New York City is supposedly deploying “weapons detectors” in select subway stations today. When we first reported in May 2022 that Mayor Eric Adams was considering deploying advanced body scanners in ...

Statewide diversion courts could keep thousands out of jail, but they'll need more investments in treatment to succeed.

Reporting from New York Focus last year found that the project would save drivers six minutes max, at a cost of $1.3 billion.

Johnson was one of roughly 1,600 women to sue the state under the Adult Survivors Act alleging they were sexually assaulted ...

It’s been on New York’s agenda for well over a decade. And, once again, it’s coming down to a last-minute battle in the final days of the legislative session. The proposal is to slash the amount of ...

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Sign up for Staying Focused, our daily newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. A surprise move by the Trump administration could result in ...

Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and "The Seven ...

Some immigrants held in county jails are struggling to access legal advice, phone calls, and even their own court hearings.

In theory, the process that determines your energy bills plays out in public, through innumerable documents and comments posted online and hearings that are open to all. In practice, watchdogs say, ...