The legislature rejected Hochul’s central public safety policy priorities while embracing proposals to increase prison oversight.
In New York, half of CIU exonerations involve prosecutorial misconduct, but DAs rarely acknowledge who got it wrong.
No time to read our big investigation? Here’s a quick summary of everything you need to know.
The secretive units have fallen short on their promise to help wrongfully convicted New Yorkers.
A New York Focus investigation reveals how party officials and politically connected law firms continue to profit from court-appointed roles.
Former prison agency staff and newly released documents describe a patronage network centered on Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III’s family.
This isn’t Daniel Martuscello’s first crisis. An investigation reveals how his family weathered one scandal after another on their road to dominating New York’s prison system.
With nearly all of New York’s state prisons on lockdown, those on the inside struggle to get by.
The Trump administration, eager to force local officials to collaborate with ICE, is coming for a Tompkins County sheriff who released a man who’d served his sentence.
The HALT Solitary Confinement Act altered the balance of power within New York’s prisons.
Our investigation identified dozens of cases in which a wrongful conviction unit denied someone’s application, only for a judge to later exonerate them.
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.”
After footage of the killing of Robert Brooks sparked national outcry, Governor Kathy Hochul promised to fully equip New York prisons with cameras. The project has stalled for years.
The governor’s announcement appears to expand New York’s ability to cooperate with federal immigration authorities — but it’s not clear if the state has actually changed its policy.
After years of targeting bail, the governor is proposing changes to New York’s 2019 discovery reform law.
Our team will be descending upon Albany on Tuesday. Here’s what they’ll be watching.
Updates about an increase in emissions, violence within New York’s prison system, and a breakup of two nonprofits over cannabis in NYC.
Here are the major findings from a months-long investigation into what allegedly takes place inside the Queens Supreme Courthouse.
Brandon Bishunauth is an unlikely candidate to pick a fight with a bastion of old-time machine politics.
New York Focus reporter Chris Gelardi reflects on the criminal justice reporting that shined light on overlooked agencies and shady practices in 2024.