Newest Stories CITY City Awards $19 Million in Census Funds to Community Outreach Organizations Lander Pledges Neutrality in Crowded Brooklyn City Council Race to Succeed Him NYPD's New Agreement with Police Oversight Board Promises Better Access to Body Camera Footage Assembly to Evaluate Mayoral Control of City Schools for First Time Under Recent Reforms As Calls for New Board of Elections Head Resume, Council Member Ulrich Pursues Post Turnout, Ballot Questions, & Dropoff: How New York City Voted in 2019 Max & Murphy Podcast: Comptroller Scott Stringer Council Hearing Points to Problems with City's 'Batterer Intervention' Programs to Reduce Domestic Violence 24 City Council Members Call on MTA to Address 'Over-Policing,' End Fare Evasion Crackdown City Council Considers New Office to Aid Non-Profits Facing Criticism, NYPD Reps Tell City Council Body Camera Program 'A Work in Progress' With Support from Electeds, East Harlem Community Board Approves Resolution Condemning Subway Policing Plan City Council to Examine Rollout of NYPD Body Camera Program Oversight Board Stymied by NYPD Denial of Body Camera Footage Requests New NYPD Body Camera Footage Policy Raises Questions About Editing Department of Investigation to Publicly Track City Agency Compliance with Recommended Reforms Max & Murphy Podcast: Christine Quinn on Homelessness, Making Government Work, & Her Future After Ballot Proposal Spending, Council Member Eyes Expansion of Independent Expenditure Disclosure Vast Difference in NYPD Provision of Body Camera Footage to District Attorneys Versus Police Watchdog How the City's New Jails Plan Accounts for Those with Serious Mental Illness First Deputy Mayor on Next Steps for Voter-Approved 'Rainy Day Fund' Williams Remains Public Advocate; Katz Next Queens DA; Ranked-Choice Voting on Its Way; & More: Election Results 2019 Securing Two More Years as Public Advocate, Williams to Keep Pushing De Blasio on Housing, Policing NYPD Publishes Long-Sought Body Camera Footage Policy WATCH: 15 Minutes with Public Advocate Candidate Joe Borelli WATCH: 15 Minutes with Public Advocate Candidate Devin Balkind Police Union Spends on Ads to Defeat Ballot Question 2 De Blasio Dodges Questions About His Stance on Ballot Proposals 'It's Critical We Get the Planning Right': Council Examines City's Initial Preparations for 2020 Census Count Max & Murphy Podcast: Staten Island Borough President James Oddo City Council Votes For Suspension, Against Expulsion of Council Member Andy King for Extensive Ethics Violations Civilian Complaint Review Board Refutes Police Union's 'Myths' About Ballot Proposals and Its NYPD Oversight Work Where Top City Officials Who Appointed the 2019 Charter Revision Commission Stand on Its Proposals The Fine Print On Your Ballot That Isn't Fine Print Max & Murphy Podcast: Breaking Down the Consequential Questions on Your Ballot Do New Yorkers Know About the Ballot Questions They Can Answer This Fall? A Closer Look at the Costs, and Savings, of Closing Rikers and Building Four New Jails Max & Murphy Podcast: The Candidates for Public Advocate Police Officers Union Launches Campaign to Defeat NYPD Oversight Ballot Measure In Public Advocate Race, Three Very Different Visions for the Office Questioning Jails Plan, Advocates Seek ‘New Deal’ to Address Homelessness NYPD Pledges Release of Body Camera Footage Policy This Month With 'Broad City' Stars, Charter Revision Commission Hits Airwaves to Activate Voters There are NYPD Oversight Measures on the Ballot - How Significant are They? Johnson Says City Council to Pass Streets Master Plan Bill This Month In Its First Year, Early Voting May Give Glimpse of Modern New York City Election As City Council Vote Nears, Leading Mayoral Contenders Clarify Positions on Jails Plan They May Have to Implement Williams Challengers Fail to Qualify for Official Public Advocate Debate, But Candidates May Spar Anyway First Mandated Survey of Small Businesses Identifies Problems But City Points to Existing Services City Planning Chief on De Blasio Administration's Zoning for Growth, and the Need for More Housing in the Suburbs Max & Murphy Podcast: Post-Presidential Campaign, De Blasio Faces Final 2+ Years as Mayor City Launches Pilot Voter Guide for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing New Yorkers With Under a Month To Go, Board of Elections Mum on Shift to Electronic Poll Books 2019 Charter Revision Commission Seeks to 'Tweak,' Not Upend City Balance of Power Council Examines Gaps in City Shelter Services for Domestic Violence Survivors After Rally with De Blasio, City Council Hears Bills on Private Sector Retirement Security What's The [DATA] Point? 90%, The City's Initial Progress on 'NYCHA 2.0' Push Launched to Get Voters to Choose Ranked-Choice Voting 2019 Mayor’s Management Report Gives Snapshot of Government Services, City Trends Max & Murphy Podcast: The City's Fight Against Homelessness 7 Years After Sandy - Part III: Is the City's Emergency Responsiveness Ready for Whatever Comes Our Way? 7 Years After Sandy - Part II: The City’s Limited Resiliency Efforts Since Food Policy Agenda on Menu at City Council Hearing 7 Years After Sandy - Part I: Pieces In Place That Worked, Rebuilding Efforts That Failed One Promising Reform with Rare Support from Both the City and Board of Elections, But Little Movement State Senator Brian Benjamin Explores Run for City Comptroller Max & Murphy Podcast: NYPD Counterterrorism Chief John Miller on the Anniversary of 9/11 New York's Election Administration Accountability Vacuum - Part II: Partisanship, Patronage & Potential Fixes New York's Election Administration Accountability Vacuum - Part I: 'Bad Choices at Every Step' What's The [DATA] Point? 16,000 - The Future of Gifted & Talented Schooling in New York City Max & Murphy Podcast: Recommendations from the Mayor's School Diversity Task Force & What Comes Next De Blasio, City Council Look to Move Ahead with Private Sector Retirement Savings Program NYPD Continues Move Away from Criminal Penalties for Low-Level Offenses, But Racial Disparities Remain New York City is Waist-Deep in a School Desegregation Conversation - How Did We Get Here? Launch of Required City Reporting on Required Reports Shows Gaps in Reporting Max & Murphy Podcast: How the CCRB Prosecuted the Eric Garner Case The City’s Pouring Money Into Trash Basket Pickup, and Complaints of Overflowing Bins are Dropping Looking Back at Mayor David Dinkins, 30 Years After His Historic 1989 Win De Blasio’s Promised ‘Comprehensive Strategy’ for City Response to People in Mental Health Crisis is Well Behind Schedule Max & Murphy Podcast: The 30th Anniversary of David Dinkins' Election as Mayor Council Ethics Committee Issues Disciplinary Charges Against Council Member King City's Promised Plan for Quality-of-Life Issues Yet to Materialize De Blasio Says He’s Reformed the NYPD and Improved Police-Community Relations. The Reality is Complicated. Top Charter School Advocate on the Controversial Sector’s Strengths and Weaknesses As New NYCHA Chair Takes Over, the Future of Public Housing Hangs in the Balance Assessing Alicia Glen's Impact on the City's Physical Landscape - Part II: 'Chunky and Funky' Assessing Alicia Glen's Impact on the City’s Physical Space - Part I: 'We have completely changed the housing landscape' What's The [DATA] Point? 118,997, the Growing Charter School Sector in New York City ‘Breaking Car Culture’ in New York City Likely Dependent on Expanded Mass Transit Eric Adams Plans to Put Public Health on the Menu in the Next Race for Mayor School Diversity Group’s Second Set of Recommendations Expected Soon; Will Take on Admissions Policies NYPD Counterterrorism Chief on Threats, Privacy & Transparency ‘This Town Needs a Woman Mayor’: Alicia Glen Isn’t Ruling Out a 2021 Run Johnson Unveils Plan to Address Hunger and Food Inequity Max & Murphy Podcast: A 'Mass Shooting' in Brownsville & the Community Response, with Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel Max & Murphy Podcast: Planning for the City's Future & Desegregating Its Schools, with Council Member Brad Lander On Presidential Campaign Trail, De Blasio Promises Paid Vacation Law ‘This Year,’ But City Council Has No Timeline City Officials Debate What To Do About Taxi Medallion Debt Crisis As De Blasio Promises Paid Personal Time, Small Business Owners Push Back Charter Revision Commission Gives Final Approval to 19 Proposals in 5 Questions to Appear on Fall Ballot Max & Murphy Podcast: Examining the City's Resiliency Planning & Emergency Preparedness Max & Murphy Podcast: City Council Public Safety Chair Donovan Richards on NYPD Accountability As Census Moves Online, City Comptroller Warns of Digital Divide and Recommends Steps to Bridge It What's the [Data] Point? 