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Dems running to unseat Lawler have been ordered: Don't run on Trump
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (1225+ words) Beth Davidson, Cait Conley and Effie Philllps-Staley are campaigning their way through the primary in the swingy NY-17. Tim Bower With increasing pressure to take back the House of Representatives, Democrats angling to flip the 17th Congressional District in the Lower…...
The 2026 Nonprofit Trailblazers
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (281+ words) City & State New York By City & State Nonprofit organizations are active in virtually every industry, but what unifies them is that they are driven by a clear mission with a public benefit. The social services sector is a particularly robust…...
Opinion: The light that shines behind the prison walls
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (170+ words) The Correctional Association of New York provides independent scrutiny of state prisons like Marcy Correctional Facility, where Robert Brooks was murdered by guards in 2024. Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images When CANY shines a light on these facilities,…...
Claire Valdez campaign staff unionizes " the first in NY this year
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (336+ words) Assembly Member Claire Valdez, second from left, shakes hands with a campaign staffer after they agree to a union contract. Andrew Bard Epstein Now she's got support from a new union: her own. "Collective bargaining is how workers secure their…...
Room for shrooms? Medical psilocybin access eyed for after-budget rush
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (388+ words) Colorado voters approved a proposition in 2022 to decriminalize the use of psilocybin mushrooms, commonly referred to as "magic mushrooms." JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images Psilocybin, the active psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, saved retired firefighter Joseph Mc Kay's life....
This week's biggest Winners & Losers
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (118+ words) Who's up and who's down this week? We were treated to an absolute waltz down memory lane as Gale posted pics of her Mother's Day brunch, a gala inside St John the Divine, flower planting selfies, her handsome son and…...
This crisis PR flack reps Harvey Weinstein. Now his firm is helping Bruce Blakeman run for governor.
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (197+ words) Bruce Blakeman speaks at a state legislative GOP press conference in Albany on May 6 about lowering utility prices. Rebecca C. Lewis/City & State Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman recently brought on the PR firm founded and run by Juda Engelmayer. You…...
The council's newest member Carl Wilson says it's all "a little surreal'
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (1087+ words) Council Speaker Julie Menin welcomed Carl Wilson on Thursday before the council's stated meeting. Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit New York City's newest council member is not so new to the City Council. Democrat Carl Wilson, who coasted to…...
Opinion: Council progressives call for rentals within reach
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (237+ words) Thousands of NYCHA apartments remain vacant and in disrepair. John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Images By Lincoln Restler and Althea Stevens Almost exactly 100 years ago, then-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt spoke at the ribbon cutting of the first NYCHA development. She…...
Can the state keep 450 K Essential Plan enrollees insured after July? It's not looking great.
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (349+ words) Assembly Member Amy Paulin speaks at an April 1 rally to cover Essential Plan enrollees set to lose coverage with state dollars. Rebecca C. Lewis Nearly half a million New Yorkers are set to lose health insurance under the state's heavily subsidized…...