Politics
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101 lawyers and judges file complaint to disbar acting AG Todd Blanche in New York
The coalition says Trump’s former personal attorney is illegally withholding Epstein files and running the DOJ to protect the president.
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Families demand accountability as Trump admin pushes NYC hospitals to abandon trans youth
NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and New York-Presbyterian cut gender-affirming care for trans youth under federal pressure. When prosecutors subpoenaed patients’ medical records, families and LGBTQ+ allies fought back.
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United Nations calls NYC’s 24-hour home care workday ‘torture’ as New York’s officials stall to act
Immigrant women home care workers say they’ve been exploited for decades. Now the United Nations agrees.
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Democratic socialist wave sweeps New York’s primaries
From the ‘Commie Corridor’ to the Catskills, progressive and insurgent candidates swept New York’s Democratic primaries Tuesday, delivering a string of victories for allies of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and putting the party establishment on notice.
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These congressional races could decide the House majority
From Long Island’s South Shore to the Catskill Mountains, a handful of New York congressional districts could help decide whether Democrats win back the House majority in November.
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman won’t give Juneteenth off unless union workers give up another holiday
Workers and civil rights advocates push back as Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blocks paid time off for the holiday for the fourth time.
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Hudson Valley Tenants Union launches with rent stabilization in Kingston on the line
Kingston tenants won the first rent reduction ever secured through a rent stabilization process in US history. After years of sham nonprofit deals, manipulated vacancy data, and retaliatory evictions, they are building a regional union to protect it.
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Inside the contested race for New York’s next comptroller
For the first time in nearly two decades, Tom DiNapoli is facing a real fight for New York’s comptroller seat, as two challengers force reckoning over what the state’s most powerful overlooked office should wield over nearly $300 billion of public money.
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Fake progressive PAC tied to GOP targets NY-17 Democrat Cait Conley
A PAC calling itself “Progressive Champions” has poured $1.5 million into ads targeting the congressional candidate ahead of the June 23 primary. According to a new Popular Information investigation, the group is a front for House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF).
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In one of America’s wealthiest districts, NY-12 candidates clash over working-class credentials
Emceed by Don Lemon and featuring Katie Couric among its moderators, Wednesday’s debate was the first to put all six major candidates on one stage—sparring over Iran, ICE, AI, and the Epstein files.