98,000, Addressing New York City School Overcrowding Assemblymember David Weprin Plots City Comptroller Campaign New State Rent Regulations Complicate Inwood Rezoning Lawsuit Against the City Corey Johnson's Big Small-Dollar Bet City Task Force to Help ‘Most Vulnerable Young New Yorkers’ is Well Behind Schedule Max & Murphy Podcast: City Plan to Replace Rikers Island Jails Moves Ahead Advocates See Irony in Cuomo's Thinly-Veiled Shots at De Blasio Over City Problems Struggling with Overcrowded Schools and Large Class Sizes, City Advances $8.8 Billion Plan 'There’s a real schism here': Developers, Electeds & Community Stakeholders Discuss Future of Harlem Everyone Agrees City Buses are in Crisis. What's Being Done? Max & Murphy Podcast: Police Reform Movement is Focused on Officer Accountability Scott Stringer Has a Plan for That Experts Discuss Diversion and Decarceration for People with Serious Mental Illness Corey Johnson Wants to ‘Break the Car Culture’ in New York City. What Does That Mean? ThriveNYC to Implement New Performance Tracking System Focused on Outcomes 'We're Moving Now': City Pursues School Desegregation Measures, with Major Looming Test City Council Adjusts Its Digital Footprint Council Takes Stock of City's Efforts to Help Victims of Domestic Violence 20 Things Tiffany Cabán Promised To Do As Queens District Attorney Max & Murphy Podcast: Analyzing Queens District Attorney Primary Results De Blasio Reps Sought to Kill Police Accountability Measure Calling for 'Climate Emergency' Declaration, Council Members Examine City's Progress in Renewable Energy De Blasio on Presidential Debate Stage, Taxi 'Crisis' Hearing, MTA Board Meeting, Pride Celebrations, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, June 24 ‘Hard to Define’: Melinda Katz’s Path to the Precipice of Becoming Queens District Attorney Council to Examine City’s Role in ‘Taxi Medallion Crisis’ City to Launch 5 Cross-Agency Projects to Fight Poverty-Related Challenges Council Hears 3 Campaign Finance Bills to Enhance Low-Dollar Impact, Limit Criminals, Curb Conflicts Eric Adams on Criminal Justice Reform, NYCHA Development & 2021 Controversy For Total of 20 Potential Reforms, Charter Commission Adds 3 More Proposals to November Ballot City Council Looks at Reducing Recidivism for People with Mental Illness NAACP, Anti-Smoking Groups Press City Council Speaker on Bills Banning Flavored Cigarettes De Blasio Administration Doesn't Support Council Bill to Create Department of Sustainability & Climate Change Quick Rematch in Second Special Election for Brooklyn City Council Seat Charter Revision Commission Approves 17 Proposals for November Ballot Council Passes Campaign Finance Bill Roiling Early Mayoral Race Max & Murphy Podcast: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams City Council Hears Speaker’s Bill Requiring ‘Master Plan for City Streets’ Amid Controversy, City Council Moves Ahead with Campaign Finance Bill Extending Public Match Spirited Discussion Anticipated as Charter Revision Commission Finalizes Ballot Proposals City Council Expected to Pass Bill - with Controversial Amendment - Raising Cap on Public Matching Funds for Campaigns Assessing Vision Zero Amid a Spike in Traffic Fatalities Real Estate Invests in Ruben Diaz Jr. Should a Top Prosecutor Have Prior Prosecutorial Experience? 'Qualifications' Debate Rages in Queens District Attorney Race Max & Murphy Podcast: Is Vision Zero Stalled? Rikers Commission Study Finds Local Jails Have No Impact on Property Values or Crime Rates Interim NYCHA CEO Kathryn Garcia on the Federal Monitor and Future of Public Housing in New York For Ruben Diaz Jr., a Booming Bronx and Plan to Run on Development Approved by City, ‘Culturally Responsive’ Charter School Alleges State Bias Against Plan to Expand Criticizing De Blasio Rezonings, Williams Introduces 'Racial Impact Study' Requirement Max & Murphy Podcast: NYCHA Interim CEO Kathryn Garcia Max & Murphy Podcast: Lessons from London for How to Fix NYCHA The Money Picture in the Queens DA Race, One Month to Primary Day With 500 Candidates Expected for 2021 Election Cycle, Campaign Finance Board Starts Early Outreach Effort Launched to Elect LGBTQ Members to City Council Council Member Rosenthal Pursues Legislation to Create City Office of Sexual Harassment Prevention First City Agency Workplace-Climate Survey Under New Law Raises Questions, Concerns Johnson Unveils Criminal Justice Agenda with Focus on Reducing Jail Population Diaz Jr. Submits Charter Revision Testimony Focused on Land Use and Police Accountability De Blasio Fundraising Exposed Grey Area for Ethics Board At Manhattan Charter Commission Hearing, Pleas to Reconsider Major Planning Changes Experts Point to Anxiety, Short-Sightedness and Political Climate in Amazon Deal Demise De Blasio's Budget Savings Plan Contains Few Real Efficiencies, Experts Say Former City Taxi Commissioner on Regulating the App Companies and Saving the Yellows What's the [Data] Point? 125,323, with Former Taxi Commissioner Meera Joshi Council Hearing Highlights Big Gaps in City Planning Processes City Council Progressive Caucus Endorses in Brooklyn Special Election A Citywide Office for Sexual Harassment Prevention? It Almost Happened 25 Years Ago Max & Murphy Podcast: Pressing Immigration Issues, with City Council Member Carlos Menchaca Contentious Bronx Charter Commission Hearing Centers on Voting, Police Accountability Reforms City Council Pushes Its Priorities at First Hearing on De Blasio's Executive Budget Payphone-Replacing LinkNYC Kiosks Not Generating Projected Revenue Advocates Give De Blasio and Cuomo Failing Grades on Addressing Homelessness More Like a Presidential Year: Report Details Extent of 2018 New York Voter Turnout Boom Max & Murphy Podcast: Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer What's The [Data] Point? $92.5 Billion, Breaking Down the Mayor's Executive Budget City Council Examines Board of Elections' Readiness to Implement Early Voting, Poll-Site Interpretation Where Top City and State Officials Stand on Raising the Charter School Cap De Blasio Presents $92.5 Billion Executive Budget with Agency Savings, New Investments & Response to State Shifts Max & Murphy Podcast: The 2019 City Charter Commission Narrows Its Focus New City Civic Engagement Commission Launched 2019 Charter Commission Report Indicates Areas of Focus for Crafting Ballot Proposals Earth Day Policy, Examining the Farmworkers' Rights Bill, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, April 22 Special Election Provides Testing Ground for Push to Elect More Women to City Council Little-Used Community Land Trust Model for Affordable Housing May See Big Boost Max & Murphy Podcast: The City Council Takes on Climate Change Super-Fast 5G is Coming to the Five Boroughs, But City Officials Aren’t Sure When City Council Hears Bill to Expand Public Match in Campaign Finance Program Does New York City Need a Chief Diversity Officer? Max & Murphy Podcast: City Council Speaker Corey Johnson City Council Response to De Blasio Budget Includes Investment in Workers, Cut to ThriveNYC, & Ferry Spending Transparency Alicia Glen on Her Legacy as Deputy Mayor and the Future of New York City City Officials Late in Naming Members to New Civic Engagement Commission Mark Gjonaj, Bronx City Council Member and Real Estate Player, Blamed ‘Progressives’ for Not Evicting Tenant Now in Prison for Federal Drug Crimes Council Member Grodenchik Faces Formal Consequences for Harassment of Aide What's The [Data] Point? 