City Council grills Mamdani’s pick for key housing position
City Council members pressed Board of Standards and Appeals nominee John Mangin on whether he’d listen to local voices while overseeing certain affordable housing projects.
Hochul says Trump is ‘defunding the police’ amid growing tension with Washington
The Trump administration is turning up the heat on New York ahead of the election – and vice versa.
Meet the brains behind the State Fair
State Fair Director Julie LaFave works all year to make the annual tradition happen.
Opinion: Legionella community outbreaks are hard. Politicizing them makes them harder.
When New Yorkers hear competing claims from elected officials, advocates, commentators and public health experts, it becomes harder to know who to trust.
Editor’s note: Spotting Samuelsen’s strategy
He’s a savvy political operator, despite his brash style.
Book excerpt: How David Dinkins’ diverse coalition fell apart
By 1993, identity politics had fractured the mayor’s tenuous hold on different groups of constituents.