Amid an ongoing union election at the Queens indigent defense law firm, two outspoken union supporters were fired without warning.
“We sleep together like chickens”: Street homeless New Yorkers describe the struggle to endure the pandemic-era winter.
Three candidates in the June election say they would not join the association of state DAs, which has fought measures such as bail reform.
A leading candidate for Manhattan DA has raked in two thirds of her campaign funds from five-figure donations—many from financial industries she would be in charge of prosecuting.
“I’m the security guard, a mother, a father, a teacher, I’m everything.” Parents and children reflect on a year of remote learning and its impact on their finances, mental health, and family.
A planned transmission line from Canada is meant to reduce NYC’s fossil fuel dependence. But First Nations say the project ignores them.
Here are the policies candidates for Mayor and Council must commit to enacting if they’re serious about a Green New Deal for New York City.
A wave of legal aid attorneys are joining the labor movement. But bosses say it’s bad for business and the unions just want to collect their dues.
The office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor is on the chopping block in Manhattan’s 2021 DA race.
Most of the state Supreme Court candidates who won in November had donated to the parties and party bosses that nominated them, a New York Focus investigation found.
Sanitizing the subways every night offers little protection against COVID, scientists say. MTA board members say they’ve raised questions - but received few answers.
Leaving Rikers Island, many former detainees can’t rent apartments or get jobs - because the city lost their ID.
City pension fund investments in private equity real estate haven’t just subsidized rent hikes and evictions. They’ve also cost the city at least $370 million.
NYC-DSA built an electoral powerhouse with no paid staff and just a few years of experience. Here’s how they pulled it off.