1,112,975, with Dr. Mitchell Katz, President of NYC Health + Hospitals Ruben Diaz Jr. on the Bronx Jail Plan, Specialized High Schools and His Initial 2021 Pitch How One New Yorker's App Pushed 311 to Modernize Traffic Violation Reporting (to an Extent) Crowded Field Forms for Special City Council Election to Replace Jumaane Williams Council Member Kallos Pushes Next Increase in Matching Funds Available Through Public Campaign Finance System State Budget Includes $20 Million in Census Outreach Funding, Half What Advocates Wanted Preliminary Budget Hearings End with City Council Clamor for More Detail on Agency Cuts Where Top Officials Stand on the SHSAT and Specialized High School Admissions Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on Role of Borough Presidents, Other Governance Issues Max & Murphy Podcast: Should the City Develop a Comprehensive Plan? Max & Murphy Podcast: Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. What's The [Data] Point? 5, with former Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen WATCH: New Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on His Vision for New York City City Transportation Commissioner on Managing the Streets, Expanding the Subway, & More Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on Land Use and Planning What's The [Data] Point? 202, with City Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg City’s Flawed Capital Project Process the Subject of Renewed Scrutiny, and Some Reform Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on Public Advocate's Office, Law Department, Ranked-Choice Voting In Push for City Resources, Advocates Show Acute Impacts of Homelessness City Council Examines De Blasio's 'New York Works,' Said to Have Produced 3,000 Jobs of 100,000 Goal Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on Conflicts of Interest and Chief Diversity Officer LISTEN: Queens District Attorney Candidate Debate (3/12/19) What's The [Data] Point? 4.7 MPH, Traffic & Transit with Nicole Gelinas Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on City Budgeting and Contracting Report: Under New Law, Small Donors Drove Public Advocate Special Election Campaigns Library Presidents Seek Additional Funds at City Council Budget Hearing Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on Police Accountability Council Examines CUNY Budget, City Funding for Community Colleges With Williams in Office, Will Public Advocate Get Budget Boost? City Council Pushes on De Blasio Savings Program During First Budget Hearing Max & Murphy Podcast: Should the City Run the Subways? Johnson Calls for Municipal Control of Subways and Buses, Pledges Congestion Pricing and 'Master Plan for City Streets' Calling for More Savings, Stringer Releases Analysis of De Blasio Budget Plan After Reform Commitments, City Council Democrats Appoint Three New Commissioners to Board of Elections Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on Voting, Redistricting and Campaign Finance Reform Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate-Elect Jumaane Williams Max & Murphy Podcast: De Blasio's Presidential Ambition & the 2020 Democratic Field Jumaane Williams Elected New York City Public Advocate Public Advocate-Elect Jumaane Williams' Promises and Positions Unsuccessful in Public Advocate Bid, Mark-Viverito Faces Uncertain Political Future How to Choose a Candidate in the Public Advocate Special Election Last-Minute Guide: How the Public Advocate Candidates Have Tried to Define Themselves What's The [Data] Point? 25,000, The Amazon Deal That Vanished and What It Means ‘So Poisoned and So Full of Misinformation’: City Economic Development Chief on How the Amazon Deal Fell Apart WATCH: 15 Minutes with Each of 14 Public Advocate Candidates Acknowledging Mayoral Run, Diaz Jr. Gives Tenth State of the Borough Address Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Jumaane Williams Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Ydanis Rodriguez In Second Debate, Public Advocate Candidates Argue Over Amazon, Insult De Blasio & Make Closing Cases 4 Things to Watch at the Second Public Advocate Debate 7 Candidates Qualify for Second Public Advocate Special Election Debate City Council Public Housing Chair Weighs in on HUD Deal, NYCHA’s Future How Many Voters Will Turn Out for the Public Advocate Special Election? City Council Strips Diaz Sr. of Committee After Latest Homophobic Remarks Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Melissa Mark-Viverito Opposing Responses to Cashless Retail on Docket for City Council Hearing In Budget Testimony, De Blasio Critiques Cuomo Plans, Presents City Albany Agenda In Second 311 Oversight Hearing, City Council Examines Agency Responsiveness What's The [Data] Point? $92.2 Billion, Mayor de Blasio's Preliminary Budget City’s New Civic Engagement Commission, Set to Be Named in April, Is Accepting Applications Citing Causes for Concern & Promising Cuts, De Blasio Presents Still-Growing Budget Plan of $92.2 Billion Max & Murphy Podcast: The Future of NYCHA with City Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel In First Debate, Public Advocate Candidates Take on De Blasio, Amazon & Each Other 8 Things to Watch in the First Public Advocate Debate After Parent’s ‘Gut-Wrenching’ Testimony, Next Step in City Council School Bus Reform 2019 Charter Revision Commission Announces Four Focus Areas City Council Seeks Expanded Power, Sweeping Change in Recommendations to Charter Revision Commission Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Ben Yee Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Jared Rich Adapting to $15 Public Advocate Special Election Ballot Finalized with 17 Candidates 10 Candidates Qualify for First TV Debate in Public Advocate Special Election City's 311 Upgrade Set for Mid-Year Launch 2021 Comptroller Race Now Features Two City Council Members Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Ron Kim Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Nomiki Konst City Council Passes Legislation Authorizing Electeds to Create Legal Defense Funds Public Advocate Special Election Field Narrows Slightly, with Ballot Challenge Decisions Looming 9 Key Takeaways for New York City from Cuomo's State of the State and Budget With De Blasio in Debt, City Council Considers Bill to Allow ‘Legal Defense Trusts’ Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Michael Blake Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Danny O'Donnell Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Dawn Smalls In First Mailer of Public Advocate Race, Kim Targets Amazon, and Prominent Opponents 23 Candidates Submit Petitions to Get on February 26 Public Advocate Ballot As Acting Public Advocate, Johnson Eyes Information Commission Revived by James But Killed by De Blasio In State of the City, De Blasio Promises More from Government to Improve New Yorkers' 'Quality of Life' De Blasio Gives Little Mention to Several Major Challenges in State of the City Speech Max & Murphy Podcast: De Blasio's 2019 Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Eric Ulrich In First Year as Council Speaker, Johnson Establishes Countervailing Force Everything You Need to Know About the Special Election for Public Advocate Max & Murphy Podcast: Public Advocate Candidate Rafael Espinal The 10 Most-Read Gotham Gazette Stories of 2018 Brooklyn Girl Scouts Find City Isn’t Fully Implementing Menstrual Equity Law Max & Murphy Podcast: Top Stories of 2018 & What to Watch in 2019 Max & Murphy Podcast: Comptroller Scott Stringer Headley Case Again Raises Questions About NYPD Accountability Under De Blasio The Week Ahead in New York Politics, December 17 What's The [Data] Point? 2,268, 'Deinstitutionalization' in New York Declared and Exploring Candidates for New York City Public Advocate The Week Ahead in New York Politics, December 10 Max & Murphy Podcast: De Blasio Finishes Year 5 & The Push for 'Fair Elections for New York' Next Steps for 3 City Charter Revisions Passed Election Day The Week Ahead in New York Politics, December 3 What's The [Data] Point? 