Nearly half of the state’s child care providers have raised tuition and a third have lost staff, a new report found.
The mayor and governor have long hailed their partnership. Will it survive federal corruption charges?
As the state’s plans to get New Yorkers out of their cars stall, Governor Hochul is championing a highway expansion in the Hudson Valley.
From New York City to Buffalo, people are driving a lot more than they did before the pandemic.
The retiree says a local rooftop solar company and its partners forged her signature to sign her up for a loan she could not afford.
The governor promised to fill the chronically understaffed Board of Parole. Nearly half of her nominations have ended in disaster.
Hundreds of Child Victims Act cases have been filed against New York schools, some over accused serial offenders that could leave districts with tens of millions of dollars in liability.
New York’s consumer advocacy groups struggle to compete with well-funded utilities and corporations. Lawmakers want to level the playing field.
There are at least three ways a Trump administration could try to stop the transit-funding toll.
More than 53,000 New Yorkers are allegedly facing delays regarding eligibility for benefits.
Payments for newborns have reduced poverty elsewhere, but are a novel idea in New York.
The Citizens Budget Commission wants the governor to halt a just-passed extension of the Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program so a study of the controversial subsidy can be completed.
A newly discovered 80-page housing package would have included good cause eviction, but legislators were dissuaded by Kathy Hochul’s opposition.
Hochul says she’s working with the legislature to replace congestion pricing, but key legislators say they aren’t aware of any conversations.
It’s unclear whether the legislature is taking steps to address its security vulnerabilities.
More counties are turning to private corporations to run medical care in jails. The companies have deadly track records.
Rebecca Lamorte was let go by her employer in June, prompting the Assembly Speaker to place an upset call to her boss.
For tenants in the first upstate city to adopt rent stabilization, benefiting from the law’s basic protections is an uphill battle.
Medicare Advantage plans are spreading across upstate New York, despite a reputation for denying care. In Cortland County, retirees kept it at bay.
After the governor declined to answer questions, a New York Focus reporter was ejected from her event.