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Assemblyman to run for better-paying gig with City Council

Assemblyman to run for better-paying gig with City Council . The first of several state legislators looking to jump to higher-paying posts in the New…

Museum of the Dog returns to New York after 30 years away with classic canine art and cool interactives
Midtown Manhattan has gone to the dogs. Packs of poodles, Labradors, fox terriers and countless other breeds have invaded a two-story space in the nabe that’s now the new home of the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog. The museum, which boasts one of the world’s largest collections of canine...
NYC's subway is a mess: pukey trains, unwitting passengers, crews in the thick of it
Please stand clear of the pool of vomit. There’s more than litter in New York City’s transit system — riders frequently find themselves doing a subway samba to avoid feces, urine, blood and vomit on staircases, platforms and trains. But they’re not the only ones. Train crews have plenty of stories...
Just let me die in peace: A terminal cancer patient's plea to New York state's Legislature and governor
Endometrioid ovarian cancer. That was the diagnosis I received in 2006. It forever changed my world — as it does with anyone who hears the words “you have cancer” from their doctor. I’ve lived with this insidious disease as best as I can for the last 12 years. I’ve had surgeries, radiation, immunotherapy...
Cuomo stomps on the grassroots: A lobbying provision in his budget would stifle many of the small groups that delivered a Democratic majority to the state Legislature
These are thrilling times for New York progressives. Democrats control the state Senate for the first time in a decade and have already passed a raft of bills Republicans bottled up for years. More ambitious proposals, like a state Green New Deal and robust tenant laws that protect working-class...
Incentivizing dishonesty: The Amazon deal was sunk by politicians who blatantly misrepresented the way economic incentives work; reform is welcome, but it must be deliberate
Oh hi there, fellow New Yorker picking through the rubble after the collapse of a deal that would’ve brought up to 40,000 good jobs and solidified the city’s tech-industry leadership for a generation: Can we now talk rationally about incentives designed to attract businesses to our city and state?...