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 elections 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.
The compromise would reduce business taxes and raise the benefit level, but leave the program inadequately funded.
Here’s where the Senate, Assembly, and governor stand on funding New York’s green transition.
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.
The legislature rejected Hochul’s central public safety policy priorities while embracing proposals to increase prison oversight.
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.
The budget plans set up a fight with Governor Kathy Hochul, who did not propose substantial new investments at all.
We answer your questions on the state’s notoriously opaque budget process.
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.