1+ day, 11+ 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…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (227+ words) Former Gov. George Pataki attends the September 11 memorial alongside former Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Eric Adams in 2022. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Republican former Gov. George Pataki exclusively told City & State on Thursday that New York City…...

1+ week, 3+ 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, 4+ day ago   (265+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on the federal government to release $87 million in counterterrorism funding. Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul It’s not the first time the governor has spoken about the concept of Trump…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (496+ words) Legionella bacteria BSIP/UIG via Getty Images In my experience, when outbreaks become a politicized football, they become even harder. Every death matters. Every hospitalization matters. Every family deserves answers. At the same time, families are not served when response…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (170+ words) The capabilities of artificial intelligence have grown leaps and bounds in three years. But in the three years since state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found “incomplete and ad hoc approaches” to AI governance in New York City agencies, progress on filling…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (350+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul’s detailed public schedules have been released long after the fact and lacking in information. Upon taking office five years ago, Gov Kathy Hochul promised an unprecedented era of transparency That hasn’t led to speedier schedule releases…...

2+ week, 4+ 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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (772+ words) Leah Halton-Pope is planning to go from the Buffalo Common Council to the Assembly. Jeff Coltin Retiring Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes was sure that she wanted her longtime adviser Leah Halton-Pope to succeed her in the lower chamber. So…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (262+ words) The Office of New Americans received additional funding for immigrant legal services in the fiscal year 2027 state budget. Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images Funding for immigrant legal services through the state Office for New Americans got a $10 million bump in the…...