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A former senior adviser for Rep. Adriano Espaillat has made racist comments about his primary challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier in Spanish-language media, City & State has learned.

Rusking Pimentel, who is currently on unpaid leave from Espaillat’s congressional office, accused Avila Chevalier, who identifies as Afro-Dominican and Muslim, of working with Mayor ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani still owns land in Uganda. New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams owned cryptocurrency. And New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin is still rich. 

New financial disclos...

I’ve been eyeing that cupola for years. And I finally got to visit.

Anytime I’d talk to a comptroller or Manhattan borough president over the past decade, I’d inevitably ask if they’d been up to the tower on top of their office, the David N. Dinkins Manhattan Municipal Building. (I affectionately dubbed it “The Dink” the day it was christened and have been trying to m...

In “The Fourth Branch,” Daniel Squadron argues that state legislatures are the true heart of political power. He would know! A former state senator representing parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan from 2009 through August 2017, Squadron has since co-founded Future Now Action and its initiative The States Project, which works to elect Democratic candidates to state legislatures. Rele...

As New York City just celebrated Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, honoring the rich cultures and contributions that have shaped this city, many communities did so under a shadow of fear and instability. ICE raids have left families afraid to send their children to school, attend houses of worship, or even step outside. Fear is keeping people from food pantries, SN...