Federal budget cuts will force hundreds of thousands off New York’s free Essential Plan, with some families facing $10,000 annual premium increases.
Just last month, the state argued in court that it couldn’t halt the all-electric buildings law even if it wanted to. Then it abruptly changed course.
In at least one case, police may have violated a state court ruling prohibiting local law enforcement from conducting civil immigration enforcement.
The ruling allows young immigrants who have suffered abuse and neglect to apply for protections from deportation — at least for now.
The conservative Democrat is sounding more like her progressive colleagues as she tries to protect immigrant constituents from the Trump administration.
A decade after city officials promised to protect Edgemere against floods, residents say the neighborhood remains just as vulnerable.
The investigator, who did not believe the teen, faced little punishment, illustrating the different ways that officers in New York State are disciplined for misconduct.
Federal HEAP funding will not reach New Yorkers until at least November 24, state officials say.
Prison officials are using a novel legal reading to argue that the HALT Solitary Confinement Act doesn’t apply to units where most people are incarcerated.
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers could lose their food benefits due to new SNAP work requirements, after the Trump administration phased them in months earlier than expected.
The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline had been rejected by environmental regulators three times but was revived this spring after talks between Hochul and Trump.
The board overseeing opioid lawsuit settlements is raising the alarm that New York could use the funds, which are meant to expand substance abuse initiatives, to backfill federal cuts.
Working Families Party–backed candidates flipped county legislatures, won big-city mayoralties, and secured an Assembly seat in Elise Stefanik’s backyard.
The mayor-elect’s approach reflects a view that is going mainstream: To succeed, climate policies may need to lose the label.
State officials and local activists may be more influential, but the mayor still has a role to play.
Mamdani convinced New York City voters to back his agenda. Now he needs to convince Albany politicians.
Voters across the state are scratching their chins about a question on their ballots concerning an Adirondacks winter sports facility. Here’s what’s going on.
After nearly three months behind bars, Carlos Guerra Leon spent an extra night in a Louisiana detention center after officers and local ICE officials said they didn’t get the court’s order.
A child’s donation highlights New York’s City’s straw donor headaches.
The federal government shutdown and new work requirements will throw New York’s food stamps program into chaos.
“We have time to work it out,” Governor Kathy Hochul said.
Many incarcerated New Yorkers say the new normal is endless lock-in.
The rollout follows years of reporting by New York Focus on delays and missed deadlines.
The Trump administration is slapping unaccompanied teenagers with fees for crossing the border.
The law required a state agency to issue major regulations more than a year and a half ago, and it had no excuse not to, the court found.
As legislators brace for more ICE arrests, they’re scrambling to figure out how to respond.
Governor Kathy Hochul has yet to indicate whether, or how, New York might plug a funding hole for Empower+, a key energy affordability program.
Gary Lavine says law school deans illegally blocked his nomination to the state’s ethics body.
Hochul appears to have snubbed advocates, providers, and unions, while they try to figure out how serious she is about universal child care.
Governor Hochul vetoed a measure to speed up New York’s public records process, which is among the slowest in the nation. We asked our reporters about their most protracted records requests.
Statewide diversion courts could keep thousands out of jail, but they’ll need more investments in treatment to succeed.
Reporting from New York Focus last year found that the project would save drivers six minutes max, at a cost of $1.3 billion.
Johnson was one of roughly 1,600 women to sue the state under the Adult Survivors Act alleging they were sexually assaulted in state prisons.
Despite mounting evidence that a disbarred attorney stole client funds, Manhattan prosecutors have taken no action.
New York counties thought they had months to prepare to implement SNAP work requirements. Now, they have weeks.
Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.”
Some immigrants held in county jails are struggling to access legal advice, phone calls, and even their own court hearings.
In a state Senate hearing on spiraling energy bills, consumer advocates lamented the closed-door negotiations at the heart of New York’s ratemaking process.
The City Council held an emergency hearing on the NYPD’s use of a free internet program to gain real-time access to public housing cameras, in response to New York Focus’s reporting.
An entire season has come and nearly gone, and Wafler Farms still isn’t following its union contract.