Ralph Ortega

An interview with Bronx Assembly Member Karines Reyes, chair of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, which runs the event.

An interview with the CEO of the Mother Cabrini Foundation, ahead of the 2025 City & State Mother Cabrini Mental Health Summit.

The oversight panel now has 15 members, ensuring that our news coverage reflects New York’s diverse communities.

An interview with Michael Blaustein, chief of policy at Airbnb

Publisher Tom Allon and Editor-in-Chief Ralph R. Ortega salvaged old issues of the West Side Spirit, the “official newspaper” of Manhattan’s West Side.

Publisher Tom Allon and Editor-in-Chief Ralph R. Ortega salvaged old issues of the West Side Spirit, the “official newspaper” of Manhattan’s West Side.

Jay-Z on Times Square casino bid and what he loves about NYC

Firefighting in a hotter New York City: ‘This is a whole brave new world for us’

Penn Station gets ‘magic key’ and $43 million to push redevelopment forward

The transportation expert wants to inspire young people to take on challenging, ambitious work in government.

Like 14th Street proved, these redesigned thoroughfares increase ridership speed and improve safety.

The first interview with New York City’s “Train Daddy” since he took on the job of redeveloping the much-maligned transit hub.

As one former New York Newsday staffer put it, politicians today are fortunate the paper isn’t around “to torture them.”

An excerpt from the Broadway Association’s online forum in May

The governor will be sending the state’s first distribution of “inflation refund” checks to 8.2 million households.

An effort to bring the landmarked venue back as a nonprofit is welcome news for New York’s struggling brick-and-mortar cinemas.

A Q&A with Pat Swinney Kaufman, commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.

The presses stopped rolling for good at the Star-Ledger, Times of Trenton and South Jersey Times on Sunday as the publications go online only. Meanwhile, The Jersey Journal shuts down completely.

An interview with Elizabeth Crowley, president and CEO of the Building Trades Employers’ Association.

City & State’s editor-in-chief, to quote “Wayne’s World,” was “not worthy” to be in the company of New York’s Age Disruptors.