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Buffalo’s anointed one: A Q&A with Leah Halton-Pope
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…...
Who’s who in Zohran Mamdani’s administration?
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (408+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Chief of Staff Elle Bisgaard-Church and First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images As soon as a New York City mayoral candidate wins election – and in most cases for several months…...
Where are the subpoenas Julie Menin touted?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (290+ words) New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and Council Member Linda Lee question administration officials at a budget hearing in June. John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin made it clear she intended to…...
This week’s biggest Winners & Losers
1+ week, 3+ 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…...
Editor’s note: Setting the record straight on Mamdani’s lawyer
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (467+ words) New York City Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem, right, stands by while Mayor Zohran Mamdani signs 9/11-related executive orders on Sept. 4, 2026. Screenshot/New York City Mayor’s Office New York City’s Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem shouldn’t be condemned for his work legally…...
City Council grills Mamdani’s pick for key housing position
1+ week, 4+ day ago (406+ words) New York City Council members question John Mangin, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s nominee to lead the Board of Standards and Appeals. Sahalie Donaldson New York City Council members grilled John Mangin, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pick for a key housing position, during…...
Meet the brains behind the State Fair
1+ week, 4+ 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…...
Editor’s note: A keen sense of timing
2+ week, 5+ day ago (212+ words) influence the administration too. When City Editor Annie McDonough checked in again, halfway through the mayor’s...
Hochul launches her first TV ads of the cycle as she shifts into full campaign mode
3+ week, 3+ day ago (240+ words) Gram-mama mia! Gov. Kathy Hochul hit the pizzeria in one of her new campaign ads. Friends of Kathy Hochul / Screenshot Gov. Kathy Hochul is officially shifting into campaign mode as her first two TV ads of the cycle are set…...
Albany woman charged in plotted ISIS-inspired attack on state Capitol
3+ week, 2+ day ago (646+ words) First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York John Sarcone III held a press conference Thursday about the thwarted attack in the federal courthouse in Albany. Kate Lisa By Kate Lisa and Sophie Krichevsky The FBI thwarted an…...