Twenty-two percent of people arrested by ICE in New York state during Trump’s second term have left the country voluntarily — up from less than 1 percent under Biden.
No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
A federally mandated child welfare oversight body has called on the Office of Children and Family Services to curtail facilities’ use of isolation and increase transparency.
A review of federal court documents by THE CITY reveals three dozen cases in which local law enforcement allegedly cooperated with ICE agents.
The governor has asked for cost-cutting plans on pricey housing vouchers and public school programs, sources say.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says she sees “no reason” to remove Senator Luis Sepúlveda as judiciary chair.
The Carlyle Group’s effort to buy up rental housing has gotten a $578 million boost from the city and state.
We answer your questions on the state’s notoriously opaque budget process.
The Bronx Democratic Party is gaining power. So is a consulting firm tied to its chair.
The party collected record-breaking gifts from Airbnb and Uber, while party operatives lobbied Bronx lawmakers.
Fossil fuel interests have enlisted prominent former elected officials to make the case that gas is here to stay.
One expert called Senator Luis Sepúlveda’s record of missed deadlines, incorrect paperwork, and no-shows “professional negligence.”
Longtime Cuomo aide Charlie King has been involved in efforts to boost Assemblymember Jordan J.G. Wright.
Using an exemption to a 2012 law, the Partnership for New York City has revealed the names of donors to its political arm, but not the amount each gave.
Nearly half a million New Yorkers on the Essential Plan could lose their coverage this summer.
That number is up from 21 last July. New York City’s waitlist alone has surged to over 17,000 — a tenfold increase in less than a year.
The city could lose $239 million from the policy, which is supported by business groups while unions remain on the sidelines.
Some climate activists want the mayor to take a stronger stance. He previously said the state’s climate law “is not a suggestion. It is a mandate.”
Amid abortion bans and rising digital surveillance, Albany lawmakers are revisiting an effort to stop companies from selling sensitive health information.
The administration will soon send legislators a plan to meet a mandate capping class sizes, said NYC Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels.
The governor, Senate, and Assembly all have different ideas for how to implement this year’s increases for human services contracts.
Unions want state leaders to sweeten their retirement packages. What would it cost, and what would it achieve?
Under the governor’s proposal, the most concrete deadline for climate action would be pushed out to the end of her potential second term.
The state’s universal pre-K funding model is notoriously complex. How does it actually work, and can the governor’s plan fix it?
Sold as a pandemic-era emergency program, the state’s theater tax credit has quietly sent hundreds of millions to short-run flops and blockbuster hits.
Attorney General Letitia James alleges Attyx “built its business by defrauding consumers.”
The bill follows reporting from New York Focus and other news outlets on prison staff mistaking menstrual and contraceptive products for hidden contraband.
Over the last three months, ICE attorneys in New York state have petitioned to send half of the African asylum seekers who had immigration hearings to Uganda.
Prison officials have refused to release crucial records on how the agency handles allegations of sexual abuse.
ConEd says New York’s battery boom could overload the grid. The industry and its allies are pushing back.
We read the governor’s, Senate’s, and Assembly’s budget proposals — so you don’t have to.
Senate and Assembly budget proposals would leave New Yorkers at risk of losing their benefits from federal cuts.
The governor and legislature are negotiating over immigration legislation outside of the budget process.
The Senate and Assembly budget proposals included most of the governor’s ambitious child care plans — but lawmakers have other ideas for Foundation Aid.
Critics say the $10 annual fees state drivers pay to fight car insurance theft and fraud aren’t being used as intended.
Amid a crisis in the state’s prison system, the governor’s and legislature’s budget proposals differ, but largely lack major reforms.
The Senate and Assembly are resisting Hochul’s push to relax New York’s emissions targets and are instead pressing for renewed clean energy funding.
It remains to be seen whether the Assembly will get on board.
The legislature left the climate law untouched for now, but Governor Kathy Hochul could still push for changes in coming weeks.
The Senate and Assembly’s budget proposals include many of the mayor’s desired revenue-raisers and give the city a larger cut of state funds.