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.
Here are the key findings from the second installment of our investigation into New York’s conviction integrity units.
No lawmaker will take credit for the proposal, but its quiet circulation has sparked fierce debate over state control of religious education.
Following New York Focus’s reporting, the state health department is moving to implement a law meant to boost kidney donations.
“There’s no legal basis for what they’re trying to do,” said one legal expert.
The detention of three children and their mother shocked the town. It also highlighted just how much the region’s key industries depend on immigrant workers.
A Queens court’s failure to reveal a romance has sparked accusations of bias.
Hochul’s proposed rollbacks are one of the major sticking points in this year’s budget negotiations. One prosecutor’s support rested on a faulty anecdote.
Drastic cutbacks coupled with skyrocketing utility costs put seniors and other vulnerable households at greater risk for severe illness and death.
Yeshivas and other nonpublic schools face a looming deadline to prove they offer an education similar to the state’s public schools. A proposed bill would loosen those rules and potentially delay the deadline.
Officers recorded over 25,000 stops last year, a 50 percent increase over the previous year. Nine in 10 people stopped by the NYPD last year were Black or Latino.
New York law mandates gender-affirming care — but some hospitals are backing down anyway.
Environmentalists have long charged that New York is falling short of its climate mandates. Now, they’re taking the state to court.
Mental health providers are scrambling to prevent mass layoffs and program closures, leaving advocates urging state leaders to step in before it’s too late.
Longstanding perks like premium-free insurance could be at risk due to a city budget crunch.
Governor Hochul’s budget allocates only a fraction of what the state Board of Regents suggested for three state-owned Indigenous schools.
They want to beef up the powerful but little-known State Commission of Correction.