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Advocates Float Contempt Ruling for New York Prison Agency

The Legal Aid Society alleges that DOCCS declared an overbroad emergency to keep incarcerated people locked in their cells for upward of 20 hours a day.

Chris Gelardi   ·   August 20, 2025
New York Senator James Skoufis is shown sitting down and speaking into a microphone during a legislative hearing.
New York Lawmakers Are Scrutinizing Home Care. We’ve Got Questions.

With a hearing on New York’s troubled home care program set for Thursday, here are five questions we’d like answered.

Sam Mellins   ·   August 19, 2025
Mayor Eric Adams standing in front of an apartment building.
Has Mayor Eric Adams Built More Affordable Housing Than Bloomberg and de Blasio Combined?

The New York City mayor made the claim during a press conference in late July.

Ferdi Ferhat Özsoy   ·   August 19, 2025
Brooklyn Power Broker Files Raft of Lawsuits for Doctor Tied to Alleged Fraud

Frank Seddio is representing Jules Parisien in over 500 cases — despite the physician’s history of insurance fraud allegations.

Chris Bragg   ·   August 18, 2025
Progressive Lawmakers Urge Special Session to Address Trump’s Cuts, Breaking from Top Democrats

Whether legislators should return to Albany this year to tackle historic cuts to Medicaid and food assistance has become a thorny political question.

Jie Jenny Zou   ·   August 14, 2025
‘Zombie Debts’ Refuse to Die, Haunting New Yorkers for Decades

Fraud and falsehoods often don’t stop debt collectors from pursuing their targets for years.

Sam Mellins   ·   August 14, 2025
Is Shoplifting Decriminalized in New York?

First-time offenders might receive community service, but penalties may be severe.

Ferdi Ferhat Özsoy   ·   August 13, 2025
Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch at a press conference
Five Unanswered Questions About Eric Adams’s Expanded Surveillance at NYC Public Housing

Big Apple Connect, the mayor’s flagship free internet service for public housing residents, is quietly being used to expand the NYPD’s real-time, remote surveillance. Here’s what we still don’t know about the clandestine program.

Zachary Groz   ·   August 12, 2025
A NYPD camera set against a public housing building
Adams Quietly Uses Free Internet at NYCHA to Expand Police Surveillance

The Adams administration is using its flagship broadband program to give police real-time access to NYCHA camera feeds — without telling anyone.

Zachary Groz   ·   August 11, 2025
Did New York City Record Its Lowest Number of Shootings and Homicides in the First Half of 2025?

There were 351 shooting incidents, 413 shooting victims, and 149 murders during the first half of the year.

Ferdi Ferhat Özsoy   ·   August 9, 2025
Major Pipeline Moves Closer to Approval in New York as Critics Decry ‘Bargain’ with Trump

Public comments are closing soon for an underwater pipeline project that sprang back to life this spring after talks between Hochul and Trump.

Colin Kinniburgh   ·   August 8, 2025
21 Counties Have Closed Applications for New York’s Biggest Child Care Affordability Program

There are 1,500 families on the program waitlist in New York City alone, new state data shows.

Julia Rock   ·   August 8, 2025
A silhouette of an elderly person sitting alone in a chair in a warm living room. Cracks appear over the image, indicating precarity.
Trump’s Assault on Social Services Is Taking Aim at New York’s Elderly

Poverty rates among New York’s aging population are rising as the federal government pares back support for longstanding social service programs.

Jie Jenny Zou   ·   August 7, 2025
Does New York Spend More Per Public School Student Than Any Other State?

New York school districts are budgeted to spend $89 billion on public education in the 2024–25 school year.

Ferdi Ferhat Özsoy   ·   August 6, 2025
Comptroller to ‘Slow Roll’ Returning Lost Money to New Yorkers

Several states already proactively send out payments in much larger amounts than New York currently does.

Chris Bragg   ·   August 5, 2025
A person inside an extremely hot prison cell sits hunched over.
Summers Are Brutal in New York’s Prisons. This Year Is Worse Than Ever.

Short-staffed since a strike this winter, the prison system is keeping people locked in their boiling cells and dorms for upwards of 21 hours a day.

Chris Gelardi   ·   August 4, 2025
Did New York Undercount Covid-19 Nursing Home Deaths?

Then-Governor Andrew Cuomo repeatedly cited federal data placing New York state 38th or 39th nationally.

Ferdi Ferhat Özsoy   ·   July 31, 2025
A television showing a staticky, distorted image of New York state.
New York Public Media Will Lose At Least $57 Million in Federal Funds After Congressional Cuts

Nearly $50 million will come specifically from public radio and TV stations, including rural ones that rely heavily on federal money.

Kate Harloe   ·   July 30, 2025
Judge Skewers Hochul Administration Over New York’s Climate Law Delays

The judge suggested he’ll rule that the state is violating its climate law.

Colin Kinniburgh   ·   July 29, 2025
Kathy Hochul’s Nuclear Vision Faces Big Questions and Bottlenecks

Building nuclear will test whether New York state is still capable of constructing megaprojects as it has done in the past.

Alexander C. Kaufman   ·   July 26, 2025
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