As runaway utility bills squeeze ratepayers across the country, elected officials are escalating efforts to rein in investor-owned utilities—and not just with legislation.
New York
Posted inTransportation
New York’s Bold Congestion Plan Triumph
Charging drivers to enter the city’s business district stoked outrage and acceptance as residents come to terms with the program.
Posted inTAP
Mamdani’s First Week
The mayor has already secured one of his top campaign promises, among other wins on behalf of New Yorkers.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Noem Attempts to Distract From ICE Execution
A day after one of her ICE agents shot a woman to death in broad daylight, the secretary of homeland security was in Manhattan urging Americans to buy them lunch.
Posted inPolitics
Enter, Stage Left, Mayor Mamdani
Rather than tell his fellow New Yorkers to lower their expectations of what government could do, the city’s new mayor vowed that “the only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.”
Posted inPolitics
Meet Mamdani’s Biden Expats
Several former members of the Biden administration, including a cabinet official, are going to work for New York City’s new mayor. Here’s what they have planned.
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Happy 2025 By-Product: Revulsion at the Rich
With Trump, Musk, Bezos et al. running amok, progressive economic populism is on the rise. Polling shows a broad public turn toward policy that seeks to reverse the upward redistribution of income and wealth to our billionaires and make life’s necessities affordable.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Hochul Caves to Big Tech on AI Safety Bill
A bill that passed the New York legislature was completely gutted and substituted with language perceived as friendlier to the industry.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Big Tech’s Big New York Gas Pipeline
Gov. Kathy Hochul justified a $1 billion natural gas project by appealing to affordability. But the main reason the state needs the energy is because data centers are hogging it.
Posted inTAP
To Win Radical Success, Mamdani Understands, Is to Know When and Where to Compromise
Pragmatism is required to build a social democratic New York.