New rules from the Biden administration require water utilities to replace all lead pipes. That could cost New York $2.5 billion or more, kicking off a fight over who pays.

The indictment has exposed cracks in New York’s widely admired way of helping fund campaigns.

A week after incarcerated journalist Sara Kielly published an article criticizing the prison system for its solitary confinement practices, officers ransacked her cell.

Foreign governments have long courted local officials. Prosecutors are starting to go after them.

Nearly half of the state’s child care providers have raised tuition and a third have lost staff, a new report found.

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Climate and Environment
The image depicts a traffic jam in New York City, with a cluster of yellow taxi cabs at the front.

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.

Colin Kinniburgh

New York’s consumer advocacy groups struggle to compete with well-funded utilities and corporations. Lawmakers want to level the playing field.

Colin Kinniburgh
Criminal Justice

Carol Shapiro spent two years trying to reform the state Board of Parole. Little has changed.

The governor promised to fill the chronically understaffed Board of Parole. Nearly half of her nominations have ended in disaster.

Chris Gelardi

Great Meadow and Sullivan prisons are slated to shut down in November. The state could close up to three more over the next year.

Chris Gelardi
New York State
Governor Cuomo signing a bill

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.

There are at least three ways a Trump administration could try to stop the transit-funding toll.

Sam Mellins

More than 53,000 New Yorkers are allegedly facing delays regarding eligibility for benefits.

Julia Rock