In New York, unemployment recipients can be found guilty of fraud even if they thought their information was true. The state demands repayment at the highest rate in the country.
New York’s Equal Rights Amendment would enshrine the right to abortion in the state. A judge threw it off the ballot for the fall, but an appeal is expected.
While New York City’s public campaign finance system endures scandals, the state won’t audit the majority of campaigns.
After DA Sandra Doorley berated a police officer, Hochul referred her to a commission that is yet to become active — and lacks the authority to issue discipline.
A version of good cause eviction and new hate crimes are in; new taxes on the wealthy and education cuts are out. Here’s where things landed in this year’s budget.
The Assembly rejected legislation that would have sped up New York’s transition away from gas.
Low-wage manual laborers can sue to make their bosses pay them weekly. Hochul’s late-breaking budget addition may undermine that right.
New York’s transparency watchdog found that the ethics commission violated open records law by redacting its own recusal forms.
New York has one of the weakest consumer protection laws in the country. This year’s state budget may change that.
Guidelines limiting gifts of taxpayer resources have “no teeth whatsoever,” according to good government watchdog.
Local regulations haven’t kept up with the rollout of new surveillance tech. Some reformers see Washington as their best hope.
As the state legislature considers a bill to change warranty payments, unions join their bosses to make car companies pay more.
Backing primary opponents to progressive Democrats, the new Solidarity PAC resembles a state-level analog to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
As the relationship was coming to light, Heastie returned $5,000 in campaign cash to a labor group from which he’d recused himself.
Referencing a New York Focus story, Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas introduced legislation to prevent public agencies from naming the medically discredited condition in their reports.
We read the governor’s, Senate’s, and Assembly’s budget proposals — so you don’t have to.
While Heastie privately pledged to avoid meetings with relevant interests, lobbyist Rebecca Lamorte has sought to keep representing them before the Assembly, according to her employer’s attorney.
We answer your questions on the state’s notoriously opaque budget process.
What are industrial development agencies?
The former budget director’s role may break a law meant to keep ex-state employees from monetizing insider knowledge.