New Yorkers picked Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday. New York Focus staff picked ten questions we’ll be watching for her tenure.
New York planned to slash its trash. Instead, we’re producing more garbage than ever.
Anthony Annucci’s internal memo tells staff to restrain incarcerated people during any out-of-cell time, affecting at least 5,000.
Anthony Annucci’s internal memo tells staff to restrain incarcerated people during any out-of-cell time, affecting at least 5,000.
New York Focus found six big spenders who have poured money into PACs backing Kathy Hochul’s Republican challenger.
Robert Adams alleges that a guard sodomized him with a baton. A year-long investigation into his story uncovered a system plagued by retaliation and primed for abuse.
A new poll suggests a missing economic message is contributing to an unexpectedly close governor’s race.
Downstate turnout could decide the governor’s race. The Brooklyn Democratic Party is mounting almost no campaign effort.
Staten Island residents who sold their homes to the state as part of one of the country’s first major “managed retreats” were promised the land would be returned to nature. Instead, part of it is being turned into a soccer complex.
Out of every dollar the gas tax suspension costs the state, less than 50 cents are going into New Yorkers’ pockets.
New York suburbs have long lagged their peers in building new housing. A few towns are eyeing a different approach.
New York prisons have illegally sent at least 1,100 people to solitary confinement for infractions that aren’t eligible for the punishment, a New York Focus analysis has found.
A one-year extension could be the prison contractor’s last, ending a 15-year run.
A much-debated moratorium wouldn’t affect any crypto mining projects under development, but an accompanying environmental study could bring unwelcome scrutiny.
When disabled litigants who can’t to come to court in person request virtual appearances, they often don’t hear back.
Two years after the state banned plastic bags, many New York City businesses are still distributing them with little fear of consequences.
Long Island and Westchester build housing at some of the lowest rates of any suburban area in the country, fueling high rents and home prices across the region.
A landmark solitary confinement reform law created a new, “rehabilitative” type of isolation unit. In practice, they’re often little different from the solitary units they were meant to replace.
A little-known federal initiative, the 340B Drug Pricing Program, supports services that wouldn’t otherwise get reimbursed.
Renewable energy developers are hungry to build in New York, but staffing at the bodies charged with managing the process hasn’t kept up.