New York state’s 2.7 million students may soon have access to free school breakfast and lunch if a proposal by Governor Kathy Hochul makes it through this session’s budget negotiations. “It pains me ...

The change was among a handful of eleventh-hour tweaks to Hochul’s policy briefing book.

It looked like 2025 could be a tipping point for climate action in New York. Instead, the governor is backtracking on key ...

The reform law dictates that judges should only dismiss cases for discovery reasons if a prosecutor fails to exercise “due ...

The Reporters’ Notebook features bite-sized stories and updates from New York Focus reporters on the topics they cover. It’s ...

The governor wants to rein in drug prices — by importing them from Canada. Abortion rights were a major focus of New York ...

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

Hochul is pushing an array of financial incentives to tackle the state’s housing crisis. But will they make a dent?

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

The self-proclaimed “first mom governor” proposed increasing the state’s child tax credit, tripling the maximum amount that ...

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