New Poll Shows New Yorkers Want Cheaper Energy — RGGI’s Price Record Shows They Aren’t Getting It
Editor’s note: Roger Caiazza is an adjunct fellow at the Empire Center.
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Opinion Poll – Tort Reform
Executive Summary New Yorkers are dissatisfied with New York’s litigation environment and broadly favor changes to the state’s liability laws.....
Opinion: Manning Marable Was Right About the 13th Congressional District
What the 2026 Democratic primary reveals about demographic change, coalition politics, and unequal political participation.
A slice for a good cause: Grimaldi’s Pizzeria brings back annual No Kid Hungry campaign for 14th year
A Brooklyn-born pizza tradition is giving back once again.
Record Amount of Outside Money Flooded NYC Elections Last Year
A record amount of outside spending from deep-pocketed donors flooded the 2025 citywide elections, but the windfall wasn’t always successful in getting candidates elected or defeated, a new analysis by the city’s…
NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 08/31/26
This week: Brooklyn Democrats Change Rules Before New Leader is Elected; Democrats ask State Elections Board to Investigate Trump Event; Even Year Voting Law Challenged as Voting Rights Violation; State Board of…
How NYC plans to get young people to vote: Less politics, more influencers
Ahead of this fall’s midterm elections, New York City’s Campaign Finance Board is betting that one way to reach young voters is to make voting information look a little less like politics as usual.
Brooklyn Dems change who picks party boss in closed-door vote; chair challengers head back to court
Brooklyn Democratic leaders voted behind closed doors Tuesday night to dramatically expand the party body that will choose its next chair — reshaping a leadership fight in which reformers say they had already secured a…
A Helmet Won’t Save Mayor Mamdani From a Car Crash
Bike helmet campaigns turn a collective problem into an individual one.
Brooklyn Dem Chief Narrowly Prevails in Divisive Vote to Change Party Rules
Get our must-read morning newsletter for in-depth NYC politics news: Brooklyn Democratic Party district leaders voted to enact sweeping — and widely decried — changes to the county party’s bylaws Tuesday night that…
Brooklyn Democrats’ rule-change vote moves forward via judge’s ruling as pressure mounts on incumbent chair
The Brooklyn Democrats’ escalating leadership war landed in court Monday, where a reform-aligned challenger whose allies say he has the votes to become the county party’s next leader sought to block sitting Chair…
Pressure Mounts on Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair to Abandon Rule Changes
Pressure is mounting on Brooklyn Democratic Party leadership to cancel an executive committee vote planned for Tuesday night that could dramatically reshape the size and composition of that committee.
Facing Ouster, Brooklyn Democratic Party Chair Moves to Rewrite the Rules
We obtained party chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn’s plan to upend an upcoming leadership vote.
LISTEN: Here’s What It Takes to Keep NYC Moving
Chrissy, Katie and Harry take a summer week to consider Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s political winning streak as a new poll shows he’s more popular now than when he was elected mayor, and to note what his approach does, and…
NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 08/17/26
This week: Trump Administration Considers Sweeping Census & Redistricting Data Changes; NYC Speaker Menin Appoints 2030 Census Task Force; Will Onondaga County Considers Compromise on Term Limits?; MEC Offers Census…
NYC Homeowners Escape ‘Scary’ Pied-à-Terre Tax Threat
Nearly 2,000 homeowners who the Mamdani administration threatened with a new pied-à-terre tax have already been told they won’t have to pay because their primary residences were erroneously tagged as possible second…
Whither Electoral Politics?
Reflections on my race and the role of elections for advancing Abundance in New York
NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 08/10/26
This week: Onondaga County Term Limits Goes to Court; MEC Offers Census Bureau Redistricting Data Training; Controversial Election Proposals Facing Albany in 2027; Security Cameras at the Polls?; Onondaga County Term…
Empire Center Poll: Just 4 Percent Approve of New York’s Education System
ALBANY, N.Y. — New Yorkers gave the state’s education system a sweeping vote of no confidence: 47 percent said the....
Opinion Poll – Education
Executive Summary New Yorkers want better educational outcomes, more flexibility for families, and meaningful academic standards, according to new Empire....
NYC Pied-à-Terre Tax Puts Primary-Resident Free Riders in Double Bind
As New York City rolls out a new tax on pricey second homes, the state will be watching for evidence of potential tax fraud by owners who claim they mostly live elsewhere — thereby avoiding local or state income taxes…
‘Shake The Hands And Kiss The Babies’: For NYCHA Voters, Showing Up Still Matters
“My mother’s generation still talks about when Jesse Jackson came to Harlem, about when Bill Clinton came to Harlem,” said Darique Warren, a 38-year-old NYCHA resident of Polo Grounds Towers.
OPINION: Mamdani Is Making a Catastrophic Mistake on QueensLink
The mayor must reverse course and endorse the subway expansion.
NYC home healthcare workers stop week-long hunger strike over 24-hour workdays, vow to continue fighting
Dozens of home health care workers ended a weeklong hunger strike Tuesday in an attempt to pressure City Council Speaker Julie Menin to call for a council-wide vote on a bill, which would ban providers from scheduling…
NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 08/03/26
This week: Adams’ Charter Revision Commission Concludes; Security Cameras at the Polls; Onondaga County Term Limits Compromise?; New York City’s Newest New Yorkers- A Report; Webinar/Learn About the Census Bureau’s…
Poll: New Yorkers Want Safer Pedestrian Conditions … And They Vote
A new poll shows that politicians need to make more space for walking and biking.
Mayor Mamdani announces plan for 30% grocery discounts at future city-run stores
Standing inside The Campaign Against Hunger’s East New York distribution hub, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a new initiative Monday aimed at reducing grocery costs for New Yorkers, announcing plans to…
Bronx Tenants Are Suing to Get Their Landlords Out. Under Mamdani’s ‘Fix the City’ Plan, More Could Get the Boot.
The group’s lawyers are using a rare tactic, called 7A—which the Mamdani administration has endorsed—to sideline negligent landlords and compel repairs.
NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 07/27/26
This week: Adams’ Charter Revision Commission Rejected by State Court; U.S.
Fast-tracked, but falling short? Mamdani’s efficiency measures head to NYC voters
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s government-efficiency panel unanimously approved five proposed City Charter changes for the November ballot Thursday evening, setting up a citywide vote on efforts to speed up outdoor dining…