A proposal from state Senator Andrew Gounardes would send some new parents $1,800 in the third trimester of pregnancy.
Major new tech facilities are not expected to overload the state’s grid — but New York City could fall short of power in the early 2030s without creative solutions, according to a key study.
The state doesn’t publicize officer employment histories, making it impossible to track so-called wandering officers.
The police chief in Orange County’s Village of Chester claimed his department had no misconduct records. He was hiding an investigation into his own alleged malfeasance.
New financial disclosures show when Mujica began consulting for the Greater New York Hospital Association.
Brandon Stradford lasted two months on New York state’s Board of Parole. He continued collecting a paycheck for another seven.
It’s not clear what the money was used for in a county where Democrats outnumber Republicans ten-to-one.
The disclosures included over a dozen missing or incomplete reports covering a period of more than four years.
Pomerantz LLP attorneys have donated to comptroller candidates for decades, highlighting a loophole in rules meant to keep government contractors from spending in city elections.
Years of shortages have led to a staggering problem across the state, with few solutions on the horizon.
Here are the five topics we’re watching with the elections less than three weeks away.
The chair of Assembly Democrats’ campaign committee said he wasn’t aware his organization had sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Bronx.
New rules from the Biden administration require water utilities to replace all lead pipes. That could cost New York $2.5 billion or more, kicking off a fight over who pays.
The indictment has exposed cracks in New York’s widely admired way of helping fund campaigns.
A week after incarcerated journalist Sara Kielly published an article criticizing the prison system for its solitary confinement practices, officers ransacked her cell.
Foreign governments have long courted local officials. Prosecutors are starting to go after them.
Nearly half of the state’s child care providers have raised tuition and a third have lost staff, a new report found.
The mayor and governor have long hailed their partnership. Will it survive federal corruption charges?
A landmark reform law was meant to overhaul carceral punishment in New York. Getting prisons to follow it has been an uphill battle.
As the state’s plans to get New Yorkers out of their cars stall, Governor Hochul is championing a highway expansion in the Hudson Valley.
Carol Shapiro spent two years trying to reform the state Board of Parole. Little has changed.
From New York City to Buffalo, people are driving a lot more than they did before the pandemic.
The retiree says a local rooftop solar company and its partners forged her signature to sign her up for a loan she could not afford.
The governor promised to fill the chronically understaffed Board of Parole. Nearly half of her nominations have ended in disaster.
Hundreds of Child Victims Act cases have been filed against New York schools, some over accused serial offenders that could leave districts with tens of millions of dollars in liability.
A historic debt relief deal was meant to rescue cabbies from a medallion value crash. But some lenders are insisting drivers pay off loans in full, even if they can’t afford to.
New York’s consumer advocacy groups struggle to compete with well-funded utilities and corporations. Lawmakers want to level the playing field.
There are at least three ways a Trump administration could try to stop the transit-funding toll.
More than 53,000 New Yorkers are allegedly facing delays regarding eligibility for benefits.
Payments for newborns have reduced poverty elsewhere, but are a novel idea in New York.
We’re collecting stories from teachers across the state.
The Citizens Budget Commission wants the governor to halt a just-passed extension of the Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program so a study of the controversial subsidy can be completed.
A newly discovered 80-page housing package would have included good cause eviction, but legislators were dissuaded by Kathy Hochul’s opposition.
Hochul says she’s working with the legislature to replace congestion pricing, but key legislators say they aren’t aware of any conversations.
The state’s energy regulator has more work than ever — and far fewer employees than it did three decades ago.
It’s unclear whether the legislature is taking steps to address its security vulnerabilities.
New immigrants say meager meals from a shelter operator and police harassment are leaving them with few ways to feed themselves.
Before Kathy Hochul paused it, the tolling program lost the little labor support it had when the Transport Workers Union withdrew its backing this spring.
Great Meadow and Sullivan prisons are slated to shut down in November. The state could close up to three more over the next year.
More counties are turning to private corporations to run medical care in jails. The companies have deadly track records.