Interviews & Profiles
Interviews & Profiles
Facing potential cuts while tackling New York’s affordable housing crisis
An interview with Eric Rosenbaum of Project Renewal
Interviews & Profiles
Fighting to restore NYC’s parks budget
An interview with New Yorkers for Parks Executive Director Adam Ganser.
Interviews & Profiles
Rick Cotton on ‘the airport business, the bridges and tunnels, roads, commuter railroad business’
An interview with the executive director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey ahead of City & State’s 2025 Rebuilding New York Summit.
Interviews & Profiles
L. Joy Williams is ready to continue Hazel Dukes’ legacy
An interview with the new NAACP New York State Conference President.
Opinion
Opinion: The Eric Adams I know
I’m Eric Adams’ former “mayor class principal.” In a candid podcast interview, I grilled the independent candidate on his administration’s appointments, his battles with the media, his chances in November and whether he has any regrets from his first term.
Interviews & Profiles
Building and saving community through giving circles
A Q&A with Hali Lee, founder of the Asian Women Giving Circle
Interviews & Profiles
Charles Rangel, in his own words
The longtime member of Congress, Harlem power broker and part of the “Gang of Four” spoke to City & State last year.
Interviews & Profiles
Fighting for greater oversight of New York prisons following two fatal beatings
An interview with Jennifer Scaife, executive director of the Correctional Association of New York
Interviews & Profiles
How SUNY is responding to the Trump administration
An interview with SUNY Chancellor John King
Interviews & Profiles
Understanding and facilitating life beyond the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community
An interview with Lani Santo, CEO of Footsteps.
Kathy Hochul
How Kathy Hochul learned to ditch cooperation and embrace power
The governor wanted to change the culture of Albany. It changed her instead.
Interviews & Profiles
Adriano Espaillat says immigration should still be a winning issue for Democrats
And for that reason, he finds Eric Adams' relationship to President Donald Trump “very troubling.”
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2025 New York City Mayoral Election
‘The Trump candidate is Eric Adams’: Curtis Sliwa sizes up the mayoral race
A candid chat with the Republican mayoral candidate
50 Over 50 Alumni
H. Carl McCall isn’t done with New York politics just yet
A Q&A with the former state comptroller.
50 Over 50 Alumni
How Randi Weingarten’s career prepared her to take on Trump
A Q&A with the veteran education labor leader.
50 Over 50 Alumni
Marisa Lago decries the retreat from the international order
A Q&A with the veteran city, state and federal official.
50 Over 50 Alumni
Brian Lehrer on why coverage of local communities is so important
A Q&A with the longtime WNYC host.
50 Over 50 Alumni
Elizabeth Holtzman on her groundbreaking career and the ‘horror’ of the new Trump era
A Q&A with the former trailblazer from Brooklyn.
Interviews & Profiles
Serving New Yorkers in need despite major federal cuts
An interview with Catholic Charities Community Services Director Beatriz Diaz Taveras as she prepares to step down.
Interviews & Profiles
Zohran Mamdani is trying to build a new NYC Democratic primary coalition
Can the 33-year-old surprise breakout candidate unite Muslim and South Asian voters, young leftists and even convince some former Eric Adams supporters?
