The investigator, who did not believe the teen, faced little punishment, illustrating the different ways that officers in New York State are disciplined for misconduct.
Federal HEAP funding will not reach New Yorkers until at least November 24, state officials say.
Prison officials are using a novel legal reading to argue that the HALT Solitary Confinement Act doesn’t apply to units where most people are incarcerated.
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers could lose their food benefits due to new SNAP work requirements, after the Trump administration phased them in months earlier than expected.
The board overseeing opioid lawsuit settlements is raising the alarm that New York could use the funds, which are meant to expand substance abuse initiatives, to backfill federal cuts.
Working Families Party–backed candidates flipped county legislatures, won big-city mayoralties, and secured an Assembly seat in Elise Stefanik’s backyard.
Mamdani convinced New York City voters to back his agenda. Now he needs to convince Albany politicians.
Voters across the state are scratching their chins about a question on their ballots concerning an Adirondacks winter sports facility. Here’s what’s going on.
After nearly three months behind bars, Carlos Guerra Leon spent an extra night in a Louisiana detention center after officers and local ICE officials said they didn’t get the court’s order.
The federal government shutdown and new work requirements will throw New York’s food stamps program into chaos.
“We have time to work it out,” Governor Kathy Hochul said.
Many incarcerated New Yorkers say the new normal is endless lock-in.
The rollout follows years of reporting by New York Focus on delays and missed deadlines.
The law required a state agency to issue major regulations more than a year and a half ago, and it had no excuse not to, the court found.
Governor Kathy Hochul has yet to indicate whether, or how, New York might plug a funding hole for Empower+, a key energy affordability program.
Gary Lavine says law school deans illegally blocked his nomination to the state’s ethics body.
Hochul appears to have snubbed advocates, providers, and unions, while they try to figure out how serious she is about universal child care.
Governor Hochul vetoed a measure to speed up New York’s public records process, which is among the slowest in the nation. We asked our reporters about their most protracted records requests.
Statewide diversion courts could keep thousands out of jail, but they’ll need more investments in treatment to succeed.
Reporting from New York Focus last year found that the project would save drivers six minutes max, at a cost of $1.3 billion.