National outrage over an alleged gang rape at Cornell University in 2024 has put changing New York’s sexual assault consent laws at the forefront of state leaders' minds. An anonymous former Cornell ...

Both candidates have made it clear they are campaigning against a surrogate for the movements they oppose as much as they are against each other. For Hochul, that’s President Donald Trump, and for ...

It depends on which of 14 panels you caught at Monday’s marathon City Council hearing on AI safety.

The artificial intelligence boom and rapid growth of data centers have both quickly become major political flashpoints, especially heading into the midterm elections next month. Lawmakers and industry ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Friday she plans to work with state lawmakers to pass legislation that would close the so-called “voluntary intoxication loophole” in the state’s rape law. The measure ...

Federal immigration authorities’ shooting of an immigrant New Yorker is putting new strain on New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump’s dynamic, testing the mayor’s ability to ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to delay certain payments to the city’s pension funds to help close the city’s multibillion dollar funding deficit. The only problem is that he needs municipal labor unions’ ...

City & State’s 40 Under 40 is one of our flagship lists – an honor that’s earned a prominent place on political New Yorkers’ bio pages for nearly two decades. We also honor political players in their ...

One of the most competitive and closely watched congressional races this year is in the Hudson Valley, where moderate Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is facing an up-and-coming Democratic rival, Cait ...