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.
The state’s top education officials head to the hot seat Thursday for a lengthy budget hearing. Here are some questions we’d put on the table.
New York State troopers used the badge to settle personal scores and elicit favors. Still, they remained on the job, an investigation found.
Lawmakers will be grilling top state energy and environmental officials Wednesday in a marathon budget hearing. Here are some of the questions we’d ask.
Nine months after the prison guard strike, incarcerated people are being denied early release after not completing programming that they don’t have access to.
Some officials and residents in Cheektowaga want a broader overhaul of their cops’ interactions with immigration agents.
The governor’s campaign got an influx of donations from theater producers as its trade group lobbied her office to “enhance” the credit.
The governor’s meeting logs are 15 months out of date, and she won’t release her calendar.
New York Focus interviewed Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado as he challenges his boss for the Democratic nomination for governor.