A coyote, a reporter and a state budget

A coyote, a reporter and a state budget: Recapping the top political news in New York this week

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• March 30, 2018

What to watch for in the final week of state budget talks

With the New York state budget deadline pending and several issues left unresolved, here are the things to watch as the spending plan is finalized this week.

• By Grace Segers
• March 25, 2018

A conversation with Cynthia Nixon's wife, Christine Marinoni

• By Grace Segers
• March 20, 2018

Eric Adams calls for full public financing of elections

Saying there’s still too much private money in New York City politics, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling for full public financing of elections.

• By Jeff Coltin
• March 16, 2018

NYCHA tenants deserve rent abatements for missing heat

The law requires a refund for uninhabitable conditions.

• By Judith Goldiner and Lucy Newman
• March 15, 2018

An open letter to NYC’s first nightlife mayor

5 suggestions for Ariel Palitz from those responsible for creating her new job.

• By Rafael Espinal, Rachel Nelson and Allen Roskoff
• March 8, 2018

Torres asks what fundraiser is doing on COIB

New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres brought some conflict to the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board on Wednesday, questioning why board member Fernando Bohorquez Jr., a partner at BakerHostetler, is still a political fundraiser.

• By Jeff Coltin
• March 8, 2018

Patchett's EDC: From Amazon to Willets Point

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• March 5, 2018

NYC’s new schools chancellor should make college success matter

The most important item on the next New York City school's chancellor’s to-do list is hardly being discussed: preparing vastly more students to succeed in college, argue Tom Hilliard and Matt A.V. Chaban of the Center for an Urban Future.

• By Matt A.V. Chaban and Tom Hilliard
• March 1, 2018

Other political figures who backed out of appointments

Alberto Carvalho isn’t the first politician to withdraw from a position – although in his case, it wasn’t driven by scandal or controversy but because he was beloved by local school board members and students who wanted him to stay. Here are some other national figures who have made waves by declining a position after being nominated.

• By Grace Segers
• March 1, 2018

Who'll be the next New York City mayor?

A way-too-early preview of the 2021 New York City mayoral race.

• By Jeff Coltin
• February 19, 2018

Talking transit with Trottenberg

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• February 14, 2018

Does it matter if voters don’t want New Yorkers to run in 2020?

A new poll shows New York voters are against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio running for president. But that didn't stop Donald Trump.

• By Grace Segers
• February 14, 2018

Four takeaways from de Blasio’s State of the City

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out a plan for revitalizing democracy in his 2018 State of the City address.

• By Jeff Coltin
• February 13, 2018

NYC public employees need paid parental leave

Mothers and fathers both should have time with their newborns.

• By Ben Kallos and Antonio Reynoso
• February 11, 2018

Hitting the road

Former New York City Council members like to stay busy, whether it’s in politics, or government, or branching out into the private sector or nonprofit world. But where exactly do they go?

• By Jeff Coltin
• February 7, 2018

The Shola must go on

Why de Blasio is standing by embattled NYCHA chief Shola Olatoye.

• By Aaron Short
• February 5, 2018

Cuomo’s new challenger and de Blasio's growing budget

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco is running against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled an $88.7 billion budget, and special elections for vacant state legislative seats are expected on April 24.

• By Rebecca C. Lewis
• February 3, 2018

Introducing The Albany Angle podcast with NY1's Zach Fink

• By City & State
• January 28, 2018