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The state budget, finalized this week, increased the spending requirement on the city for the first time since the 1990s.
New York’s budget includes $1 billion for climate action — a record amount, but less than the state was supposed to raise by charging polluters.
The final budget stops short of what legislators and advocates hoped for and appears to reflect more of Governor Hochul’s funding priorities.
Hochul’s budget includes $37 billion for education, but the state Education Department is slamming one policy change as “educational malpractice” and a political retreat.
The state will spend $8 billion to pay off its debt to the feds and increase unemployment benefits for the first time in six years.
The final budget excludes a loophole that would have exempted corporate giants like Spotify and Amazon, after New York Focus reported on the carveout in February.
A national trade group has nearly doubled its spending in Albany since the packaging reduction bill was introduced and taken out attack ads on Democrats in swing districts.
Nick Spano went from prison sentence to multimillion-dollar lobbying comeback.
New York’s comptroller has flagged 22 school districts as fiscally stressed — up sharply from last year.
From preventive screenings to addiction treatment, critical care hangs in the balance for millions of New Yorkers relying on Medicaid.
The Modim Foundation is tied to a health insurer that will begin providing coverage to thousands of New York’s home health aides in May. It refuses to disclose where its gifts go, in a violation of tax law.
Mayor Mike Spano has stated his administration has not been lobbied by his powerful brother’s firm. Emails indicate otherwise.
Health insurer Leading Edge once tried to cancel a coma patient’s insurance and, in another case, retracted approval for surgery after the bill arrived.
This week was data-focused, as our reporters documented lengthy mental health wait times and a secretive gang database that feeds directly to the Trump administration.
For 20 years, the state police have been quietly building a database of suspected gang members — and they’re feeding it to Donald Trump’s administration.
In some counties, the waitlist for state-funded mental health treatment programs can exceed two years.
The lawsuit reveals that DOCCS is considering pausing solitary confinement law on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and any other day designated by the commissioner.
The country’s biggest public housing authority is counting on a Chinese company to supply thousands of new energy-saving window heat pumps.