Did New York’s Chief Judge Break the Law to Pick Her Interim Successor?
Janet DiFiore may have gotten a say in picking her interim successor, boosting a judge who has never once voted against her.
Janet DiFiore may have gotten a say in picking her interim successor, boosting a judge who has never once voted against her.
A week after incarcerated journalist Sara Kielly published an article criticizing the prison system for its solitary confinement practices, officers ransacked her cell.
A landmark reform law was meant to overhaul carceral punishment in New York. Getting prisons to follow it has been an uphill battle.
Carol Shapiro spent two years trying to reform the state Board of Parole. Little has changed.
New rules from the Biden administration require water utilities to replace all lead pipes. That could cost New York $2.5 billion or more, kicking off a fight over who pays.
The indictment has exposed cracks in New York’s widely admired way of helping fund campaigns.
Foreign governments have long courted local officials. Prosecutors are starting to go after them.