Politics
City Council Budget Talks Turn on Four Line Items
Police overtime, shelter contracts, library hours and a reserve nobody wants to touch.
By Ellen Marchetti · 4 min read
New York · Politics
Politics & Government
City Hall, Albany and Washington: power, budgets and the people affected by both.
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Albany's Session Ends With Housing Left for Next Year
Legislators traded a tax abatement for a tenant protection, and adjourned.
By Victor Nwosu
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A Mayoral Administration Learns the Limits of Executive Orders
Three initiatives are now in litigation, and the agencies are waiting.
By Ellen Marchetti
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Redistricting Returns to New York's Courts
Maps drawn twice have been challenged twice, and candidates are filing anyway.
By Victor Nwosu
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Campaign Finance Matching Reshapes Who Can Run
Small-dollar programs have produced crowded primaries and thinner general elections.
By Ellen Marchetti
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The Comptroller's Audit Nobody Wanted Published
Contracting failures at three agencies, described in 140 pages of restrained prose.
By Ruth Ivanova
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Public Sector Contracts Come Due All at Once
Four unions are at the table in the same fiscal year, a rare alignment.
By Victor Nwosu
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Congestion Pricing Politics Outlast the Engineering
The gantries are up; the coalition for and against them keeps re-forming.
By Ruth Ivanova
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A Borough President Rediscovers a Weakened Office
Land use advisory power has become a bully pulpit, used loudly.
By Ellen Marchetti
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Ethics Board Rulings Draw Both Parties' Complaints
Enforcement has been consistent, which is what makes it unpopular.
By Ruth Ivanova
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Voter Turnout in Local Races Stays Stubbornly Low
Fewer than one in five registered voters decide who runs the city's schools.
By Victor Nwosu
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The Quiet Power of the City's Contract Registry
Where policy is actually set: in procurement documents almost nobody reads.
By Ruth Ivanova
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Home Rule Requests Pile Up in the State Capital
New York City needs Albany's permission for more than most residents realize.
By Ellen Marchetti
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Police Oversight Board Wins Subpoena Power, and Uses It
The first year of records requests has produced discipline and a lawsuit.
By Victor Nwosu
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A Governor and a Mayor Negotiate in Public
Transit money, shelter costs and the political value of visible disagreement.
By Ruth Ivanova