2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (407+ words) Rafael Espinal is no stranger to the world of New York City politics. Mario De Lopez What’s your favorite “Made in NY” production that’s up for an Emmy this year? I don’t have a favorite, but I recently watched “The…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (323+ words) The ceremony at the Postcards memorial on Staten Island is the only major 9/11 event in New York City hosted by a Republican elected official. Shenal Tissera Over the chorus of Republican elected officials demanding that New York City Mayor Zohran…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (272+ words) New York City Council Reporters question New York City mayoral candidates Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani in 2025. Jeff Coltin New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin is backing a new bill aimed at reforming the press credentialing process, potentially making…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (376+ words) Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hits the campaign trail for a congressional candidate in New Jersey. John Celock “That was a long no. We talked. I said, this is, are we doing an interview, or (are) we trying to recap?...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (98+ words) Who’s up and who’s down this week? By City & State New York City won its war on rats. Albany is … working on its war on pigeons. But New York now has a new animal menace: the tick. For outdoorsy New…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1301+ words) Democrat Blake Gendebien campaigns at the Bannertown Fair parade in Mayfield. Zach Jaworski In New York’s largest congressional district, you see the campaign yard signs before you see just about anything else. Staked at the end of driveways and on…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (345+ words) Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman has been critical of the pied-à-terre rollout in New York City. Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images City & State obtained pictures of the materials, which were sent to a couple in Queens. “According to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (460+ words) This is State Fair Director Julie LaFave’s third year running the show. Kate Lisa / City & State New York The Great New York State Fair has been a summer tradition since before the Civil War, and the agricultural spectacle continues to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1149+ words) By 1993, identity politics had fractured the mayor’s tenuous hold on different groups of constituents. By City & State David Dinkins, the first Black mayor of New York City, narrowly defeated Rudy Giuliani in 1989 with a fragile coalition of voters. The “gorgeous…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (308+ words) Brooklyn’s Democratic District Leaders met at the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club for more than four hours. Jeff Coltin Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s audacious scheme to maintain control of the county party may work after all – despite all…...