In rural New York, even some Republicans are frustrated as the administration halts $186 million in conservation payments to farmers.

Unless Albany offers more money, tens of thousands of parents in New York City are set to lose child care assistance this year. We spoke to six of them.

The tricks that we use to cover state government work just as well when looking into city politics.

The mayor enlisted an army of contractors to build a one-stop benefits platform. Two years and $100 million later, the website is a skeleton of what it was supposed to be.

We read the governor’s, Senate’s, and Assembly’s budget proposals — so you don’t have to.

The compromise would reduce business taxes and raise the benefit level, but leave the program inadequately funded.

A peek behind the curtain of how our reporters were able to analyze hundreds of pages of complicated budget documents (without losing their minds).

The biggest winners from the proposed break make well above New York’s median income.

The governor’s proposal could leave 24 districts with less Foundation Aid than expected. The one-house budgets aim to fix that.

Nonprofits form the backbone of the state’s social service sector, and they may be getting some overdue relief in this year’s budget.

The legislature rejected Hochul’s central public safety policy priorities while embracing proposals to increase prison oversight.

The budget plans set up a fight with Governor Kathy Hochul, who did not propose substantial new investments at all.

Here’s what the key players in the state budget process are proposing on spending and taxes.

We answer your questions on the state’s notoriously opaque budget process.

In many cases, electrifying homes is cheaper, according to one new study.

Absent more money from the state, city officials warn that they will hit a funding cliff as early as April.

The social services commissioner says New York wants to join other states adopting more secure cards, but lacks funds for the upgrade.

Chip technology has been standard in credit and debit cards for a decade. It could stop New York’s surging rate of stolen benefits.

Prosecutors have urged the governor to roll back some of New York’s discovery reforms. Public defenders worry about reverting to a time when they had to fight their cases “blindfolded.”

The governor’s proposal could make it easier to cancel your gym subscription — but harder to cancel your phone or internet plan.