader discusses the aftermath of the Buffalo mass shooting and impact on her community.
News & Politics
Politics
Biden visits Buffalo after mass shooting to comfort a grief-stricken city
The president called the attack “domestic terrorism” in a speech and met with the families of the victims.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
India Walton and Byron Brown debate for the last time
Buffalo voters will choose between the Democratic nominee for mayor and the incumbent who lost the primary in a highly scrutinized race that pits progressives against moderates.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
AOC, downstate progressives help India Walton
Many Buffalo Democrats are staying on the sidelines. So the party’s mayoral nominee has gathered support elsewhere.
Interviews & Profiles
Personality
India Walton still has a general election to win, and Buffalo’s elite aren’t making it easy
Byron Brown will not be on the ballot, but not for lack of pulling strings.
New York State
Politics
Upstate incumbent mayors face challenges from the left
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany all have races to watch on June 22.
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Personality