The state wants to phase out fossil fuels. Localities have given over a billion dollars in tax breaks to help keep them around.
Some Court of Appeals judges are far more likely to grant requests to hear appeals than others, a New York Focus analysis found.
As book banning sparks outrage in schools and libraries, the censorship of classics like Native Son persists in New York prisons.
The average New Yorker has to travel nearly 10 miles to access methadone, a New York Focus analysis found. Upstate, they have to go even further.
Westchester’s Edgemont community wants to secede from its town — and has scored a legal carveout to let it.
The governor and the Senate have aligned on large swathes of the NY HEAT Act. The Assembly might be ready to move on it, too.
With chapter amendments, governors can make major changes to pending laws. Kathy Hochul uses them more than any executive before her.
New York municipalities used to keep the surplus from foreclosed homes sold at auction. Then the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional.
Workers at Long Island’s leading rooftop solar installation firm voted to unionize, in a New York first. Then the company furloughed almost half of them.
The governor gave a preview of her budget priorities — and we looked out for 2024’s major fights. Follow along to see what we’re watching.
A “ghost entity” linked to Tom Suozzi spent $2 million attacking Kathy Hochul. Then the Board of Elections started an investigation, and it disappeared.
One hundred and fifteen laws that almost were.
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The clock is ticking for the governor to sign or veto a bill to expand child care assistance. Her administration might decide it costs too much — but supporters say their numbers are off.
New York jails can transfer people with mental illnesses to maximum security prisons, even while they’re legally innocent.
As the governor urges more housing, IDAs are looking to pitch in. Critics say it goes beyond their legal role.
The State Commission of Correction has been stumbling for decades — with millions of incarcerated people caught in the lurch.
The governor has neglected to announce a public emergency over the increasingly deadly opioid epidemic. Observers are perplexed.
The legislation cites multiple New York Focus investigations in its attempt to safeguard the rights of incarcerated people.
A Rochester man lost his job while his daughter went through cancer treatment. He’s struggled to communicate with the DOL for months.