New Yorkers across the state describe how sweeping federal cuts to Medicaid and food assistance could derail their lives.

At least a third of New York counties told the Legal Action Center that they currently provide some form of Medicaid ...

The prison agency has suspended solitary confinement restrictions since a corrections officers strike in February.

Four farms upstate won't sign or follow contracts awarded by state-appointed arbitrators after bargaining stalled.

Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from ...

Mamdani’s plans for universal child care, fare-free transit, and affordable housing rely on Albany getting on board.

Social services agencies across the state now place nearly half of all individuals and families seeking shelter in hotels, leaving people ...

Joel Jacobs is a data reporter at ProPublica. Previously, he was a data reporter on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s ...

Wrangling over a major bill to cut packaging waste continued until the final hours of the legislative session, ...

Sierra Johnson is one of nearly 1,600 women who filed claims under the Adult Survivors Act alleging sexual abuse in state ...

Last spring, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli — the steward of the state’s $273 billion pension fund — announced a policy to ...

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