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Kathy Hochul

  1. politics
    Get Ready to See the National Guard on Your CommuteGovernor Kathy Hochul announced that 750 guardsmen will be placed in the MTA system as part of a five-point plan to address subway crime.
  2. long island
    A Basement Housing Bill Killed by ConspiracistsHuntington seemed poised to legalize ADUs. Then things got weird.
  3. right to shelter
    ‘We Can’t Sleep Because of the Worry’Overnight at the Roosevelt Hotel, where hundreds of migrants are still waiting for somewhere to go.
  4. street view
    Two Penn Station Plans That Finally Look PromisingCould they converge to make the nation’s worst rail hub much better?
  5. getting around
    We’re Another Step Closer to Congestion PricingThe Federal Highway Administration has given the plan its blessing, even if New Jersey politicians are crying.
  6. the suburbs
    Long Island NIMBYs May Be Winning Housing FightLawmakers fighting for the “right to a suburban quality of life” could weaken Hochul’s density plan.
  7. scene report
    Partying With the New YIMBYs on the BlockThe data bros, jaded brokers, and occasional lefty ready to build, baby, build.
  8. neighborhoods
    Does New York’s Chinatown Really Need an Arch?Hochul has granted the money to build one, but younger residents ask whether the money would be better spent on other community needs.
  9. cityscape
    ‘Use That Time As a Meditation Time’: The MTA’s New, Very Long EscalatorTen stories down into the new Grand Central Madison terminal.
  10. q&a
    The Would-Be Salt Kings of New York CityTalking to Joe Bucci Jr. and Joe Bucci Sr.
  11. hotels
    Did New York Miss Its Moment To Turn Hotels Into Housing?“It’s hard to look at the timing of these programs and say that it was treated as an emergency.”
  12. street view
    Can the Hochul-Adams New New York Actually Happen?The Hochul-Adams mission statement is big on sweeping ideas — and way short on explaining how any of this happens.
  13. cryptocurrency
    Is New York’s Crypto-Mining Moratorium the Start of a Trend?The two-year ban is the first of its kind, possibly not the last.
  14. look book
    The Look Book Goes to Kathy Hochul’s Election Night PartyThe governor and fellow New York Democrats hosted a crowd of hundreds at Capitale as the midterm results came in.
  15. 2022 midterms
    What Neighborhoods Went for Lee Zeldin?A micro-breakdown of Tuesday night’s results.
  16. operators
    Ron Lauder Likes Lee Zeldin Because He’s Afraid to Ride the SubwayAnd definitely not because he’s mad about a Hamptons wind-farm cable.
  17. street fights
    There’s a Campaign-Sign War Happening in BrooklynAccording to at least three people.
  18. getting around
    The MTA Says You Can Officially Wear Your Mask Weird NowThere’s a sign and everything.
  19. developing
    ‘They’re Destroying an Artists’ Block’: Locals on the Vornado Penn Station PlanA furrier, a circus school, and other shops on the big changes coming to their block.
  20. urban fauna
    Yeah, You’re Seeing More SharksA shark expert explains.
  21. getting around
    How California Got ‘Relief at the Pump’ RightLawmakers realized it’s not just about drivers.
  22. party report
    The Year REBNY Tried to Get CoolAnd the real power players left early.
  23. politics
    New Yorkers Really Don’t Like Adams, Hochul Because of CrimeA new poll shows fear of crime has skyrocketed and sent both Democrats’ approval ratings into a crater.
  24. debt
    A Long, Strange Year of Rent ReliefIt was a tedious, administrative nightmare. It also (mostly) worked.
  25. criminal justice
    The Case Against Bail Reform Was Always a Tabloid MirageFor the rollback to succeed, New Yorkers would have to be made to feel afraid of where they live.
  26. budget
    Trust Me, To-Go Drinks Will Solve EverythingWhat budget problems?
  27. stop the presses
    Manhattan’s Maskless Machers Love The Music Man — and The MayorEric Adams is getting raves: “Hot, compassionate, strong, determined” — Diane von Furstenberg; “Pitch-perfect” — Barry Diller.
  28. highway removal
    About Time: Syracuse’s I-81 Is Finally Being DemolishedKathy Hochul’s next move aims to start rectifying a mid-century mistake.
  29. street view
    Hochul’s Penn Station Plan Is the Worst Kind of Urban RenewalDid we learn nothing from tearing the guts out of city after city in the 1960s?
  30. getting around
    Every Governor Should Copy Kathy Hochul’s Interborough ExpressPutting underused rails back into action for transit is a no-brainer of a good idea.
  31. politics
    Tishquake: Letitia James Drops Out of Governor’s RaceThe attorney general says she’s choosing to run for another term in her current office, in a major relief to Kathy Hochul.
  32. infrastructure bill
    Infrastructure Bill Spares New Yorkers From MTA Fare Hikes for NowGovernor Kathy Hochul said that billions in federal funding means that fare increases are suspended and service cuts are “off the table.”
  33. getting around
    Meet the Newest Next Penn StationHochul is tightening the focus from Cuomo’s sweeping plans and looking to fast-track the project. Maybe it’ll work.
  34. transit
    Farewell (for Now) to the Absurd La Guardia AirTrainAndrew Cuomo’s dream of shepherding riders the wrong way to the airport is on likely permanent hold.