New York Politics

Thousands of NYC Special Needs Students Start School Year Without Bus Service

New York City's public school system opened this fall with roughly 2,000 students, the overwhelming majority of them children with…

3 days ago

Hochul Puts the Brakes on New York’s Data Center Boom

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is putting another roadblock in front of the state’s growing data-center industry, this time urging…

4 days ago

AOC Says She’s Boycotting Ed Sheeran Over Macklemore Tour Fallout

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is putting Ed Sheeran on mute. The New York Democrat told TMZ Tuesday that she is boycotting…

4 days ago

Mamdani Sues Trump Administration Over Rule That Could Deny Green Cards to Immigrants Using Public Benefits

New York City is taking the Trump administration to court over a new immigration rule that could make an immigrant’s…

5 days ago

Stefanik, Gottheimer Launch Bipartisan Caucus to Confront Campus Antisemitism

Two members of Congress from opposite sides of the political aisle are teaming up on an issue that has become…

2 weeks ago

What Are Students Learning About 9/11? A New Fight Is Growing Over How America Teaches Its Darkest Day

Twenty-five years after 19 al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes and carried out the deadliest foreign attack on American…

2 weeks ago

Mamdani Faces Fresh 9/11 Backlash After Symbolic Pen Goes to Former al Qaeda Defense Lawyer

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing fresh criticism over a symbolic moment meant to honor the victims of Sept. 11. After…

2 weeks ago

President Trump Honors New York’s ‘Man in the Red Bandana’ With Medal of Freedom

Nearly 25 years after he ran back into the burning World Trade Center to save strangers, New York's "Man in…

2 weeks ago

Hochul-Blakeman Race Tightens as Hijab Visit Draws Trump Fire

Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to wear a hijab during a visit to an Islamic cultural center has become the latest…

2 weeks ago

ICE Nets 2,197 in NYC Sweep

Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agents pulled more than 2,100 people off New York streets in a monthlong operation, as Homeland…

2 weeks ago

Mamdani’s City-Run Grocery Plan Is Now Headed to Court

Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants New York City to get into the grocery business. Now, New York's grocers are fighting back.…

4 weeks ago

Sheriffs Launch Legal Challenge to Hochul’s Anti-ICE Law

Fifteen New York sheriffs are taking Gov. Kathy Hochul to federal court over a new state law that bars local…

4 weeks ago

Democrat Donor Breaks Ranks, Backs Blakeman as Hochul's Lead Shrinks

A longtime Democratic donor is now raising money for Kathy Hochul's Republican challenger, a defection that lands as new polling…

1 month ago

Hochul’s Lead Collapses as Blakeman Makes New York Governor’s Race Competitive

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul still leads Republican Bruce Blakeman, but a new Siena poll shows the Republican closing the…

1 month ago

Mamdani's Temperament Under Fire

A new New York Post report cited more than a dozen unnamed political insiders. described as Democratic officials, consultants, operatives…

1 month ago

Mamdani Backs Off Netanyahu Arrest Pledge, Still Calls Him a 'War Criminal'

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani walked back his campaign promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he…

2 months ago

Democratic Socialists Are Quietly Building Their 2028 AOC Campaign

The Democratic Socialists of America gathered in Chicago this weekend for its national convention, and one question dominated the hallways:…

2 months ago

Mamdani's Grocery Stores Will Have No ID Checks

New York City officials confirmed this week that Mayor Zohran Mamdani's planned network of five city-owned grocery stores will operate…

2 months ago