NEW: The federal case against Eric Adams shows how candidates may exploit the way NYC's political campaigns are funded with taxpayer dollars. After the explosive allegations, a number of reforms are getting a closer look. nysfocus.com/2024/10/07/e...
After the explosive allegations against the mayor, a number of protections and reforms are now getting a closer look.
NEW: In the last month, Eric Adams and Linda Sun, a former aide to Kathy Hochul, have been accused of accepting payoffs from foreign governments. Why would overseas actors target local officials who have no authority over foreign policy? nysfocus.com/2024/10/04/e...
Foreign governments have long courted local officials. Prosecutors are starting to go after them.
Vice presidential candidates J.D. Vance and Tim Walz were asked about their approach to the child care shortage at last night's’s debate. Here’s how the lapse in federal funding is impacting New Yorkers: nysfocus.com/2024/10/01/c...
Nearly half of the state’s child care providers have raised tuition and a third have lost staff, a new report found.
NEW: A third of New York childcare providers lost workers in the past year after federal pandemic aid for the industry lapsed. Childcare advocates say the poorly paid workforce is in need of a major investment from the state. nysfocus.com/2024/10/01/c...
Nearly half of the state’s child care providers have raised tuition and a third have lost staff, a new report found.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is one of the few people who can force Mayor Eric Adams out of office. The two have long hailed their partnership, and their focus on public safety has kept them close. Here's a timeline of their relationship: nysfocus.com/2024/09/26/e...
The mayor and governor have long hailed their partnership. Will it survive federal corruption charges?
NEW: Eric Adams brushed off any suggestion that he resign after he became the first sitting mayor in over 150 years to face criminal charges. Governor Kathy Hochul could force him from office. Will she do that to her friend? nysfocus.com/2024/09/26/e...
The mayor and governor have long hailed their partnership. Will it survive federal corruption charges?
NEW: A jailhouse lawyer incarcerated at New York's only maximum-security women's prison details how the prison system has circumvented both the spirit and the letter of the solitary confinement law. nysfocus.com/2024/09/25/h...
A landmark reform law was meant to overhaul carceral punishment in New York. Getting prisons to follow it has been an uphill battle.
NEW: Kathy Hochul wants to spend $1.3 billion to expand a highway. Her transportation department says it would shave only a few minutes off travel times. nysfocus.com/2024/09/24/r...
As the state's plans to get New Yorkers out of their cars stall, Governor Hochul is championing a highway expansion plan in the Hudson Valley.
The Citizens Budget Commission wanted the governor to halt an annual $500 million real estate tax break so a study of its effectiveness could be completed. On Friday, Kathy Hochul signed onto its renewal. nysfocus.com/2024/08/13/c...
The Citizens Budget Commission wants the governor to halt a just-passed extension of the Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program so a study of the…
NEW: What's the problem with New York's Board of Parole? It has no clear mission, its decisions are too discretionary, and its members are overworked. That's what one former commissioner and criminal justice reform advocate told New York Focus. nysfocus.com/2024/09/20/p...
Carol Shapiro spent two years trying to reform the state Board of Parole. Little has changed.