After years of studies and planning, New York finally appears poised to move ahead with its biggest effort to fund the ...

A NY Focus update about an increase in emissions, violence within the prison system, and a breakup of two nonprofits over ...

Here are the major findings from a months-long investigation into what allegedly takes place inside the Queens Supreme ...

NY Focus education reporter Bianca Fortis reflects on the most important education stories in New York this year.

When Governor Kathy Hochul took office in 2021, she didn’t want to pick fights with the legislature. She rejected less than 60 of the nearly 900 bills the legislature passed that year, the lowest veto ...

Chris Bragg, New York Focus’s Albany bureau chief, reflects on how even the most familiar topics brought new twists to his ...

New York Focus climate reporter Colin Kinniburgh reflects on his environmental coverage over the past year and what’s coming ...

As negotiations over the state budget reach a fever pitch in March, a visitor to the New York State Assembly offices might see something surprising: cots and sleeping bags. They’re evidence of a work ...

You haven’t heard of it, and your state senator might not have either. The Working Rules group helps determine the fate of hundreds of bills at the end of each legislative session. New York’s Equal ...

What killed Daniel Prude? The 41-year-old died in March 2020 after cops pinned him down during a drug-induced mental health crisis. For three minutes, Rochester police officers pressed Prude’s head ...

New York’s warehouse workers face higher injury rates than employees in any other sector. In recent years, they’ve been hurt more often and more severely than before, according to new federal data.

As Governor Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers prepare to head into budget season next month, they have a slate of new child poverty policies to consider. The Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council ...