New Yorkers will pay more for wind and solar if Hochul doesn’t sign property tax legislation in the coming days, the industry ...

Federal budget cuts will force hundreds of thousands off New York's free Essential Plan, with some families facing $10,000 ...

In at least one case, police may have violated a state court ruling prohibiting local law enforcement from conducting civil ...

Just last month, the state argued in court that it couldn’t halt the all-electric buildings law even if it wanted to. Then it ...

The conservative Democrat is sounding more like her progressive colleagues as she tries to protect immigrant constituents ...

The ruling allows young immigrants who have suffered abuse and neglect to apply for protections from deportation — at least ...

The Reporters’ Notebook features bite-sized stories and updates from New York Focus reporters on the topics they cover. Over the past week, more than a dozen business interests have joined National ...

Baba Ndanani has lived in one of New York City’s most flood-prone neighborhoods for more than 20 years. His two-story home in the coastal, majority-Black community of Edgemere, Queens sits directly ...

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Mayor Adams's flagship tech project has run up a $100 million tab over two and a half years, using dozens of private contractors chosen through methods that avoid oversight and public bidding ...

If you live in New York City, get ready for a big electric bill this month. Behind the spike is a little-known, deeply bureaucratic process: Meet the “rate case.” It’s a long, winding, technical ...