The ruling allows young immigrants who have suffered abuse and neglect to apply for protections from deportation — at least for now.
The conservative Democrat is sounding more like her progressive colleagues as she tries to protect immigrant constituents from the Trump administration.
A decade after city officials promised to protect Edgemere against floods, residents say the neighborhood remains just as vulnerable.
Federal HEAP funding will not reach New Yorkers until at least November 24, state officials say.
Prison officials are using a novel legal reading to argue that the HALT Solitary Confinement Act doesn’t apply to units where most people are incarcerated.
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers could lose their food benefits due to new SNAP work requirements, after the Trump administration phased them in months earlier than expected.
The board overseeing opioid lawsuit settlements is raising the alarm that New York could use the funds, which are meant to expand substance abuse initiatives, to backfill federal cuts.
Working Families Party–backed candidates flipped county legislatures, won big-city mayoralties, and secured an Assembly seat in Elise Stefanik’s backyard.
The mayor-elect’s approach reflects a view that is going mainstream: To succeed, climate policies may need to lose the label.
State officials and local activists may be more influential, but the mayor still has a role to play.
Mamdani convinced New York City voters to back his agenda. Now he needs to convince Albany politicians.
After nearly three months behind bars, Carlos Guerra Leon spent an extra night in a Louisiana detention center after officers and local ICE officials said they didn’t get the court’s order.
A child’s donation highlights New York’s City’s straw donor headaches.
The federal government shutdown and new work requirements will throw New York’s food stamps program into chaos.
“We have time to work it out,” Governor Kathy Hochul said.
Many incarcerated New Yorkers say the new normal is endless lock-in.
The rollout follows years of reporting by New York Focus on delays and missed deadlines.
The Trump administration is slapping unaccompanied teenagers with fees for crossing the border.
The law required a state agency to issue major regulations more than a year and a half ago, and it had no excuse not to, the court found.
As legislators brace for more ICE arrests, they’re scrambling to figure out how to respond.