City leaders have awarded a contract to provide city retirees private Medicare-like insurance to a corporate coalition termed “The Alliance.” Former public workers worry their coverage may change.
With thousands of officers not coming into work, incarcerated people aren’t getting escorted to their medical appointments, a New York Focus investigation finds.
And that’s still vastly short of what’s needed.
Not a single prosecutor appeared to have been disciplined for on-the-job misconduct in 2019. Even the state prosecutors association supports reforms.
New York is seen as a model - but it also shows the challenges of green public-private partnerships
The $115 million state contract for administering the program required a paper application. Without it, tenants who can’t access technology may be getting left behind.
New York’s new leader has pledged to improve access to public records – but hasn’t yet committed to the policy reforms transparency experts say are needed.
If concrete production were a country, it would be the world’s third largest carbon emitter. New York legislators want to clean it up.
Adrienne Harris has worked for over a dozen financial technology firms that Hochul would put her in charge of regulating.
With deep ties to both organized labor and the city’s business elite, Mayor Eric Adams will face tough tradeoffs on union contracts.
The city’s taxi agency has ignored drivers’ demands and proposed a plan that the comptroller warns ‘would spend more money to forgive less debt.’
Anthony Sims’ case shows the conflict of interest inherent in Conviction Review Units led by former prosecutors, critics say.
“We only ask, and the court sets the bail,” the president of the state prosecutors’ association said.
An analysis by New York Focus and Gothamist/WNYC reveals the judges who set bail most frequently, driving up the jail population as it entered crisis.
“Staff at OTDA seem to be ignoring the plain meaning of the law,” said Senate Housing Committee Chair Brian Kavanagh.
Tens of thousands of undocumented workers could be left out. Advocates are pushing to add more funds.
Many drivers will face financial ruin if the city cannot help them refinance their debts. Below are eleven of their stories.
A dispute between the prison agency and the independent prison monitoring organization has left lawyers and advocates wondering whether Gov. Hochul’s commitment to transparency will extend to state prisons.
Incarcerated New Yorkers pay some of the steepest rates for phone calls in the country, as high as $9.95 for a single 15-minute call.
Critics of New York City’s tax lien sales system say it encourages landlords to evict tenants and ignore building violations.