In a state Senate hearing on spiraling energy bills, consumer advocates lamented the closed-door negotiations at the heart of New York’s ratemaking process.
An entire season has come and nearly gone, and Wafler Farms still isn’t following its union contract.
The Trump administration’s lack of clarity about when and how to pay new fees sparked chaos and misinformation among immigrants with pending asylum applications.
The initiative to resettle asylum seekers outside New York City reached half the targeted number of familes. ICE has deported some participants.
The Migrant Relocation Assistance Program helped families leave crowded shelters and put down roots. Trump’s immigration crackdown is upending that.
Pipeline opponents say that approving NESE could bite Hochul in next year’s elections.
Massive changes are coming to the state’s comprehensive, low-cost healthcare plan.
Jails and prisons across the state are facing many crises. Someone should tell the Commission of Correction.
Sullivan County is telling investors there will be massive growth at a Catskills casino resort, but its own consultants predict decline.
The first significant pay increase in years could strengthen the office responsible for reviewing major legislation.
Three months after the state legislature ended session without passing immigration protections, 15 elected officials faced down arrest to protest ICE and state inaction.
Electric bills in New York haven’t been this high for a decade, and they’re about to rise even more. Here’s why.
Thousands of New Yorkers have new health insurance from the company Leading Edge Administrators. One Massachusetts retiree’s battle with the company highlights the risks they face.
A once-touted statewide conviction review unit lacks independence, authority, and transparency — and Albany hasn’t moved to fix it.
So far this year, the state’s county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.
Prisoners seeking help from the AG’s office have little chance of review. Here’s one applicant’s story.
The attorney general’s conviction review bureau has investigated just a handful of innocence claims of the hundreds it’s received since 2012.
Officers in New York State crashed their official vehicles, hit other motorists and arrived to work reeking of alcohol. And yet, they sometimes evaded criminal punishment, an investigation found.
The New York Times and New York Focus gathered thousands of files from around half of New York State’s nearly 500 law enforcement agencies.
GOP Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan blasted New York sanctuary policies during a June congressional hearing. Newly obtained emails tell a different story.