No lawmaker will take credit for the proposal, but its quiet circulation has sparked fierce debate over state control of ...

The apparent conflict of interest extends to the highest levels of New York's court system, as the law clerk's father is the ...

Following New York Focus’s reporting, the state health department is moving to implement a law meant to boost kidney ...

Hochul's proposed rollbacks are one of the major sticking points in this year’s budget negotiations. One prosecutor’s support ...

Drastic cutbacks coupled with skyrocketing utility costs put seniors and other vulnerable households at greater risk for ...

Mental health providers are scrambling to prevent mass layoffs and program closures, leaving advocates urging state leaders ...

Environmentalists have long charged that New York is falling short of its climate mandates. Now, they’re taking the state to ...

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump’s administration fired its latest broadside at climate action: an executive order aimed at “protecting American energy from state overreach.” The order seeks ...

Residents of Sackets Harbor, a small New York town that looks at Canada across Lake Ontario, have been reeling since federal immigration enforcement agents raided a dairy farm there last month. Agents ...

“None of us asked to be born a certain way,” Kelly Metzgar, a transgender woman and executive director of the Adirondack ...

Governor Hochul’s budget allocates only a fraction of what the state Board of Regents suggested for three state-owned ...

A key fund that pays for New York City employees’ health benefits has run dry, opening up a $600 million hole in the city ...