18.6%, New York's Inequality & Social Safety Net Without Chair, Council Committee Hears Bills Aimed to Help Discharged Military Veterans Criticizing De Blasio's Approach, Stringer Releases Alternative Affordable Housing Plan Max & Murphy Podcast: Homelessness & Affordable Housing Development Allegations of Tenant Harassment in Bushwick Spotlight Issues with City Enforcement, State Rent Laws Promising to 'Tell New Yorkers the Truth,' Mark-Viverito Launches Public Advocate Campaign City Council Considers De Blasio Nominee for Department of Investigation The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 26 Pointing to Amazon Announcement, Long Island City Co-op Renews Calls for Similar Tax Relief City Council Pushes Board of Elections on Another Round of Issues at the Polls 'Doubt Upon the Mayor's True Motives': Investigations Commissioner Responds to Firing by De Blasio Amazon’s Recent New York Campaign Contributions Mostly to Members of Congress At First Debate, Candidates for Public Advocate Pitch Visions for the Role LISTEN: Public Advocate Candidate Forum - Nov. 14, 2018 Field for Public Advocate Special Election Comes Into Focus The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 12 With Nod from De Blasio and Push from Johnson, Momentum for Ranked-Choice Voting in New York City The 3 Big Reasons Why Elections in New York City are So Poorly Run Max & Murphy Podcast: Election Day Live Show with Special Guests The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 5 What's the [DATA] Point? 3, with Cesar Perales, Charter Commission Chair Nearly 160,000 New Democratic Voters in 7 Months; 22,000 New Republicans De Blasio Pushes 'Yes' Vote on 3 Ballot Proposals City Council Checks In On Department of Veterans Services, Discusses Reporting Bill City’s First Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Trains Candidates to Transform Democracy Prominent Elected Officials Oppose De Blasio Charter Revision Proposals The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 29 Council Member Uses Campaign Funds to Sue City, Raising Questions In Run for New York City Public Advocate, Blake Offers Federal and State Experience Max & Murphy Podcast: Rep. Dan Donovan 8 Steps to Fix New York Transit and Get New Yorkers Moving Again The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 22 What's The [Data] Point? 90%, with NYCHA Interim Chair Stan Brezenoff Questions Linger as Right to Know Act Goes Into Effect Brewer Creates Committee to Oppose Charter Revision Proposals De Blasio Names New Chief Analytics Officer The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 15 Elected Officials Present Broad Proposals to 2019 Charter Revision Commission The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 8 At Brooklyn Town Hall, Angry NYCHA Residents Told to Vote as a Bloc What's The [Data] Point? 45, with Deputy Mayor for Operations Laura Anglin The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 1 Law Department Issues Warning as Community Boards Consider Charter Commission's Term Limits Proposal Hoping to Dictate City Rezoning and Stem Gentrification, Locals Put Forth Bushwick Community Plan At ‘Museum of Broken Windows,’ NYCLU Exhibits Case for Reform The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 24 What's The [Data] Point? 3.1 miles, with Patrick Orecki of CBC Democrats Target Previously Ignored Brooklyn Shot at State Senate Majority After Primary Wins, Progressive Activists Eye Flipping State Senate Seats, and Wide Majority 2019 Charter Revision Commission Holds First Public Hearing Max & Murphy Podcast: Primary Day Is Here What's The [Data] Point? $1 Billion, with Linda Gibbs Vacancy in the Public Advocate's Office? Call the City Council Speaker Mayoral Charter Revision Commission Puts Three Questions on November Ballot Potentially Crowded Public Advocate Special Election Could Feature Two Former Council Speakers What's The [Data] Point? 5,000 with Liz Glazer, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice Campaign Finance Board Report Shows Small Donors with Large 2017 Footprint Hochul, Williams Outline Drastic Differences in Lieutenant Governor Debate Arguing Throughout, Cuomo and Nixon Debate Experience and Vision What's The [Data] Point? 1, with Attorney General Barbara Underwood Max & Murphy Podcast: Preparing for Primary Day Max & Murphy Podcast: Race & Politics in Ten Years Since Obama's Nomination At Brooklyn Forum, Nixon Pitches Policy, Criticizes Cuomo and Distances from De Blasio The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 20 What's The [Data] Point? $89.16 billion Max & Murphy Podcast: Central Brooklyn Senate Primary Tests IDC Awareness Mayoral Charter Revision Commission Votes to Create Final Ballot Proposals Rematch of Tight Manhattan Senate Primary Takes Shape in Different Political Environment Max & Murphy Podcast: Queens State Senate Rematch Features Different Kinds of Democrat Former and Current Elected Officials Discuss Potential Changes to City Campaign Finance System What's The [Data] Point? $17 billion, the MTA's Preliminary 2019 Budget The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 6 Working Families Party Puts It All On The Line NYPD Watchdog Seeks Sharper Teeth Through Charter Revision The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 30 What's The [Data] Point? 7.42%, with Labor Commissioner Bob Linn City Health Commissioner Explains Essential Path to Fight Opioid Epidemic Key Question in Closing Rikers: How to Design Replacement Jails City Awaits State Permission to Open ‘Overdose Prevention Centers’ What's The [Data] Point? $31.8 billion in NYCHA need, with Sean Campion The July Financial Picture for Former Breakaway Democrats and Their Primary Challengers City Council Investigating Diaz Sr.'s Use of Government Email for Political Messages Mayoral Charter Revision Commission Releases Preliminary Report What's The [Data] Point? 1,441, with Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett City Council Progressive Caucus Urges Cuomo to Sign Bill Creating Prosecutorial Misconduct Commission Scott Stringer on His ‘Agency Watch List,’ De Blasio’s Housing Plan & Restructuring NYCHA City Council Charter Revision Commission Takes Shape The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 9 De Blasio ‘Jails to Jobs’ Program Launches Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic Socialists Boost Each Other What's The [Data] Point? 75%, with Marisa Lago, Director of the Department of City Planning Chair Says Charter Commission Will Step In Where Politics Has Slowed Reform Max & Murphy Podcast: The Long Fight for New City Sexual Harassment Laws The Week Ahead in New York Politics, June 25 What's The [Data] Point? $225 million, with Comptroller Scott Stringer Mayoral Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on Civic Engagement and Redistricting Mayoral Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on Community Boards and Land Use City Council Push for Budget Transparency Falls Far Short Added Scrutiny of City’s Delinquent Contracting Practices City Planning Director Previews ‘Geography of Jobs’ Report Mayoral Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on Campaign Finance Reform City Council Allocates Discretionary Funding, with Significant Increase for the Speaker Campaign Finance Board to Propose Reforms at Charter Commission Hearing New Deputy Mayor Phil Thompson Outlines His Portfolio, Which Includes Everything Mayoral Charter Revision Commission Hears Expert Testimony on Voting and Elections Council Sanitation Chair Says Mayor Must Get ‘Bold’ on Waste Management City Agrees to Federal Monitor and Cash Infusion for NYCHA De Blasio and City Council Agree on $89.2 Billion Budget, Funding Key Council Priorities Johnson Makes Series of City Council Changes, But Sidelines Formal Rules Reforms What's The [Data] Point? 2020, with Deputy Mayor Phil Thompson Three City Council Members Don't Support 'Fair Fares' Former Top DOE Official: Time to Move Beyond ‘Relic’ of Specialized High School Test Max & Murphy Podcast: Criminal Justice Reform in New York Investigation Commissioner on Examining NYPD, NYCHA and Correction The Week Ahead in New York Politics, June 4 What's The [Data] Point? 1,988, with Antonio Reynoso 800 Absentee Ballots Not Delivered to Board of Elections for 2017 Vote Mayoral Charter Revision Commission Announces Preliminary Agenda Task Force Created by City Council Recommends CUNY Go Tuition-Free City Council Considers Requiring More Reporting on Required Reporting The Week Ahead in New York Politics, May 29 City Council Passes Bill Mandating Public Broadcast of Citywide Debates With New Data, City Takes First Step Toward Regional Planning James Victory in Attorney General Race Would Trigger Citywide Special Election What's The [Data] Point? 