For tenants in the first upstate city to adopt rent stabilization, benefiting from the law’s basic protections is an uphill battle.
Some of the state’s top Democrats slammed the governor, while others supported the pause or stayed mum. Republicans want congestion pricing killed altogether.
After the governor declined to answer questions, a New York Focus reporter was ejected from her event.
We asked 26 lawmakers who support the congestion pricing pause how they propose to fund transit upgrades. Most shrugged.
The constant gridlock is a major drag on Manhattan’s businesses, and source of frustration for commuters. And it’s never been so bad.
Since announcing her plan to put the program on ice, the governor has not appeared in public.
A secret group of Senate Democrats helped decide the fate of nearly 650 bills over the last month. Just don’t ask any questions.
You haven’t heard of it, and your state senator might not have either. The Working Rules group helps determine the fate of hundreds of bills at the end of each legislative session.
Advocates charge that New York’s restrictions for sex offense registrants are “vague, expansive, and unnecessary.” On Tuesday, they filed a federal lawsuit to strike them down.
A quarter of lawmakers in Albany are landlords. Almost none of them are covered by the most significant tenant protection law in years.
It’s the first step New York has taken to address its housing shortage in years — but tenant groups are fuming and real estate wants more.
New York has one of the weakest consumer protection laws in the country. This year’s state budget may change that.
As real estate developers resist wage guarantees and try to roll back tenants’ rights, a potential budget deal is at an impasse.
New York legislators have a plan to claim billions in federal funding for health care, driving a fight between industry groups.
We answer your questions on the state’s notoriously opaque budget process.
In the New York City teachers union, anger over a plan to privatize retiree health care could send a longshot campaign over the edge.
Her administration says the fund won’t be harmed. Legal experts question whether she can take it at all.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law directed billions toward public transit in New York, but the state is choosing to spend billions more on highways.
Some Court of Appeals judges are far more likely to grant requests to hear appeals than others, a New York Focus analysis found.
Westchester’s Edgemont community wants to secede from its town — and has scored a legal carveout to let it.