Mamdani’s plans for universal child care, fare-free transit, and affordable housing rely on Albany getting on board.
Andrew Cuomo won 11 out of 13 majority-homeowner districts — but Mamdani swept the floor in renter-heavy areas, where turnout surged.
Mamdani convinced New York City voters to back his agenda. Now he needs to convince Albany politicians.
The mayor-elect’s approach reflects a view that is going mainstream: To succeed, climate policies may need to lose the label.
State officials and local activists may be more influential, but the mayor still has a role to play.
As Zohran Mamdani prepares to unveil property tax reforms, he must weigh a plan he inherited from his predecessor.
NYC-DSA built an electoral powerhouse with no paid staff and just a few years of experience. Here’s how they pulled it off.
With the state ethics commission widely seen as controlled by the governor, legislators are looking for other ways to investigate the allegations.
DSA organized against a fracked-gas plant in Astoria. Now Schumer is getting involved.
The city’s taxi agency has ignored drivers’ demands and proposed a plan that the comptroller warns ‘would spend more money to forgive less debt.’
Many drivers will face financial ruin if the city cannot help them refinance their debts. Below are eleven of their stories.
New York state legislators have just days to question phone hacking, forensics, and fusion centers before the budget passes.
Twice this year, Kathy Hochul has ordered a State Police-run fusion center to beef up its social media monitoring. Documents show that analysts create fake accounts to do that work.
ConEd wants to jack up electric bills by 10 percent, and gas by 15 percent. Here’s what that would pay for.
Civil service exams can slow down government hiring by months or even years. New York City is one of the only areas of the state that hasn’t opted into a program to bypass the process.