Nick Powell
City & State
New York, NY, United States
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Saddle Up: Will state Sen. Ruben Díaz Sr.'s luck hold in a run for City Council?
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No excuses, Mr. Mayor – support Fair Fares
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The rise in homelessness mirrors the Koch and Dinkins years. Will de Blasio break the cycle?
City&State, the only media company solely devoted to government and politics in New York, provides insightful coverage of the state's politics, policies and people. → Read More
7 things you (probably) don’t know about Tadeusz Kosciuszko
City&State, the only media company solely devoted to government and politics in New York, provides insightful coverage of the state's politics, policies and people. → Read More
Dan Garodnick is a no-nonsense negotiator. Does he have what it takes to run for mayor?
City&State, the only media company solely devoted to government and politics in New York, provides insightful coverage of the state's politics, policies and people. → Read More
True Stories & Ghost Stories from a Post-9/11 Watering Hole
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True Stories & Ghost Stories from a Post-9/11 Watering Hole
The patches representing fire departments from across the globe blanket nearly every inch of the walls of O'Hara's Pub in Manhattan's financial district—San Diego, Halifax, Coral Gables, El Paso, Melbourne—a tapestry of first responders and brave souls. The legend of O'Hara's, an Irish pub once in the shadow of the World Trade Center, then Ground Zero, and now One World Trade—transcends its… → Read More
Somos: Monsignor Kevin Sullivan on Catholic Charities efforts
Somos: Monsignor Kevin Sullivan on Catholic Charities efforts By Nick Powell | November 13, 2015 07:40pm At an event hosted by City & State in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan from Catholic Charities spoke about the connection between the efforts to help the poor in New York City and how it connects to similar efforts in Puerto Rico. → Read More
Carl Weisbrod discusses rezoning in New York City
Carl Weisbrod discusses rezoning in New York City By Nick Powell | November 16, 2015 03:50am In order to reach Mayor Bill de Blasio’s goal of creating or preserving 200,000 units of affordable housing over the next ten years, the Department of City Planning has had to get creative with how they zone neighborhoods for new development. In September, the Department of City Planning referred two… → Read More
So, Should Matt Harvey Have Stayed in the Game?
Sometimes a choice doesn't feel much like a choice. → Read More
Daniel Murphy's Mets Legacy Is More Than That Grounder
But that's not the way history works. → Read More
Game 3 of the World Series Had the Makings of a Comic Book
The solid pitching of Noah Syndergaard led the Mets to a game three World Series win over the Mets. → Read More
Game 3 of the World Series Had the Makings of a Comic Book
The solid pitching of Noah Syndergaard led the Mets to a game three World Series win over the Mets. → Read More
Remember: Those '86 Mets Started Out This Exact Same Way
An 0-2 start doesn't mean it's all over (maybe). → Read More
A Requiem for a Once-Invincible Mets Closer
World Series Game 1 recap: Jeurys Familia's blown save (hopefully) won't define his career. → Read More
Want to Know How the Mets Made It to the World Series? Balls
A helpful explainer of the 2015 season from the eyes of a bruised, battered, lifelong Mets fan. → Read More
Opinion: de Blasio’s Clinton miscalculation
If politicians view their presidential endorsements as currency, then the value of Bill de Blasio’s endorsement is dropping as precipitously as the euro. To be sure, the value of any big-name endorsement during campaign cycles has always been debatable. Political scientists tend to agree that these endorsements don’t do much for a candidate in terms of moving votes, but can be effective as a… → Read More
Campaign kickoff: A Q&A with Michel Faulkner
We are two years away from the 2017 mayoral election in New York City, and Bill de Blasio already has his first challenger, the Rev. Michel Faulkner, a pastor at New Horizon Church in West Harlem. Faulkner announced his campaign this month, hoping to get a head start on making de Blasio a one-term mayor. Faulkner, a Republican and former NFL defensive lineman who played one season for the New… → Read More
Opinion: What to do with Willets?
Whenever my brother and I decide to forgo public transportation and make the pilgrimage from Brooklyn to Citi Field by car to watch our beloved Mets, we find any way possible to avoid paying the ludicrous $22 parking lot fee at the stadium. We inevitably end up circling around to the industrial badlands that is Willets Point, rumbling over pockmarked streets brimming with sludge and other… → Read More
Opinion: What to do with Willets?
Whenever my brother and I decide to forgo public transportation and make the pilgrimage from Brooklyn to Citi Field by car to watch our beloved Mets, we find any way possible to avoid paying the ludicrous $22 parking lot fee at the stadium. We inevitably end up circling around to the industrial badlands that is Willets Point, rumbling over pockmarked streets brimming with sludge and other… → Read More