Sullivan County is telling investors there will be massive growth at a Catskills casino resort, but its own consultants predict decline.
The first significant pay increase in years could strengthen the office responsible for reviewing major legislation.
Three months after the state legislature ended session without passing immigration protections, 15 elected officials faced down arrest to protest ICE and state inaction.
Electric bills in New York haven’t been this high for a decade, and they’re about to rise even more. Here’s why.
Thousands of New Yorkers have new health insurance from the company Leading Edge Administrators. One Massachusetts retiree’s battle with the company highlights the risks they face.
A once-touted statewide conviction review unit lacks independence, authority, and transparency — and Albany hasn’t moved to fix it.
So far this year, the state’s county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.
Prisoners seeking help from the AG’s office have little chance of review. Here’s one applicant’s story.
The attorney general’s conviction review bureau has investigated just a handful of innocence claims of the hundreds it’s received since 2012.
Officers in New York State crashed their official vehicles, hit other motorists and arrived to work reeking of alcohol. And yet, they sometimes evaded criminal punishment, an investigation found.
The New York Times and New York Focus gathered thousands of files from around half of New York State’s nearly 500 law enforcement agencies.
GOP Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan blasted New York sanctuary policies during a June congressional hearing. Newly obtained emails tell a different story.
Trump’s immigration crackdown is having a chilling effect on New Yorkers’ access to public benefits.
After a strike led state prisons to stop accepting new prisoners, local jails have been left holding thousands of extra people.
Business interests have launched a campaign to back National Grid’s demands for more gas, with fingerprints of the utility’s lobbying firm.
New York lawmakers are giving more money to the Bronx Community Foundation, which has failed to spend it in the past.
Workers are currently forced to pay for insurance that many don’t want.
New York’s bail reform law didn’t eliminate cash bail and hasn’t led to increased crime or recidivism. The Trump administration is still targeting it.
“New Yorkers did not agree to trade their right to privacy for the promise of free internet,” key committee chairs wrote to city officials.
The company in charge said they would explore other insurance options.