402, with Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters New York City Doesn’t Have a Comprehensive Plan; Does It Need One? City Council Pushes Property Tax Rebate as De Blasio Continues Stall on Broader Reform Mayor's Charter Revision Commission Hears Testimony in Manhattan As City Proceeds with Two Charter Revision Commissions, A Cautionary Tale from Los Angeles Brooklynites Testify at Charter Revision Commission Hearing Max & Murphy Podcast: City Council Member Joe Borelli De Blasio and City Council Tangle Over How to Spend $1 Billion What's The [Data] Point? 4, with Sally Goldenberg Charter Revision Commission Urged to Consider Tighter Donation Rules for City-Affiliated Nonprofits City Council Takes Harder Line on Mid-Year Budget Modifications Eric Adams Previews Vision for Becoming City’s CEO Max & Murphy Podcast: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams Elected Officials, Advocates Push for Instant Runoff Voting What's The [Data] Point? 5.8% De Blasio Presents $89 Billion Executive Budget Plan Max & Murphy Podcast: Political Purity Tests in New York De Blasio Downplays Placing Donors on Charter Revision Commission Now ‘Resetting,’ Chirlane McCray’s $850 Million Mental Health Program Has A Lot Riding On It Mayoral Charter Revision Commission Starts Its Work What's The [Data] Point? $307.45, with Anita Laremont of City Planning City Council Progressive Caucus Calls for Crisis Intervention Reforms Brooklyn City Council Member Setting Early Foundation for Speaker Run In Response to De Blasio Proposal, City Council Sets Stage for Tense Budget Negotiations City's Energy Reduction Program Saves Millions Council Member Proposes Campaign Finance Changes Max & Murphy Podcast: Suing NYCHA NYPD Pushes Back Against Calls to Reform Special Victims Division Council Members Renew Call for Task Force on NYPD Response to Emotionally Disturbed Persons With Tweaks, City Council Passes Charter Revision Commission Bill City Seeks Developers to Protect Affordability Through Housing Purchases De Blasio's Post-Budget Priorities in Albany Cuomo Accused of ‘Bait and Switch’ on Congestion Pricing De Blasio Planning Appointee Becomes Ardent Foe City Council Women's Caucus Gets Additional Support to Meet, Expand Agenda Max & Murphy Podcast: First Lady Chirlane McCray Fears of Census Undercounting Grow in New York Fulfilling Johnson Promise, City Council Significantly Increases Its Operating Budget Expert Points to Disconnect Between De Blasio Housing and Homelessness Plans City Council Begins New Focus on Capital Budget, with Eye Toward Transparency Community Board Reps Tell City Council They Need More Funding Civil Trials Commissioner Outlines Office’s Challenges Max & Murphy Podcast: City Planning Commissioner Michelle de la Uz Board of Elections To Roll Out ‘Electronically Assisted’ Voter Registration City Council Hears Bill on Charter Revision Commission Council Speaker Backs Charter Commission Bill That Gives Him More Sway Unions Max Out to Council Speaker’s Inauguration Committee On Land Use, Johnson Promises 'Deference' to Members But 'No Veto' City Council Anti-Harassment Bills Don’t Apply to the City Council Now Overseeing Closure, Council Member Makes First Visit to Rikers Questions Arise as De Blasio Rezones Series of Low-Income Neighborhoods Max & Murphy Podcast: De Blasio's Progress Fighting Homelessness City Council Begins Examination of De Blasio Budget Plan Under New Leadership and Oversight, City’s Hospital System in Spotlight City Landmarks Brooklyn Home Against Owner’s Wishes City Council Examines Sexual Harassment Policies, Considers New Laws Council Speaker Boxes In Mayor on MTA Action Plan Funding Manhattan Democrats Drop Lawsuit Over Nominee to Board of Elections Comptroller's Analysis of De Blasio Budget Plan Includes New Agency 'Watch List' Max & Murphy Podcast: Lieutenant Governor Candidate Jumaane Williams Bronx Electeds, Residents Cry Foul as Mayor and Council Announce Jail Site Next Steps and Recent Precedents for De Blasio’s Charter Revision Commission What's The [Data] Point? $418 million, with Dana Rubinstein City Pays $2.6 Million De Blasio Legal Fees; Campaign-Related Debts Unclear Max & Murphy Podcast: Analyzing De Blasio's State of the City Address Comptroller Again Calls Out City on Vacant Land; City Again Punches Back De Blasio Promises Fairness, Democracy in State of the City Address City Council To Examine Government Sexual Harassment Policies Union Square Hub, with 600 Projected Tech Jobs, Appears on Smooth Path to Reality What's The [Data] Point? $72.4 Billion, with Charles Brecher Anti-LGBT City Council Members Given Prominent Positions City Council Oversight Hearing on Policing Protests Dominated by Disputes Max & Murphy Podcast: Deconstructing De Blasio's Visit to Albany Transit Advocates to Storm Albany for MTA Action City STATE State Senate Looks Ahead to Complicated Task of Property Tax Reform Max & Murphy Podcast: State Campaign Finance Reform Takes Shape, with Challenge to Minor Parties With Push from Cuomo and Funding from Vance, New York College-in-Prisons Program is Flourishing Shea Takes Over at NYPD; City Gun Law at SCOTUS; & More; The Week Ahead in New York Politics, December 2 Max & Murphy Podcast: Debating Major Criminal Justice Reforms Taking Effect in January State Lawmakers Criticize Campaign Finance Commission Results While Legislative Leaders Stay Mum State Commission Approves New Campaign Finance System, Raises Bar for Political Party Ballot Access State Campaign Finance Commission Decisions; City Council Passes Parking Placard Bills; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 25 What's The [DATA] Point? 275, with MTA Board Member Veronica Vanterpool Legislature Evaluates Inaugural Early Voting Period in New York, Looks Ahead to Daunting 2020 Election Year Cuomo Announces Census Outreach and Funding Plans Immigrant Advocacy Group Releases 2020 New York Policy Agenda Bloomberg Watch; De Blasio Mental Health Conference; NYPD Body Camera Hearing; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 18 What's The [DATA] Point? $15 billion, with First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan Advocates Remind State Leaders of Approaching Deadline to Name Redistricting Commission MTA Capital Plan Hearing; De Blasio Town Hall; City Council Oversight; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 11 Max & Murphy Podcast: Analyzing the 2019 Election Results Promising Reform and Independence, Melinda Katz Elected Next Queens District Attorney 19 Things Melinda Katz Promised To Do As Queens District Attorney As Election Proceeds, Affidavit Ballot Bill at Center of Queens Controversy Continues to Languish Ranked-Choice Debate; Election Day; Puerto Rico Somos Summit; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, November 4 Early Voting Continues; Council Member King’s Fate; City Council Passes Major Legislation; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 28 What's The [DATA] Point? $81.3 billion, with New York Tax Commissioner Michael Schmidt Senate Bill Would Complement City Voter Approval of Budget 'Rainy Day Fund' With New York as a Model, a Young Progressive Points Democrats Toward 2020 Statehouse Elections Public Advocate Debate; Byford MTA Drama; Vision Zero Oversight; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 21 What's The [DATA] Point? 