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Heard Around Town

Bayona out at City Hall

The executive director of the Mayor’s Office of Ethnic and Community Media handed in his resignation and is leaving the Adams administration.

News & Politics

Lee Zeldin sees warning signs for women’s sports in ERA

At the state Capitol, conservatives gathered to focus on a culture war talking point that’s not included in the proposed constitutional amendment.

Interviews & Profiles

Asian American voting power is breaking through in southern Brooklyn

The area is represented by Asian Americans in both chambers of the state Legislature and in the City Council. That doesn’t mean they agree on anything.

Protests

Tracking campus protests in New York

The “Gaza solidarity encampment” at Columbia university inspired similar pro-Palestinian demonstrations at campuses across the country. Here’s where they are in New York.

PolicyShow All

Budget

Homeless and social services funding cuts reexamined by City Council

Amid a period of heightened tension between the mayor and the council, the final stretch of the budget process begins with a theatrical introduction.

Albany Agenda

Here’s what NY lawmakers are focused on for the rest of session

Only five weeks to go!

Protests

More than two-thirds of protesters arrested at Columbia and City College released with summonses

The majority of protesters have been released with summonses, but Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is charging 46 Columbia protesters with trespassing and 22 City College protesters with burglary.

Policy

Staten Island secession? A new IBO report studies the age-old question

“Any serious study of how secession would play out proves that citizens of an independent Staten Island would end up paying more for less,” said Council Member Justin Brannan, who requested the study.

PersonalityShow All

Personality

2024 Met Gala photos: New York political figures show off their looks

A behind the scenes photo shoot with Adrienne Adams, while the mayor attends an after-party.

Albany Agenda

SUNY chancellor John King talks budget wins and campus protests

The head of the state’s public university system discussed the police response to pro-Palestinian protest encampments and the fate of SUNY Downstate.

Book Excerpt

Book excerpt: Luis Miranda looks back on a lifetime of advocating for Latino political power in “Relentless”

City & State publishes a chapter from the veteran political consultant’s upcoming memoir.

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Nonprofits

First pet-friendly shelter for unhoused families opens in the Bronx

The Urban Resource Institute and New York City Department of Homeless Services unveiled the facility to provide temporary housing that also allows for animals.

Trailblazers

Trailblazers in Clean Energy

The New Yorkers leading the fight against climate change.

Publisher's Section

2024 Who’s Who in Government Relations

Notable New Yorkers advocating for change in city, state and federal government.

OpinionShow All

Opinion

Opinion: Where is the vision from New York’s leaders?

Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul should pursue transformative policies like free universal child care, a Social Housing Development Authority and tuition-free public education at CUNY and SUNY schools.

Transportation

Opinion: Serial speeders are killing New Yorkers. It’s time to slow them down.

A proposed bill would require “speed limiter” devices to be installed on serial speeders’ vehicles, stopping them from going more than 5 mph over the speed limit.

News & Politics

Opinion: Clearing the air on Randy Mastro

Here’s why one the city’s most experienced litigators should be its next corporation counsel

Opinion

Opinion: How I became my father on Israel

Suddenly, I put my hand up to touch my face. It was deep red. I had become my father.

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