City policies have proven so volatile, even aid workers urged asylum seekers to get out of New York if they can.

The assemblymember wants to unseat Nico Minerva, right hand to party boss Keith Wright. The Manhattan Democrats vote on Thursday.

A seemingly minor change in access to city jails has made it much harder for a lauded debate course to recruit volunteers.

The Adams administration said the city would replace discontinued Rikers courses. “I can say for certain that that’s not true,” one worker told New York Focus.

Men locked up in the Broome County jail describe an opioid treatment program so shoddy, they risk withdrawal, relapse, and overdose.

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Climate and Environment
Bags of trash with a golden filter sit in front of a trash can on the curb in New York City

Will putting a price on trash keep the state’s garbage from overflowing?

New York’s labyrinthine “rate case” process, explained.

Colin Kinniburgh

They’re on their way, officials promise. But they’re years late.

Colin Kinniburgh
Criminal Justice

The iconic public defense organization is due back in its Brooklyn office Monday. Attorneys, reporting health complications, say they’ve dreaded the return.

A raucous emergency meeting featured escalating alarm, bewilderment, a hot mic, dueling accusations of conflicts of interest, and a dramatic vote with two surprise twists.

Chris Gelardi and Arabella Saunders

The state Division of Human Rights considers prisons, jails, and police departments exempt from human rights law.

Nathan Porceng
New York State
Corner view of Fusion Recovery building shot from the parking lot.

The addiction epidemic is getting worse in the Capital Region. Through local zoning laws, residents fight to keep the state’s solutions out of their backyards.

Under Roberta Reardon, the agency has recovered less and less of workers’ stolen wages. Meanwhile, staff resign, and replacements lag.

Maxwell Parrott

New York’s top elected officials showered the Brooklyn party with praise, but is it doing anything to support its candidates?

Sam Mellins