A peek behind the curtain of how our reporters were able to analyze hundreds of pages of complicated budget documents ...

Tim Ruffinen, a spokesperson for Hochul’s budget team, said that the cut fits with the governor’s focus on affordability, ...

The governor’s proposal could leave 24 districts with less Foundation Aid than expected. The one-house budgets aim to fix ...

Nonprofits form the backbone of the state’s social service sector, and they may be getting some overdue relief in this year's ...

The budget plans set up a fight with Governor Kathy Hochul, who did not propose substantial new investments at all.

The legislature rejected Hochul’s central public safety policy priorities while embracing proposals to increase prison ...

There is one new climate item that the legislature has aligned on: solar tax credits. The current $5,000 credit for ...

If you live in Brooklyn, Buffalo, or Long Beach, you might have heard it lately: the clatter of jackhammers as utility ...

A unique element of the governor’s self-proclaimed “affordability agenda” is her idea of mailing checks of up to $500 ...

They got tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to defend Andrew Cuomo against scandal. Now, they’re helping fund his comeback.

A New York Focus investigation reveals how party officials and politically connected law firms continue to profit from ...

Former prison agency staff and newly released documents describe a patronage network centered on Commissioner Daniel ...