Hochul outlined a slew of proposals on Tuesday to curb energy bills and clean up the grid, but her push for a nuclear energy renaissance looms over them all.
Hochul has proposed a multibillion-dollar plan that she says would ultimately deliver free child care to every New York family — without tapping additional revenue sources.
A boom year on Wall Street may help offset federal cuts — for now.
On criminal justice, there were notable omissions in the governor’s address.
Immigrant rights advocates and some lawmakers welcomed her proposals, but said that the measures don’t go far enough.
The governor’s vision for tackling historic cuts to public benefit programs remains blurry.
New York’s building trade unions are turning out in force to try to save the mammoth energy projects from Trump’s latest attack.
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Office of Children and Family Services facilities keep youth in small cells for days or weeks at a time, violating state regulations, the suit claims.
The feds gave New York key evidence on horse racing’s largest doping ring. State regulators have done nothing with it for years.
Michael Blake blasted Representative Ritchie Torres for his investments in firms serving the military — but has long worked for one himself, disclosures show.
Drug policy advocates are calling a new reporting mandate a missed opportunity for needed transparency and sustained action.
The state plans to stabilize the Empower+ program with a record amount of money from the pollution pricing program RGGI.
One hundred and forty laws that almost were.
The letters paint a picture of a CIU process rife with roadblocks, especially for applicants who didn’t have lawyers.
The state plans to ask a court to dismiss some 500 prison sexual assault lawsuits for not strictly abiding by filing requirements.
Recently adopted environmental regulations have added months to New York’s already yearslong energy permitting process, colliding with new deadlines for federal subsidies.
Eleventh-hour negotiations could decide the fate of legislation to make it easier for survivors to cancel debt caused by their abuse.