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The biggest winners from the proposed break make well above New York’s median income.
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 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.
Here’s where the Senate, Assembly, and governor stand on funding New York’s green transition.
The budget plans set up a fight with Governor Kathy Hochul, who did not propose substantial new investments at all.
Here’s what the key players in the state budget process are proposing on spending and taxes.
We answer your questions on the state’s notoriously opaque budget process.
They got tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to defend Andrew Cuomo against scandal. Now, they’re helping fund his comeback.
In many cases, electrifying homes is cheaper, according to one new study.
No time to read our big investigation? Here’s a quick summary of everything you need to know.
The secretive units have fallen short on their promise to help wrongfully convicted New Yorkers.
A New York Focus investigation reveals how party officials and politically connected law firms continue to profit from court-appointed roles.
Former prison agency staff and newly released documents describe a patronage network centered on Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III’s family.
This isn’t Daniel Martuscello’s first crisis. An investigation reveals how his family weathered one scandal after another on their road to dominating New York’s prison system.
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.
Absent more money from the state, city officials warn that they will hit a funding cliff as early as April.
The state has yet to publish a building code update, promised in December, which should include requirements to phase out fossil fuel appliances in new homes.
New state education rules will cut funding to private schools that can’t provide the same level of education as public schools. The ultra-Orthodox community is fighting back.
With nearly all of New York’s state prisons on lockdown, those on the inside struggle to get by.
The Trump administration, eager to force local officials to collaborate with ICE, is coming for a Tompkins County sheriff who released a man who’d served his sentence.
The HALT Solitary Confinement Act altered the balance of power within New York’s prisons.
Wildcat strikes have spread to over half of the state’s prisons.
A legally mandated program to reimburse organ donors has languished since 2022. The health department now says it’ll fix that this year.
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The social services commissioner says New York wants to join other states adopting more secure cards, but lacks funds for the upgrade.
Our investigation identified dozens of cases in which a wrongful conviction unit denied someone’s application, only for a judge to later exonerate them.
The health commissioner has asked the state’s Attorney General and lobbyist watchdog to launch a ‘formal inquiry.’
Chip technology has been standard in credit and debit cards for a decade. It could stop New York’s surging rate of stolen benefits.
Prosecutors have urged the governor to roll back some of New York’s discovery reforms. Public defenders worry about reverting to a time when they had to fight their cases “blindfolded.”
The governor’s proposal could make it easier to cancel your gym subscription — but harder to cancel your phone or internet plan.
“I really felt like the carpet was ripped out from underneath us,” said one county official. The state still hasn’t fully explained why it put HEAP on hold so suddenly.
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.
The HEAP program abruptly closed to applications in January, months ahead of schedule. It has since reopened, but key questions remain about why it shut down so suddenly in the first place.
The money is being routed through a nonprofit — possibly running afoul of state lobbying rules.
After footage of the killing of Robert Brooks sparked national outcry, Governor Kathy Hochul promised to fully equip New York prisons with cameras. The project has stalled for years.
The governor’s announcement appears to expand New York’s ability to cooperate with federal immigration authorities — but it’s not clear if the state has actually changed its policy.
A $1,700 Bills suite tab was paid with campaign funds, bipartisan support for clean water funding, and New York’s top court upheld a man’s conviction despite his negligent lawyer.