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Editor’s note: A keen sense of timing
2+ week, 6+ day ago (212+ words) Everybody wanted to grab Zohran Mamdani’s ear at Somos. They still do. Jeff Coltin There’s an art to deciding when to pursue a story, and when to publish. I was thinking about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s relationship with…...
Editor’s note: Spotting Samuelsen’s strategy
1+ week, 5+ day ago (213+ words) A week later, an item appeared in Politico. Somebody had dug up that McGill’s husband had gotten in a car crash in a company vehicle on Christmas Eve, 2015. Another employee got in a car crash in a company truck in…...
Editor’s note: City & State’s new, revamped city team
3+ week, 6+ day ago (151+ words) From left, Senior City Hall Reporter Sahalie Donaldson, City Editor Annie McDonough and City Hall Reporter Shenal Tissera Emily Assiran and Sam Zambrano Like me, so many of our readers wake up with City & State’s First Read newsletter. And now,…...
Meet the new kingmaker who could lead the Brooklyn Democratic Party
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1124+ words) Julio Peña III is the reformers’ choice to lead the Brooklyn Democratic Party after Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn – if he can keep the coalition together for another month. Emily Assiran Roughly two months out from a vote to dictate the future…...
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…...
Book excerpt: How David Dinkins’ diverse coalition fell apart
1+ week, 5+ 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…...
Meet the brains behind the State Fair
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…...
Rafael Espinal talks New York City press passes, film tax breaks and economic justice
1+ day, 14+ 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…...
The 2026 Trailblazers in Real Estate
3+ week, 6+ day ago (185+ words) Notable leaders reshaping and rebuilding New York. In late June, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board approved a controversial rent freeze on rent-stabilized apartments In early July, the conversion of the former Pfizer headquarters into residential apartments was halted…...
Who’s who in Zohran Mamdani’s administration?
2+ day, 3+ 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…...