Hochul is pushing an array of financial incentives to tackle the state’s housing crisis. But will they make a dent?

Updates about an increase in emissions, violence within New York’s prison system, and a breakup of two nonprofits over cannabis in NYC.

New York Focus reporter Sam Mellins reflects on what he learned this year, and teases what lies ahead for 2025.

The foundation offered few explanations for its hefty spending on overhead, or what it’s doing with millions in government grants.

Much of Albany’s lawmaking process is controlled by a platoon of mostly young, low-paid employees who craft policy ideas into potential laws. And they’re turning over in droves.

New York has a little-noticed tool to shift billions of highway dollars to climate-friendly public transit projects. The governor doesn’t seem interested.

The state’s top court has the final word on interpreting New York law and has seen dramatic changes in recent years.

The whole thing is just — weird.

Our reporting spurred the disclosure of millions in spending and illuminated the networks behind the Bronx political machine.

A Bronx political firm close to the borough’s Democratic party chair, Jamaal Bailey, is cashing in on local civil court races.

Last month, we asked five questions about what would happen in the election. Here are the answers.

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.

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.

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.

There are at least three ways a Trump administration could try to stop the transit-funding toll.

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.

It’s unclear whether the legislature is taking steps to address its security vulnerabilities.