“Staff at OTDA seem to be ignoring the plain meaning of the law,” said Senate Housing Committee Chair Brian Kavanagh.
An analysis by New York Focus and Gothamist/WNYC reveals the judges who set bail most frequently, driving up the jail population as it entered crisis.
“We only ask, and the court sets the bail,” the president of the state prosecutors’ association said.
The city’s taxi agency has ignored drivers’ demands and proposed a plan that the comptroller warns ‘would spend more money to forgive less debt.’
Anthony Sims’ case shows the conflict of interest inherent in Conviction Review Units led by former prosecutors, critics say.
With deep ties to both organized labor and the city’s business elite, Mayor Eric Adams will face tough tradeoffs on union contracts.
Adrienne Harris has worked for over a dozen financial technology firms that Hochul would put her in charge of regulating.
If concrete production were a country, it would be the world’s third largest carbon emitter. New York legislators want to clean it up.
New York’s new leader has pledged to improve access to public records – but hasn’t yet committed to the policy reforms transparency experts say are needed.
The $115 million state contract for administering the program required a paper application. Without it, tenants who can’t access technology may be getting left behind.
Not a single prosecutor appeared to have been disciplined for on-the-job misconduct in 2019. Even the state prosecutors association supports reforms.
New York is seen as a model - but it also shows the challenges of green public-private partnerships
And that’s still vastly short of what’s needed.
With thousands of officers not coming into work, incarcerated people aren’t getting escorted to their medical appointments, a New York Focus investigation finds.
City leaders have awarded a contract to provide city retirees private Medicare-like insurance to a corporate coalition termed “The Alliance.” Former public workers worry their coverage may change.
Renters broke decisively for India Walton in Buffalo’s June Democratic primary, favoring an affordable housing advocate with a tenant-centered housing platform over a developer-friendly incumbent.
A political moderate and former Congressperson and bank executive, Hochul stands to make history as New York’s first woman governor, but may face fierce challengers in next year’s election.
The structure of state government, with its centralized power and few ethical checks, invites scandal after scandal.
Farms in New York have used a form of legal arbitrage to shield their manure management practices from scrutiny.
The New York Court of Appeals participates in impeachment trials. Cuomo has appointed all seven members, including two of them in June
At a meeting that included an attempt by party leadership to prevent several district leaders from voting, the party made seven picks - six of whom were donors to the party and its leaders.
Where does the housing justice movement go from here?
New York is showering microchip manufacturers with billions in subsidies—on top of massive federal incentives.
An appellate court ordered hearings for defendants facing orders of protection that could separate them from their homes and families. But some judges — following a memo from state court officials — aren’t adhering to the ruling, defense lawyers say.
Tenant groups are already turning to other upstate cities that could pass good cause this summer—and that could pave the way for statewide legislation.
More than a year after fines for unlicensed street vending were largely suspended when the pandemic struck, enforcement has begun again. Many street vendors say it threatens their only means of economic survival.
In Buffalo, socialist India Walton scored a landmark win against a four-term incumbent mayor. In nearby Rochester, shakeups on the city council and county legislature could chart a new course for local politics.
Blocked at the state level, the campaign for “good cause eviction” is going local.
This year, state legislators passed major bills in response to the overdose crisis. Will Cuomo sign them?
DSA organized against a fracked-gas plant in Astoria. Now Schumer is getting involved.
Rikers Island and other city lockups employ five officers for every three incarcerated people. As some call for a reduction in officers, the City Council okays a budget plan that boosts the ranks by 400.
Elected with real estate industry support, soon-to-be Mayor Adams faces a critical choice on New York’s landmark buildings emissions law.
Police officers who were decertified by state regulators went on to find work at other departments and public safety agencies, records show.
As New York turns the page on solitary confinement, a reflection on what three decades in solitary cost one man.
A top energy executive, whose firm is designing pro-gas talking points, has a seat at the table charting the state’s path to decarbonization.
Jeremy Zellner uses his dual role as Erie County’s chief election administrator and Democratic Party chair to create obstacles for outsider candidates, critics charge.
The Economic Development Corporation manages city land in the service of private profit. We need a new approach.
A roundup of a five-part series on the Manhattan DA Democratic primary, focusing on contrasts on key issues between the eight contenders.
“The whole city is up for grabs”: from office of the comptroller to the city council, progressives could pull off a wave of critical victories.
“The police can only go as far as the DA lets them,” one defense attorney said.