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Adama Bah, founder of Afrikana, opens her doors to migrants who need help navigating the immigration and shelter systems. Marco Postigo Storel
Migrants from Mauritania and Senegal were the most likely to receive eviction notices, but not the most populous groups in shelters, a New York Focus analysis found.
By Churchill Ndonwie

Have you or somebody you know applied to a Conviction Integrity or Conviction Review Unit in New York to fight a wrongful conviction?

New York Focus and Columbia Journalism Investigations are taking a look at how these units work—and we’d like to hear from you.
 
 
Kathy Hochul speaks after signing a package of bills to combat the opioid crisis in October 2021. Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
Hochul’s budget would level off funding for addiction treatment — and use opioid settlement funds to fill the gaps.
By Spencer Norris

After the worst year on record for overdose deaths in New York, Governor Kathy Hochul wants to level off investment in addiction treatment.

Under Hochul’s proposed financial plan, the total budget for the agency that orchestrates the state’s addiction treatment strategy would increase by 0.8 percent next year, then decline by 6.6 percent, or $66.3 million, by 2028.

This budgeting approach would offset addiction treatment costs with a controversial tactic: tapping into the state’s opioid settlement funds, the money recovered in court from opioid crisis profiteers.

Over the next few months, New York Focus reporters will be digging into the budget process, analyzing the state’s spending priorities and explaining what that will mean for New Yorkers across the state.

What do you want to know about the budget? Submit your budget related questions to New York Focus reporters.
 
 

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