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.
The renewal locks New York City into well over $100 million in costs for the controversial program.
The Trump administration’s lack of clarity about when and how to pay new fees sparked chaos and misinformation among immigrants with pending asylum applications.
The initiative to resettle asylum seekers outside New York City reached half the targeted number of familes. ICE has deported some participants.
The Migrant Relocation Assistance Program helped families leave crowded shelters and put down roots. Trump’s immigration crackdown is upending that.
Pipeline opponents say that approving NESE could bite Hochul in next year’s elections.
Massive changes are coming to the state’s comprehensive, low-cost healthcare plan.
Jails and prisons across the state are facing many crises. Someone should tell the Commission of Correction.
Sullivan County is telling investors there will be massive growth at a Catskills casino resort, but its own consultants predict decline.