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The State of New York

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Governor Hochul Shows Off Her Guns at 2026 State of the State

Governor Hochul Shows Off Her Guns at 2026 State of the State

Affordability with a dash of Trump-proofing for a governor who suddenly finds herself on her most solid footing ever.

Max Rivlin-Nadler

January 13, 2026

68 posts (Page 4)

A close-up of a row of apartment buildings.

Why the Last-Ditch Effort to Pass Good Cause Failed

Max Rivlin-Nadler

June 13, 2023

Amy Cohen testifies at a City Council hearing in 2014, holding a photo of her son Sammy, who was killed by a speeding van dri

State Lawmakers From NYC Are Poised to Block NYC From Setting Lower Speed Limits

Christopher Robbins

May 31, 2023

An exterior shot of Resort World Casino in Queens.

When Queens Lawmakers Are Also Casino Cheerleaders

Christopher Robbins

May 22, 2023

The exterior of the Women's Bathroom in the Capitol Building

The Only Good Place in Albany Is the Women’s Bathroom on the Second Floor

Esther Wang

April 24, 2023

Men in ill-fitting suits stand around preventing housing activists from disrupting proceedings on the Senate site.

Albany Dispatch: Housing Crisis Despair Edition

Esther Wang

April 19, 2023

A close up of the Wall Street Bull in black and white.

Which Banks Should Get to Hold NYC’s Billions in Cash?

Doug Turetsky

April 19, 2023

‘The Number One Issue in Our Budget This Year Is Locking Up Black and Brown People’

‘The Number One Issue in Our Budget This Year Is Locking Up Black and Brown People’

Nick Pinto

April 14, 2023

(Screenshot via YouTube)

Video: Do Rich New Yorkers Actually Flee Higher Taxes?

Hell Gate

March 29, 2023

The storefront of an unlicensed cannabis vendor in Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn.

Governor Hochul Wants to Get Back in the Marijuana Enforcement Game

Katie Way

March 28, 2023

Assembly Speaker Says NY Can Improve Long Island Zoning Laws ‘In Another Time and Universe’

Assembly Speaker Says NY Can Improve Long Island Zoning Laws ‘In Another Time and Universe’

Max Rivlin-Nadler

March 16, 2023

A staffer enters a silver movie trailer parked on a NYC block.

Lights, Camera, Extraction! Inside Hochul’s Plan to Shovel Hundreds of Millions More Into TV & Film Shoots

Neil deMause

February 22, 2023