Court of Appeals Hears Newburgh VRA Challenge; Even Year Voting Law Upheld; Register Now for the November 14 Statewide Census Organizing Conference; VRA Preclearance; A Closer Look at Even Year Voting ...

On September 30, 2025, Parks Commissioner Iris Rodriguez-Rosa joined community members to celebrate the completed renovation of John Paul Jones Park in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.  The restoration project ...

This morning, the Center for New York City and State Law will host a policy briefing with First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro discussing the “Adams Administration Accomplishments and Priorities.” Dean and ...

In this ongoing state voting rights action, plaintiffs allege that the Town of Newburgh’s at large method of election for Town Board members dilutes the voting power of Black and Hispanic voters in ...

Following the national attention on the politically-driven re-redistricting taking place in Texas and the legally required remapping in Ohio, New York is often mentioned as one state where the ...

Can New York Redraw Its Congressional Districts? As the Texas Legislature begins to meet this week to take up a partisan effort to redraw the state’s congressional map, California Governor Gavin ...

United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), joined by 17 Republican colleagues, reintroduced the Equal Representation Act legislation to ensure that only legal citizens are factored into the count for ...

For part two of Cityland’s candidate questionnaire on public space, we asked how the top Democratic mayoral hopefuls would reform the way New York City makes many land use decisions. [Read part one: ...

New York State needs a strong ethics system to guide state government officials and hold them accountable. Yet, for the past 100 years, this goal has proven elusive. The State has tried more than 12 ...

On the same day last month that heavily armed federal agents gathered for a widely-publicized immigration raid in the Bronx, the New York City Hospitality Alliance sent out an email with the subject ...

The new year. A time for celebrations, for resolutions – and in Albany, for the launch of the State budget process. Far more than in most states, a year’s worth of policy making will get crammed into ...