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The mayor may delay his executive budget proposal while he awaits billions of dollars in potential Albany aid.
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By Nick Garber
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A current policy allows New York state workers’ comp insurers to pre-deny medical procedures that aren’t on an authorized list. Photos: Yuri Arcurs/People Images; Africa Images; Kamitana_studio/Canva | Illustration: Leor Stylar
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160,000 injured New Yorkers seek workers’ compensation each year — but in recent years, regulators have tilted the scales towards employers and insurers.
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By Maxwell Parrott
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John Kaehny, executive director of Reinvent Albany, called the deal the largest per-job subsidy of its kind. Phot: Courtesy of John Kaehny | Illustration: New York Focus
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The leader of Reinvent Albany discusses a data center subsidy in Rockland County that flew under the radar for years.
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By Sam Mellins
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Faced with possible yearslong detentions while waiting out the legal process, thousands of people arrested by ICE in New York have asked a judge to allow them to abandon their immigration cases. Photos: Broome County; Raffi Asdourian/Flickr; Jim Henderson/Wikimedia Commons | Illustration: New York Focus
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Twenty-two percent of people arrested by ICE in New York state during Trump’s second term have left the country voluntarily — up from less than 1 percent under Biden.
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By Liv Veazey
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The Rockland County Industrial Development Agency has approved a nearly $77 million proposed tax break for the expansion of a JPMorganChase data center in Orangeburg, NY. Aerial image: Google Earth; Money background: Ale-ks/Getty Images | Illustration: New York Focus
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No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
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By Colin Kinniburgh
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