5, The 2019 Charter Revision Questions on Your Ballot City Council Vote on Jails Plan; Public Advocate’s Priorities; Senate Hearings on 50-A & Education Aid; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 14 State Census Commission Releases Report, with Funding Decisions Kicked Back to Cuomo Administration City Housing Plan, Vision Zero Conference, Voter Registration Deadline, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, October 7 What's The [DATA] Point? $7.3 Trillion, with Linda Lacewell of the Department of Financial Services As City Rolls Out Census Funding for Outreach Efforts, State Lags Behind How Vulnerable is Max Rose? The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 30 2019 Max & Murphy Podcast: The MTA's New $52 Billion Plan to Save the Subways & More Max & Murphy Podcast: The Future of Fusion Voting in New York As New York Rethinks High School Graduation Requirements, Under-the-Radar School Group May Offer a Model De Blasio's Post-Campaign Mayoralty; Trump at the UN; Cuomo & Christie Talk Politics; MTA Capital Plan Vote; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 23 First Responder Mental Health; NYPD Status Report; Climate Strike; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 16 Calls to Keep Fusion Voting, Create Robust Public Matching System at First Hearing of State Campaign Finance Commission Meetings of the Board of Regents, City Council, Campaign Finance Commission, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 9 Dates, Deadlines, Elections & Ballot Questions: Everything You Need to Know for Fall 2019 in New York City In Opioid Fight, City Expands Access to Crucial Medication-Assisted Treatment Hate Crime Prevention; Jail Plan Hearings; First Day of School; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 2 Drug Overdose Deaths Drop for First Time in 8 Years, City Reports De Blasio's Debate Fate, Cuomo Opens Another Bridge, AOC Town Hall, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 26 State Campaign Financing Commission Holds First Public Meeting Awaiting a Pantaleo Decision; State Campaign Finance Commission Launch; and More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 19 City Government’s Most Outspoken Republican on De Blasio, Trump, and the Future of the GOP in New York Max & Murphy Podcast: The Future of the Republican Party in New York 'It's What I Was Elected To Do': State and City Leaders Take Different Approaches to Pension Fund Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies Child Victims Act Takes Effect; City Council Stated Meeting; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 12 National Group Trains Staff for Local Progressive Campaigns, Drawing Mayoral Contenders Max & Murphy Podcast: Senate Deputy Leader Gianaris on Gun Control, Queens Politics & More Max & Murphy Podcast: Reentry Programming, State Prison and Parole Policy An Old, Unfair System: New York City's Property Tax Conundrum - Part III - The City's Bottom Line Pantaleo Recommendation Fallout; National Night Out Against Crime; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 5 An Old, Unfair System: New York City’s Property Tax Conundrum - Part II - Deep and Complex Inequities An Old, Unfair System: New York City’s Property Tax Conundrum - Part I - Taking on the Difficult Task ‘Nobody Should Enter the Criminal Justice System for Something Related to Mental Illness’ De Blasio on the Presidential Debate Stage; Queens DA Primary Certified; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 29 As Cuomo and Heastie Trade Comments on Anti-Poverty Efforts, a Closer Look at What They've Done Report Shows Nation-Leading Extent of New York's Nonprofit Sector Charter Commission Decisions; Council Hearing on Foreclosure Program; MTA Board Meeting; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 22 Max & Murphy Podcast: Transit Organizing & the Future of the MTA Campaigning for Congress, Torres Touts City Funding Secured for Development Outside Council District Queens DA Recount Begins; MTA Reorganization Report Evaluation; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 15 Max & Murphy Podcast: Queens District Attorney Primary Heads to Recount Senators Krueger & Myrie on Historic Albany Session, Senate's Relationship with Cuomo, & More Decades of Voter Registration Data Shows Tall Task for New York GOP's New Chair Cautious Optimism Among Reformers After State Public Campaign Financing Commission Named New State Climate Law: ‘Compromise Bill’ Nevertheless ‘Historic’ In End-of-Session Scorecard, Progressive Coalition Grades State Legislature on First Year of New Democratic Power Max & Murphy Podcast: State Senators Liz Krueger & Zellnor Myrie on the Year in Albany In End of Session Deals, Cuomo and Legislators Pass Capital Budget, with New 'SAM' Money 2019 Primary Election Results: Cabán Declares Victory in Queens DA; Louis Prevails for City Council; & More Cabán Declares Victory, Katz Doesn't Concede in Queens District Attorney Primary How De Blasio Fared in Albany This Year In ‘Most Historic and Productive’ Session, Albany Democrats Move Extensive Agenda to Transform New York Cuomo's Unfinished Business: 3 Issues the Governor Says Will Form Basis of His 2020 Agenda Ethics Officials from Around the Globe Discuss Challenges, Strategies Max & Murphy Podcast: Breaking Down the Queens District Attorney Race Max & Murphy Podcast: Landmark Climate Legislation in Albany Legislators Search for Common Ground on Expansion of Equal Rights Amendment Cuomo, Legislative Majorities Reach Deal on 'History-Making' Climate Bill End of Albany Session, Primary Election Crunch Time, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, June 17 Stuck on Marijuana Legalization, Could Lawmakers Offer a Referendum as Cuomo Suggested? Powerful Head of Building Workers Union Takes on Critics, Explains Positions Max & Murphy Podcast: Dissecting Dynamics in Albany Pushed on Climate Legislation, Cuomo Tries to Set Himself Apart Rent Regs Deadline; Queens DA Debates; Awaiting Pantaleo Decision; & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, June 10 What's the [Data] Point? 6/15, Crunch Time in Albany as Rent Regulations Expire Upcoming Elections: What's on the June 25 Ballot in New York City Support Grows for Aggressive Climate Legislation Cuomo Calls Unrealistic De Blasio's End-of-Session Albany Agenda De Blasio Heads to Albany, City Council NYCHA Hearing, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, June 3 For Senators and Advocates, It’s How, Not Whether, to Implement Automatic Voter Registration WATCH: Breaking Down De Blasio's Presidential Bid 'So Completely Compromised': New York Watchdog Agencies Have a Credibility Problem Hearings on Single-Payer Health Care, Paid Vacation Time & the BQX, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, May 27 What’s the [DATA] Point? 1.28 Cents, the Prospect of a Vehicle-Miles Traveled Fee to Fund Transit Infrastructure Campaign Ads: Queens District Attorney Candidates Provide Video Evidence 8 Big Questions About De Blasio's Presidential Bid Mayor/Presidential Candidate, MTA Board Meets, State Sexual Harassment Hearing, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, May 20 10 Things to Know About Presidential Candidate Bill De Blasio's Policy Record De Blasio Launches Underdog Campaign for the Presidency with Pitch as Progressive Executive and Mixed Record Relatively Quiet Local Political Year Includes a Number of Judicial Elections NYPD Trial in Garner Death, City Council Special Election, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, May 13 Max & Murphy Podcast: Should De Blasio Run for President? There's Plenty of Money in the MTA Capital Plan, It's Just Not Being Spent De Blasio for President Watch, City Council Budget Hearings, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, May 6 Two Years After New York City Expanded Protections for Freelancers, State Yet to Act Officials Discuss Next Steps in Bridging Digital Divides, Including Online Census City Council Oversight Hearings, State Legislature Back in Session, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, April 29 'Data for Progress' Poll Shows Support for 'Driver's Licenses for All' Why is Governor Cuomo Attacking a Longtime Labor Ally? Film Studio, Tech Park, Yoga Retreat: Some Shuttered New York Prisons See New Life While Others Await Development New York May Soon Reverse 1992 Ban on Having Children Through Surrogacy After Major Tax Revenue Drop, a ‘Positive Note’ & Much Uncertainty for State Fiscal Picture Uncertain Future for Secretive State Pork Program Tied to Renegade Democrats Max & Murphy Podcast: Senator Jessica Ramos on the Adopted State Budget & Upcoming Albany Agenda 2010 Change to How New York Prisoners are Counted is Part of Upcoming Census and Redistricting Puzzle A Busy Week at the City