New York law mandates gender-affirming care — but some hospitals are backing down anyway.
Attorney General Letitia James alleges Attyx “built its business by defrauding consumers.”
Many upstate cities don’t test old houses for lead poisoning until after children have already tested positive. A new bill would change that.
With the state ethics commission widely seen as controlled by the governor, legislators are looking for other ways to investigate the allegations.
This year, state legislators passed major bills in response to the overdose crisis. Will Cuomo sign them?
The New York Court of Appeals participates in impeachment trials. Cuomo has appointed all seven members, including two of them in June
A political moderate and former Congressperson and bank executive, Hochul stands to make history as New York’s first woman governor, but may face fierce challengers in next year’s election.
The structure of state government, with its centralized power and few ethical checks, invites scandal after scandal.
And that’s still vastly short of what’s needed.
The city’s taxi agency has ignored drivers’ demands and proposed a plan that the comptroller warns ‘would spend more money to forgive less debt.’
Critics of New York City’s tax lien sales system say it encourages landlords to evict tenants and ignore building violations.
Incarcerated people with disabilities detail a labyrinth of humiliations in prison.
The Albany Criminal Court issued a criminal summons charging Cuomo with a Class A misdemeanor.
Circumventing a law designed to close the so-called LLC loophole, donors to campaigns across the state are using multiple companies to give far over the $5,000 cap.
New York’s prison agency is interpreting key provisions of a landmark parole reform law to keep more people locked up. A lead sponsor of the legislation calls it “appalling.”
Democrats immediately said they would appeal the decision.
After New York Focus reported on illegal contributions to candidate Russell Squire, his campaign announced it would return the money.
The deal has been two years in the making, but it’s been a secret for most of that time.
A one-year extension could be the prison contractor’s last, ending a 15-year run.
A case challenging High Acres landfill leaves the fate of the so-called “green amendment” with New York’s courts.