New York is a large and complicated state. We are home to nearly 20 million people – the fourth-most populous state in the ...

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

The budget is the state’s plan for how it will spend its money over the next year. It comprises thousands of pages of dense ...

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 ...

New York Focus investigates the politicians, lobbyists, and monied interests that drive state policy around the state. But we ...

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 ...

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

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

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