Jimmy Vielkind
New York State Issues ReporterJimmy Vielkind covers how state government and politics affect people throughout New York. He has covered Albany since 2008, most recently as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Jimmy led a team of reporters that won a New York Press Club award for coverage of Andrew Cuomo’s downfall and was on a team that won a Gerald Loeb Award for coverage of Amazon’s HQ2 process. A native of the Capitol Region, Jimmy has two degrees in urban planning. His position is funded by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Reach Jimmy at jvielkind@wnyc.org.
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Assembly members who voted in favor of the measure reflected on their experiences caring for dying loved ones. -
Here are the basics on this year’s state budget agreement. -
A recently appointed interim U.S. attorney said he wants to sue companies to make them develop content-monitoring algorithms. -
Leaders of faith-based institutions are backing a bill that would give them a pass from local regulations that make it hard to build housing. -
After weeks in which a partial mask ban hardly came up, officials said Hochul this week proposed narrowing her demand. -
Charlotte Bennett was the second woman to accuse Cuomo of sexual harassment in 2021. -
Nantwi was one of at least seven incarcerated people who died during the three-week wildcat strike across state prisons. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul will examine pending renewal of her state’s lease to Tesla. -
Legislators have expressed concern that criminalizing the act of wearing a mask with ill intent could lead to unequal enforcement. -
A draft of the state’s new Tesla contract would extend the lease for Elon Musk’s electric carmaker by another five years.
