The New York City mayor made the claim during a press conference in late July.

There are 1,500 families on the program waitlist in New York City alone, new state data shows.

Affordability concerns — especially housing and the cost of raising a family — are major drivers of population loss in New York state.

And the delays have gotten worse in recent months.

Empower+ helps thousands of New Yorkers afford energy efficiency upgrades. The state is planning to slash funding by nearly two-thirds in two years.

One week in June, only a third of the people who called the Labor Department’s unemployment help line reached a real person.

As Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo put fraudulent debt collection firms on notice. He may have strengthened their hand.

Wrangling over a major bill to cut packaging waste continued until the final hours of the legislative session, assemblymembers said.

Drew Warshaw is taking on Comptroller Tom DiNapoli with a pledge to repay the entire pot of unclaimed funds as soon as ‘humanly possible.’

New York is sitting on a $20 billion pot of unclaimed money, and some of it might be yours. Here’s how to see if you’re on the list.

Tens of thousands of NYC residents are sued every year for consumer debt. Many of them don’t know about it.

Collectors claim they serve people who don’t exist, yet regulators rarely bar repeat offenders from the industry.

The final budget excludes a loophole that would have exempted corporate giants like Spotify and Amazon, after New York Focus reported on the carveout in February.

Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposal to make canceling subscriptions easier would exempt many major companies. The Senate wants to eliminate that loophole.

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