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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro diverted highway funding to public transit. Hochul has so far declined to take that move. Images: Offices of Governors Kathy Hochul, Josh Shapiro | Illustration: New York Focus
New York has a little-noticed tool to shift billions of highway dollars to climate-friendly public transit projects. The governor doesn’t seem interested.
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The Court of Appeals, New York’s top court, meets just down the street from the state Capitol in Albany. Photo: wadester16 / Flickr | Illustration: NY Focus
Home care agencies need only pay aides for 13 hours of their 24-hour shifts under the law, provided the workers have three hour-long meal breaks and at least five hours of uninterrupted sleep. Photos: Anna Shvets and RDNE Stock Project / Pexels | Illustration: Leor Stylar