Rochester’s all-civilian Police Accountability Board has had a rough go of it. After facing years of intense opposition from ...

New York’s farm labor law was meant to transform life for agricultural workers. One apple farm shows how hard that may be.

The Reporters’ Notebook features bite-sized stories and updates from New York Focus reporters on the topics they cover. Over the past three months, New York Focus has reported extensively on the New ...

Labor unions and business lobbyists successfully convinced Governor Kathy Hochul to pay off New York’s $6.2 billion unemployment insurance debt — and boost unemployment benefits for the first time in ...

Those days appear to be over for New Yorkers. The 2025 state budget, which the legislature is expected to finalize within days, includes a new law requiring companies to offer easy cancellation ...

The state budget approved by legislators this week gives $350 million in additional funding to help New York City continue providing child care vouchers to low-income families — if the city throws in ...

A New York City district attorney gave inaccurate testimony about one of the state’s most contentious political issues during a February legislative hearing, according to court documents recently ...

Tens of thousands of New York City families will soon lose financial assistance to pay for child care unless the state substantially increases funding for the program. Vouchers cover almost the entire ...

As Washington has gutted federal support for a wide array of social services, New York state’s budget has seemingly moved forward in a vacuum. That has been by design, according to Governor Kathy ...