Politics
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New York lawmakers pass nation-leading halt on data center construction
The bill targets the warehouse-sized facilities powering the AI boom. Now it heads to the governor’s desk.
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How a loophole helping New York hedge funds exploit the Global South might finally close
The New York State Senate has passed the Champerty Fix Act, a bill to close a 20-year-old loophole that lets vulture funds sue the world’s poorest countries for profit in New York courts. Now it heads to the Assembly.
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‘They view me as the biggest obstacle:’ How Alex Bores became AI’s public enemy no. 1
Silicon Valley is pouring millions into NY-12 to stop the assemblymember who co-authored the country’s strongest AI safety law from ever reaching Congress.
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5 things in New York’s new state budget—and 2 things that aren’t
New York finally has a budget. Here’s what made the cut, and what didn’t.
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Mayor Mamdani’s housing plan for NYC, explained
From 200,000 new affordable homes to a $5.6 billion NYCHA overhaul, here’s what it means for renters.
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New York lawmakers, organizers visit NJ ICE facility as hunger strike continues
US Reps. Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler conducted an oversight visit to Delaney Hall Wednesday, where roughly 300 detainees have refused food and work for five days over squalid conditions inside the facility.
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As Trump campaigns with Lawler, his district pays the price for tariffs
Small business owners across the Hudson Valley describe vanishing inventory, decreasing margins, and a congressman who keeps voting to keep the president’s tariff chaos going.
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ICE ignores federal judge’s ban on immigrant courthouse arrests in NY
A federal judge banned ICE from arresting immigrants at Manhattan courthouses. The agency ignored it within 24 hours.
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LIRR workers reach deal after three-day strike
A tentative agreement was reached Monday evening, ending a strike that stranded 270,000 daily commuters. But workers say the MTA could have avoided the whole thing.
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Mamdani announces site of NYC’s first publicly-operated grocery store
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that the location of the city’s first publicly operated grocery chain, NYC Grocery, will open at The Peninsula in Hunts Point—on the former site of a notorious juvenile detention center.
