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.
The first significant pay increase in years could strengthen the office responsible for reviewing major legislation.
Three months after the state legislature ended session without passing immigration protections, 15 elected officials faced down arrest to protest ICE and state inaction.
Electric bills in New York haven’t been this high for a decade, and they’re about to rise even more. Here’s why.
Thousands of New Yorkers have new health insurance from the company Leading Edge Administrators. One Massachusetts retiree’s battle with the company highlights the risks they face.
A once-touted statewide conviction review unit lacks independence, authority, and transparency — and Albany hasn’t moved to fix it.
So far this year, the state’s county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.
Prisoners seeking help from the AG’s office have little chance of review. Here’s one applicant’s story.
The attorney general’s conviction review bureau has investigated just a handful of innocence claims of the hundreds it’s received since 2012.
Officers in New York State crashed their official vehicles, hit other motorists and arrived to work reeking of alcohol. And yet, they sometimes evaded criminal punishment, an investigation found.
The New York Times and New York Focus gathered thousands of files from around half of New York State’s nearly 500 law enforcement agencies.
GOP Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan blasted New York sanctuary policies during a June congressional hearing. Newly obtained emails tell a different story.
A PPL vice president admitted pre-contract talks between the company and New York’s health department, after denying it under oath last month.
New Yorkers are suing to reverse a Trump administration policy change that has upended the futures of tens of thousands of young immigrants.