Council & MTA, Brooklyn Special Election Debates & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, April 15 New York’s New, Untested Redistricting Process Set to Unfold After 2020 Census Report Undercuts Cuomo and DiNapoli Claims of Outmigration Because of Federal Tax Law State Legislature Begins Post-Budget Session, Specialized High Schools Hearing, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, April 8 What Cuomo Did and Did Not Get Done in His 'First 100 Days' Agenda A Closer Look at Albany Democrats’ Compromise on Bail Reform Max & Murphy Podcast: State Budget Takeaways Max & Murphy Podcast: The Debate Over Rent Regulations What's The [Data] Point? $175.5 Billion, Breaking Down the New State Budget 10 Issues to Watch in Albany’s Post-Budget Legislative Session In State Budget, More on Voting, Little on Ethics, and Half-Baked Campaign Finance Reform State Budget Fallout & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, April 1 Cuomo, Legislators Agree to $175.5 Billion Budget with Congestion Pricing, Criminal Justice Reform and Commitment to Public Campaign Financing Key Issues to Watch as New State Budget is Finalized Cuomo's Budget Priority Balancing Act State Budget Due, City Council Hearings on ThriveNYC & Placard Abuse, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, March 25 Max & Murphy Podcast: Concerns About Marijuana Legalization, with Nassau County Executive Laura Curran Max & Murphy Podcast: Getting to Yes on Marijuana Legalization, with Assemblymember Richard Gottfried Advocates and Senators Refute Assembly Democrats' Concerns with Campaign Finance Reform Candidates for Queens District Attorney Profess Similar Values, Stake Out Different Positions State Budget Crunch Time, City Council & Charter Revision Hearings, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, March 18 State Comptroller Discusses Fiscal Picture as Budget Season Heats Up Max & Murphy Podcast: Comptroller Tom DiNapoli Max & Murphy Podcast: The Push for Criminal Justice Reform, with Tina Luongo of Legal Aid Society State District Attorneys Association Targeted as Roadblock to Reform New York Nurses Threaten Major Strike Over ‘Understaffing’ One-House Budgets in Albany, NYCHA Hearings, & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, March 11 Speaker Says Assembly No Longer Supports Public Campaign Financing, Downplays Other Reforms Max & Murphy Podcast: State Senator David Carlucci 'We're in a New Era’: Inside the Crowded Race to Elect the Next Queens District Attorney and Reset the Borough’s Prosecutorial Agenda Johnson's State of the City, Heastie's State of Play, Council Budget Hearings & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, March 4 Campaign Finance Reform May Come with Mandatory Debates for Statewide Elections Public Advocate Election, Busy Legislatures & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, Feb. 25 E-Scooter Companies Ramp Up Lobbying for State and City Authorization Amazon Fallout, State Transit Hearing, Second Public Advocate Debate & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, Feb. 18 Automatic Sealing? Expungement? As They Legalize Marijuana, New York Lawmakers Negotiate Clearing Criminal Records Max & Murphy Podcast: A Hearing on Sexual Harassment in Albany Legislators Pursue Campaign Finance Reform for District Attorneys De Blasio Testifies in Albany; State Sexual Harassment Hearing & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, Feb. 11 Claiming Attempt to Silence Them, Advocacy Groups Oppose Cuomo Lobbying Proposal State Senate Bill Would Advance Framework for More Aggressive Green New Deal in New York Max & Murphy Podcast: State Senator Alessandra Biaggi As Cap on Charter Schools in New York City is About to Hit, Little Talk of Extension in Albany First Public Advocate Debate; Cuomo Manhattan Speech & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, Feb. 4 Electronic Poll Books Next Step in New York Election Overhaul New York Democrats on Eliminating Cash Bail: Not If, But How What's The [Data] Point? 2040, New York's Energy Sector & Plan to Go Green State, City & Business Community Announce Next Steps on Census 10 Burning Questions After Cuomo’s State of the State and Budget Senate Democrats Pursue No Formal Consequences for Parker After 'Kill yourself!' Tweet Fast Pace Continues in Albany; City Hall in the Bronx & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, Jan. 28 State Census Commission Yet to Be Named or Funded as Key Initial Deadline Passes City & State Legislative Action & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, Jan. 21 What's The [Data] Point? $175.2 Billion, Cuomo's Executive Budget 15 Notable Cuomo Proposals Not In His State of the State Speech Cuomo's 2019 Agenda of Election, Campaign Finance and Government Ethics Reforms Promising Sweeping Change, Cuomo Outlines State of the State Policy Agenda and $175 Billion Budget Plan Cuomo's SOTS, MTA 'Emergency' L Meeting & More: The Week Ahead in New York Politics, Jan. 14 Colleges Likely to Continue Bans If New York Legalizes Recreational Marijuana Use As Session Starts, Legislators and Advocates Push Overhaul of State Ethics Enforcement A 'Green New Deal' for New York and More: Where the Climate Change Conversation is Headed in 2019 Max & Murphy Podcast: Should Andrew Cuomo Run for President? 35 Questions for New York Politics in 2019 Predictions! Experts Look Ahead to 2019 in New York Politics WATCH: State Senator-Elect Jessica Ramos on Heading to Albany Hochul Previews 2019 Cuomo Administration Agenda, Defends Economic Development Programming WATCH: A Veteran & A Rookie Discuss 2019 Plans for New State Senate Majority Max & Murphy Podcast: Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul on 2019 Priorities Agenda 2019: City & State Budgets on Mostly Solid Ground, with Major Questions Looming A Closer Look at ‘Vital Brooklyn,’ Cuomo’s Plan for ‘One of the Greatest Areas of Need in the Entire State’ Max & Murphy Podcast: Will Single-Payer Health Care Come to New York? ‘It’s just not designed to do its job’: Will New York reform its state ethics agency? On Census Preparations, State Lags While City, Advocacy Organizations & Business Community Move Ahead WATCH: Agenda 2019: Movement Expected on Reform, But What Will It Look Like? Commission Recommends Pay Increases and Ethics Reforms for State Legislators Panel Previews 2019 Rent Regulation Discussion in Albany Agenda 2019: High Hopes for Long-Awaited Reforms As Affordability Crisis Becomes More Acute, Real Estate Donations Emerge as Litmus Test for Some Democrats WATCH: Agenda 2019: Rent Regulations & Affordable Housing A Closer Look at the Tax Incentives in the Amazon Deal As Democratic Senate Becomes Reality, Unclear How Hard Assembly Majority Will Push Prior Agenda Max & Murphy Podcast: Congestion Pricing & the MTA in 2019 Agenda 2019: Long List of Transit Questions Starts with Saving the Subways Assemblymember Walker, Sponsor of Bail Reform Bill, Optimistic About 2019 Andrea Stewart-Cousins on Taking the Senate Reins, the Democratic Agenda & Getting Inside 'The Room' What's the [DATA] Point? 1981, New York's Property Tax System Assembly Committee Examines Election Administration, Eyes Voting Reforms in 2019 Agenda 2019: Queens District Attorney Race Will Center on Push for Reform Max & Murphy Podcast: Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins Max & Murphy Podcast: Assemblymember Latrice Walker With Full Democratic Control, Sponsors of New York Single-Payer Health Care Hopeful About 2019 More Formerly Incarcerated New Yorkers Were Able to Vote This Year, But Barriers Remain Cuomo's Third Term Agenda Takes Shape Agenda 2019: Major Policy Tests Ahead for State and City Max & Murphy Podcast: Analyzing 2018 Election Results & Looking Ahead to 2019 Voter Turnout Booms in New York Cuomo Reelected, Democrats Take the State Senate; 2018 General Election Results in New York Antonio Delgado Makes Final Pitch in Bid to Swing New York-19 10 Things to Watch on Election Day in New York Tax Issues at Center of State Elections, Albany Year to Come Without Cuomo, Other Candidates for Governor Present Ideas in Tempered Debate Running for Attorney General, Wofford Promises to Step Up Fighting Corruption, Step Back Fighting Wall Street Molinaro Pledges Education 'State of Emergency,' Council of Mayors Max & Murphy Podcast: 'Minor Party' Candidates for Comptroller & Attorney General Climate Change, and What To Do About It, Largely Missing from Governor’s Race In Attorney General Debate, James and Wofford Contrast Careers, Approaches to Cuomo and Trump Two-Tiered Agenda for Democrats If They Take State Senate Top Republican Strategist on Where the New York GOP Went Wrong and What To Do About It Gubernatorial Candidate Larry Sharpe Wants to Reinvent New York's Education System Senate Democrats Full of Optimism About Flipping Chamber, One-Party Control of State Government Max & Murphy Podcast: Cuomo-Molinaro Debate Analysis What's the [DATA] Point? 