HeyJaredSahalie Donaldson
STORY ANGLES - Focus on Local Government Dynamics: Covers legislative processes, vetoes, and council decisions with an emphasis on political maneuvering and power plays.
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 13
- Latest publication
- Sep 24, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for City & State New York
- Top 500K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 7, 2026
Latest articles
Chaos reigns at Brooklyn Dems organizational meeting (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Disorder, delays and dysfunction appeared to have won the day at the Brooklyn Democratic Party’s biannual organizational meeting on Wednesday. After the meeting concluded, nearly eight hours after its scheduled start time, there was no answer as to whether Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn would keep her position as chair. Party leadership announced that a vote on that question would be held on Sept. 29. Nor was there an answer as to whether the lawsuit introduced by the reformist distr
Mamdani’s first report card is out (opens the original)
Read excerpt
By Sahalie Donaldson and Annie McDonough Response times for ambulances and fire companies increased significantly in New York City last fiscal year, continuing a trend, according to data released Thursday in the Mayor’s Management Report. Dispatch and travel time to life-threatening medical emergencies for both increased by one minute and 28 seconds in Fiscal Year 2026 compared to the prior year, growing to 9 minutes and 13 seconds, the new data shows. The increase in response time was particula
Mamdani attends Staten Island 9/11 event, over GOP rancor (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Over the chorus of Republican elected officials demanding that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani skip the city’s annual 9/11 memorial ceremony at ground zero, Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella appears to have put politics aside and hosted the mayor at his office’s remembrance event at the Postcards memorial. The mayor arrived with Gov. Kathy Hochul, shaking hands with nearby police officers before taking his seat. None of the elected officials in attendance spoke, other than Fossell
It could get easier for press passes to get revoked (opens the original)
Read excerpt
New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin is backing a new bill aimed at reforming the press credentialing process, potentially making it easier for the city to suspend or revoke press passes and directing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration to review its current practices. “Press credentials are essential tools for journalists,” Menin said in a statement. “For this system to work as intended, there must be a thoughtful process for issuing credentials and, when necessary, revoking them. We’re
Meet the new kingmaker who could lead the Brooklyn Democratic Party (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Roughly two months out from a vote to dictate the future of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, reformer district leaders with the Brooklyn Can’t Wait coalition and their elected official allies gathered in a bar to declare an early victory against the county leader, Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. “I am ready to take over this party with all of you,” New York City Council Member Sandy Nurse said, eliciting a roar from the crowd as she stood balancing on a wobbly table, mic in hand at Bla
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 500K sites
For City & State New York, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.