The governor’s meeting logs are 15 months out of date, and she won’t release her calendar.
New York Focus interviewed Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado as he challenges his boss for the Democratic nomination for governor.
State regulators ignored FBI evidence of horse drug purchases for years. That was a “huge failing,” a key assemblymember said.
A sweeping child care expansion and opposition to President Trump have united them, but significant divisions remain.
Hochul outlined a slew of proposals on Tuesday to curb energy bills and clean up the grid, but her push for a nuclear energy renaissance looms over them all.
Hochul has proposed a multibillion-dollar plan that she says would ultimately deliver free child care to every New York family — without tapping additional revenue sources.
A boom year on Wall Street may help offset federal cuts — for now.
On criminal justice, there were notable omissions in the governor’s address.
Immigrant rights advocates and some lawmakers welcomed her proposals, but said that the measures don’t go far enough.
The governor’s vision for tackling historic cuts to public benefit programs remains blurry.
New York’s building trade unions are turning out in force to try to save the mammoth energy projects from Trump’s latest attack.
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Office of Children and Family Services facilities keep youth in small cells for days or weeks at a time, violating state regulations, the suit claims.
New York racing regulators have failed to take action against drug buyers for years, even after federal law enforcement gave them clear evidence of illegal activity.
The feds gave New York key evidence on horse racing’s largest doping ring. State regulators have done nothing with it for years.
Michael Blake blasted Representative Ritchie Torres for his investments in firms serving the military — but has long worked for one himself, disclosures show.
Drug policy advocates are calling a new reporting mandate a missed opportunity for needed transparency and sustained action.
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The state plans to stabilize the Empower+ program with a record amount of money from the pollution pricing program RGGI.
One hundred and forty laws that almost were.
The letters paint a picture of a CIU process rife with roadblocks, especially for applicants who didn’t have lawyers.
The state plans to ask a court to dismiss some 500 prison sexual assault lawsuits for not strictly abiding by filing requirements.
The Adams administration is shelling out north of $320 million to give public school students Chromebooks that connect to the internet through cell service. Most already have internet at home.
Recently adopted environmental regulations have added months to New York’s already yearslong energy permitting process, colliding with new deadlines for federal subsidies.
Eleventh-hour negotiations could decide the fate of legislation to make it easier for survivors to cancel debt caused by their abuse.
The governor is poised to veto a bill to insulate a business transparency law from federal shifts, according to the bill’s sponsor.
Outgoing Comptroller Brad Lander wants the city’s pension funds to reconsider $42 billion in investments with the firm, but it may fall to his successor to take action.
New Yorkers who rely on federal food assistance could see more program disruptions in upcoming months.
With nearly 1,500 unfilled jobs, New York City’s Department of Social Services is leaning on mandatory overtime to keep up.
Some of downstate New York’s most used hiking trails are badly eroding. President Trump’s cuts have slashed the crews working to save them.
The murder has led to more tumult than New York’s prison system has seen since the Attica prison uprising over five decades ago.
A health insurer offering shoddy coverage to low-wage workers at taxpayer expense will be replaced next year. But will what comes next be any better?
New York’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports is running television ads featuring AI-generated faces without disclosing the technology to viewers.
Guards demanded body scanners to cut down on contraband. Now they’re turning visitors away over their hygiene and medical supplies.
In response to reporting by New York Focus and Gothamist, State Senator Zellnor Myrie has introduced a bill to standardize debt calculations.
New York is ready to collect data on emissions, but is fighting a court order to cut them.
An investigation by New York Focus and Gothamist found lenders are using a disputed method of calculating debts in thousands of foreclosures and taking money from hundreds of former homeowners.
New Yorkers will pay more for wind and solar if Hochul doesn’t sign property tax legislation in the coming days, the industry says.