8, with David Friedfel and Patrick Orecki Molinaro Reveals Reason He Didn’t Vote for Trump Senate Republicans Leave Molinaro Out of Only Hope Messaging Cuomo Takes Aggressive Approach to Molinaro in Debate with Limited Substance Max & Murphy Podcast: Battle for Control of the State Senate 'Speaker Heastie PAC' Gives to James for AG, Skoufis for Senate The Path Forward for Cuomo's 'One Real Answer,' Congestion Pricing Democrats in Swing Districts Run On, Not From, Single-Payer Health Care Close Ties Among Bronx Electeds, Campaign Consultants, Lobbyists and Donors WATCH: State Comptroller Candidate Debate Is this the Election that Kills Fusion Voting in New York? Max & Murphy Podcast: Republican Attorney General Nominee Keith Wofford Max & Murphy Podcast: Larry Sharpe, Libertarian nominee for Governor Comptroller Candidates Debate Powers and Responsibilities of State's Top Fiscal Officer Cuomo Challengers Level Critiques; Will Anything Stick? A Lifelong Democrat and Famed Civil Rights Attorney, Michael Sussman Runs for Attorney General as a Green Klein, Filing Late Post-Primary, Shows Over $3 Million in Senate Campaign Spending Max & Murphy Podcast: Jonathan Trichter, Republican nominee for Comptroller Max & Murphy Podcast: Comptroller Tom DiNapoli Cuomo Begins Push to Flip State Senate and House of Representatives New York Congressional Races to Watch - Start of October How ‘Blue’ is New York? Max & Murphy Podcast: Stephanie Miner, Serve America Movement Nominee for Governor Max & Murphy Podcast: Howie Hawkins, Green Party Nominee for Governor Post-Primary Campaign Finance Filings Show Cuomo’s Already Spent $28 Million Cuomo and His Progressive Critics Face Moment of Truth Gubernatorial Candidates Miner, Sharpe & Hawkins Lay Out Campaign Platforms, Cases Against Cuomo As Broader Debate Intensifies, New York Nonprofits Consider Throwing Weight Behind Single-Payer Max & Murphy Podcast: Marc Molinaro, Republican Nominee for Governor Max & Murphy Podcast: Primary Post-Mortem with Rebecca Katz, Top Cynthia Nixon Strategist Republican Slate Seeks to End Statewide Drought How Insurgent Forces Activated, Educated and Brought the IDC Down The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 17 A Closer Look at Democratic Primary Turnout, Margins and Geography Cuomo and Hochul Win Primaries, Again Form Democratic General Election Ticket James Eyes Statewide History as Democratic Attorney General Nominee 2018 New York State Primary Results: Cuomo, Hochul, James Prevail While Senate Upsets Abound Cuomo Gives Limited Insight Into Third Term Agenda Teachout-Maloney Battle May Help James Win Attorney General Nomination Get Ready to Vote in the Hochul-Williams Lieutenant Governor Primary A Closer Look at the Democratic Attorney General Candidates’ Legal Careers Last-Minute Guide to Voting on Primary Day, September 13 The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 10 One of the State's Most Powerful Unions Tries to Take Down One of Its Most Powerful Politicians Max & Murphy Podcast: Final Days of the Lieutenant Governor Primary In Brooklyn, Blake Morris Tries to Upend the State Senate Power Balance All By Himself Statewide Candidates File Final Pre-Primary Campaign Finance Disclosures Candidates in Contested State Senate Primaries File Final Pre-Primary Financials The Week Ahead in New York Politics, September 3 WATCH: Lieutenant Governor Democratic Primary Debate Between Kathy Hochul and Jumaane Williams Alleging Lies, Molinaro Seeks to Have Cuomo Attack Ad Pulled Hochul Asserts Previously Unmentioned Role in Anti-Sexual Harassment Laws Max & Murphy Podcast: Intense Queens Senate Primary Centers on Delivering for Immigrant Communities Promising Efficiency and Performance, Molinaro Releases MTA Turnaround Plan Nixon Says 'Narrow Path' to Victory Paved with Newly-Registered Progressives Polls ‘Not Capturing’ Opponents Target Teachout as Democratic Attorney General Candidates Debate Role and Resumes How Ronald Reagan’s 1966 Run for Governor Prefaced Cynthia Nixon’s Today Pressed on SAFE Act, Teachout Downplays Past Opposition The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 27 Manhattan Senate Debate Offers Another Round of IDC Argument, Few Ideas to Fix NYCHA or the MTA 'Speaker Heastie PAC' Brings in Big Money from Special Interests, Starts Giving to Candidates Rep. Jeffries Backs Gov. Cuomo for Reelection Some New York Democrats are Backing Nixon for Governor and James for Attorney General Democratic Attorney General Candidates Seek to Set Themselves Apart During First Televised Debate What You Can Learn From Gubernatorial Candidates' Campaign Websites The August Financial Picture for Former IDC Senators and Their Primary Challengers Ahead of Primary, Democrats Running for Attorney General File Campaign Finance Disclosures Democratic Candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor File Pre-Primary Fundraising Numbers Opponents of Democratic Senator Raise Questions About Past IDC Financial Support As Senator Faces Tough Primary, He’s Spending $1 Million in Public Funds from Brooklyn Borough President The Week Ahead in New York Politics, August 13 How Much Does Brooklyn Congressional Primary Result Show Path in Overlapping State Senate Race? Independence from Cuomo, or Lack Thereof, Becomes Flashpoint in Attorney General Race Max & Murphy Podcast: Attorney General Candidate Sean Patrick Maloney Running for Attorney General, James Outlines Initial Policy Platform State Board of Elections Curtails Power of Enforcement Counsel Cuomo Brought Rogue Democrats Back, But Hasn't Offered or Accepted Endorsements Cuomo and Legislative Leaders Silent Amid Intensifying Calls for Sexual Harassment Hearings State Commission Boots Charter Communications from New York, Raising Questions Key to Victory, Black Voters Appear Solidly Behind Cuomo Over Nixon Max & Murphy Podcast: Manhattan State Senate Rematch Centered on Breakaway Democrats In Wide Open Lieutenant Governor Primary, Hochul Targets Votes in Williams’ Backyard 'Undecided' Leads Competitive Democratic Attorney General Primary What New York Voters Care About Ahead of State Elections Too Much Debt, Not Enough Savings: State Finances on Rocky Ground Comptroller Says Max & Murphy Podcast: Attorney General Candidate Leecia Eve Eyeing Ad Revenue and Antitrust Laws, Teachout Targets Tech Giants in Wake of Daily News Layoffs In Midst of Attorney General Campaign, Teachout to Join New York Bar Leading Immigrant-Advocacy Group Backs Ramos in Bid to Unseat Peralta In Democratic Senate Primary, Barkan Criticizes Gounardes for Embracing 'Anti-Immigrant' Reform Party Leader The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 23 Inside the Democratic Attorney General Candidates’ July Campaign Finance Filings Experts Confident in New York Election Security, Though Risk of Temporary ‘Chaos’ Remains Facebook Rep Calls New York Ad Transparency Law a National Model, Points to Next Steps Max & Murphy Podcast: Letitia James & the Attorney General Primary The Cynthia Nixon-Working Families Party Back-up Plan In Retrial, Dean Skelos Again Convicted of Corrupt Acts Statewide Candidates File July Fundraising Numbers Amid Primary Fights, Cuomo and Hochul Increase Frequency of Joint Governmental Events Assembly Race Poses Another Test for Queens Machine The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 16 Alain Kaloyeros, Cuomo’s Buffalo Billion Star, Found Guilty on All Charges New York Democrats’ Season of Choosing