In a surprise move Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed legislation that would ban New York cities and counties from entering into certain contracts with federal immigration authorities.

“They’re doing ICE’s job instead of focusing on their own job,” Hochul said, referring to local police who perform immigration enforcement on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The announcement marked a significant shift in the governor’s stance on protections for immigrants. Last week, she declined to support comprehensive sanctuary legislation, saying that New York’s current patchwork of policies are “working.”

What would Hochul’s proposal change, and how does it differ from other proposed legislation? Here’s what you need to know.

A major Manhattan landlord that could stand to benefit from the reconstruction of Penn Station has a stake in one of the three proposals being considered by President Donald Trump’s administration to remake the rail hub.

New York state may soon guarantee homeless families placed in hotels the same services as those in shelters, including help finding housing, meals and child care.

The proposal from the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance follows a New York Focus and ProPublica investigation that found hotels have become the state’s predominant response to homelessness outside of New York City. Counties had placed tens of thousands of adults and children in often-dilapidated hotels, the investigation found, and many people have been cut off from the services promised by the shelter system.

The proposed regulations, published Wednesday, will go through a 60-day public comment period before OTDA, which oversees county social services offices, decides whether to adopt, change or drop them. Each county would be required to submit plans for delivering the support services as soon as the rules are adopted. Counties would also have to enforce limits on overcrowding and ensure that children don’t have to share beds with adults.

An investigator with the New York State Police helped get a friend’s traffic tickets reduced “in exchange” for her sexually explicit photos, according to a disciplinary letter from 2017.

Another stunned a combative suspect with his Taser in 2020 and held down the trigger for 33 seconds, twice the amount of time widely considered dangerous and potentially fatal.

Some officers with the agency neglected their duties; others had sex while on duty. Some used their badges to elicit favors; others to settle personal scores. Some failed to call for medical aid when needed; others lied in police reports.

The circumstances of any case of officer misconduct vary. Still, most large police agencies in New York State thoroughly outline steps to be taken in their investigative processes and have explicit disciplinary guidelines that recommend specific punishments — in some cases, even firing — for these types of offenses.