New York Focus reporter Chris Gelardi reflects on the criminal justice reporting that shined light on overlooked agencies and shady practices in 2024.
A newly obtained document sheds light on how the disavowed diagnosis infiltrated the Rochester Police Department before Prude’s death.
New York Focus climate reporter Colin Kinniburgh reflects on his environmental coverage over the past year and what’s coming on the beat in 2025.
The state is due to unveil a “cap and invest” program — its biggest effort yet to fund climate initiatives. But fears about hiking prices may limit its scope.
Brandon Bishunauth is an unlikely candidate to pick a fight with a bastion of old-time machine politics.
One hundred and twenty-four laws that almost were.
Here are the major findings from a months-long investigation into what allegedly takes place inside the Queens Supreme Courthouse.
Updates about an increase in emissions, violence within New York’s prison system, and a breakup of two nonprofits over cannabis in NYC.
New York’s plan to put a price on carbon could arrive in 2025. Here’s how it would work.
Our team will be descending upon Albany on Tuesday. Here’s what they’ll be watching.
Hochul is pushing an array of financial incentives to tackle the state’s housing crisis. But will they make a dent?
Among her many health-related proposals, the governor wants to rein in drug prices — possibly by importing them from Canada.
The governor also wants to make some community college programs free. But she didn’t touch the thorniest issue: the school funding formula.
It looked like 2025 could be a tipping point for climate action in New York. Instead, the governor is backtracking on key parts of her agenda.
After years of targeting bail, the governor is proposing changes to New York’s 2019 discovery reform law.
Hochul says she has a plan to make New York affordable, through tax cuts and payments to families.
In the last three years, New York has become the sports betting capital of the US.
The change was among a handful of eleventh-hour tweaks to Hochul’s policy briefing book.
The Bronx Community Foundation spent almost none of the funds it raised for victims of the 2022 Twin Parks apartment fire.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to halt all new approvals for offshore wind, which New York is counting on to meet climate law targets.