A proposal from state Senator Andrew Gounardes would send some new parents $1,800 in the third trimester of pregnancy.

The major provisions of New York’s 2021 budget.

With $750 million from the federal government, Albany asked New Yorkers in 2013 to decide how to protect their communities from future storms. Planning participants say their projects have stalled.

A comprehensive tracker of the issues at stake in New York’s budget.

An organizer for the Freelance Solidarity Project describes how getting a bill passed through Albany takes “running into a brick wall repeatedly, waiting for a tiny crack to show.”

Governor Hochul’s pick to replace the resigning Court of Appeals Chief Judge could break up the conservative bloc that controls the court—or entrench it.

Downstate turnout could decide the governor’s race. The Brooklyn Democratic Party is mounting almost no campaign effort.

The governor has three weeks and 265 potential laws to consider. New York Focus compiled them all.

LaSalle’s leadership could restore the conservative majority that dominated the court under Janet DiFiore.

Governor Kathy Hochul signed a record number of bills last year — but rejected 165 others, wielding her veto pen with newfound vigor.