As Small Business Services commissioner, Kenny Minaya will be charged with slashing fees and helping street vendors.
As Zohran Mamdani prepares to unveil property tax reforms, he must weigh a plan he inherited from his predecessor.
New Yorkers could see new benefit cards in 2027 as officials pledge to prioritize a long-awaited upgrade.
It’s almost impossible to win an asylum case without an attorney. Finding one is a tall order.
The threat of a new appeals board pushed Vickie Paladino to approve a new development.
The state rescinded its request to dismiss a sexual abuse lawsuit after a judge became aware of New York Focus’s findings.
Officials have long eyed “virtual power plants,” which coordinate energy use across thousands of homes, but the state has lagged in adopting them.
Last year, after prison guards were caught beating an incarcerated man to death, Governor Hochul allocated millions to a prison oversight body. This year, she doesn’t want to renew the grant.
Civil service exams can slow down government hiring by months or even years. New York City is one of the only areas of the state that hasn’t opted into a program to bypass the process.
State officials have so far dodged questions about the future of New York’s largest health plan. A hearing on Tuesday could provide some insight.
The mayor’s Tin Cup Day speech hinges on a bold claim about the city’s relationship with the state.
A foreclosure case in Brooklyn highlights ties between the courts and political party clubhouses.
New York Focus identified more than a thousand cases where a disputed interest formula increased a home’s bidding price at auction, allowing a bank to obtain it for a pittance.
Will this week’s budget hearing provide insight into the state’s plan to salvage its safety net?
New York utilities spend $1 billion a year replacing old gas pipes. New legislation would force them to reveal where that money is being spent.
A yearslong staffing crisis at state-run facilities has taken its toll on incarcerated kids and the workers who watch over them.
Vornado Realty Trust has a stake in Halmar’s proposal to rebuild the Manhattan rail hub.
The bill would dissolve contracts that allow federal immigration authorities to use county jails, but would leave more informal collaboration with local law enforcement untouched.
State officials have voiced renewed interest in changing how New York counts its greenhouse gas emissions.
The proposal follows a New York Focus and ProPublica investigation that found counties had placed thousands of adults and children in often-dilapidated hotels as the main response to homelessness.