Unless Albany offers more money, tens of thousands of parents in New York City are set to lose child care assistance this year. We spoke to six of them.
Donors solicited by at least three undisclosed bundlers — Tonio Burgos, Jim Whelan, and Rick Ostroff — were told their gifts would be matched with public funds, despite that being barred by city election law.
The company used to help employers avoid paying for workers’ benefits. Now it’s slated to administer health insurance for tens of thousands of low-wage New Yorkers.
The candidates did not disclose Solidarity PAC’s fundraising role in campaign finance disclosures.
The mayor enlisted an army of contractors to build a one-stop benefits platform. Two years and $100 million later, the website is a skeleton of what it was supposed to be.

We read the governor’s, Senate’s, and Assembly’s budget proposals — so you don’t have to.
In many cases, electrifying homes is cheaper, according to one new study.
The state is pushing ahead on all-electric buildings, but a draft update to the building code leaves out other key recommendations from the state’s climate plan.
In New York, half of CIU exonerations involve prosecutorial misconduct, but DAs rarely acknowledge who got it wrong.
No time to read our big investigation? Here’s a quick summary of everything you need to know.
The governor’s proposal could leave 24 districts with less Foundation Aid than expected. The one-house budgets aim to fix that.
Nonprofits form the backbone of the state’s social service sector, and they may be getting some overdue relief in this year’s budget.
New York has spent more on child care assistance in recent years, but high child care costs continue to drive families out of the state and into poverty.
In the last three years, New York has become the sports betting capital of the US.