New York’s biggest upstate cities are making room for bikes. Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany — three of which are ...

Nearly 80 public water systems across the state — from Long Island to the Adirondacks — are tainted by toxins over state limits, our analysis found.

Queens lawmakers are joining Resorts World’s push, saying the casino expansion could otherwise collapse. Governor Hochul ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is canceling a contract with T-Mobile to hook up New York City public school students’ laptops with cell service. The contract would have cost well over $100 million over the next ...

Three takeaways from our reporting on Operation Stonegarden, a federal program that links local police to Border Patrol.

Teachers in New York schools are shifting from novels to excerpts to prep students for state exams and accommodate lower ...

New York counties face more than $1 billion in added SNAP costs as federal funding falls, potentially forcing property tax hikes or service cuts.

Governor Hochul has touted a new law that bans New York police from formally partnering with ICE to conduct immigration arrests. A little-known program still pays deputies to help Border Patrol detain ...

Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. A coalition seeking to overhaul the Brooklyn Democratic Party is “very ...

Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. When New York Focus learned that the leaders of an obscure, Long Island ...