With a hearing on New York’s troubled home care program set for Thursday, here are five questions we’d like answered.| New York Focus
The New York City mayor made the claim during a press conference in late July.| New York Focus
Frank Seddio is representing Jules Parisien in over 500 cases — despite the physician's history of insurance fraud allegations.| New York Focus
Whether legislators should return to Albany this year to tackle historic cuts to Medicaid and food assistance has become a thorny political question.| New York Focus
Fraud and falsehoods often don’t stop debt collectors from pursuing their targets for years.| New York Focus
First-time offenders might receive community service, but penalties may be severe.| New York Focus
Big Apple Connect, the mayor’s flagship free internet service for public housing residents, is quietly being used to expand the NYPD’s real-time, remote…| New York Focus
There were 351 shooting incidents, 413 shooting victims, and 149 murders during the first half of the year.| New York Focus
Public comments are closing soon for an underwater pipeline project that sprang back to life this spring after talks between Hochul and Trump.| New York Focus
There are 1,500 families on the program waitlist in New York City alone, new state data shows.| New York Focus
Poverty rates among New York’s aging population are rising as the federal government pares back support for longstanding social service programs.| New York Focus
New York school districts are budgeted to spend $89 billion on public education in the 2024–25 school year.| New York Focus
Short-staffed since a strike this winter, the prison system is keeping people locked in their boiling cells and dorms for upwards of 21 hours a day.| New York Focus
The Adams administration is using its flagship broadband program to give police real-time access to NYCHA camera feeds — without telling anyone.| New York Focus
The judge suggested he'll rule that the state is violating its climate law.| New York Focus
Building nuclear will test whether New York state is still capable of constructing megaprojects as it has done in the past.| New York Focus
As environmental justice groups seek to compel the state to follow its climate law, the Hochul administration is set to argue that it deserves a pass.| New York Focus
Attyx, formerly known as SUNCo, is set to lose its license to operate in the state over what regulators called “false and misleading” sales pitches.| New York Focus
The prison agency's security ranks are 4,700 corrections officers and sergeants short of what it says it needs to run every program and housing area…| New York Focus
Empower+ helps thousands of New Yorkers afford energy efficiency upgrades. The state is planning to slash funding by nearly two-thirds in two years.| New York Focus
Trump’s megabill gives wind and solar companies one year to put as many shovels in the ground as possible. They want New York officials to help.| New York Focus
Efforts have stalled and now face an uphill battle under the Trump administration.| New York Focus
The prison agency has suspended solitary confinement restrictions since a corrections officers strike in February.| New York Focus
Sierra Johnson is one of nearly 1,600 women who filed claims under the Adult Survivors Act alleging sexual abuse in state prisons.| New York Focus
The bill package will now head to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk, and she could either sign, veto, or scale it back through amendments to the legislation.| New York Focus
Nonprofit hospitals are required to help those struggling with medical debt, but critics say their policies are poorly advertised and underutilized.| New York Focus
Documents show that six county sheriffs’ offices and two state agencies have recently included excited delirium in their training.| New York Focus
Learn the income thresholds, deadlines, and free support services that help New Yorkers shave down or sometimes completely erase medical debt.| New York Focus
The Legislative Correspondents Alumni Association recognized Chris Gelardi with its award for the year’s best state government reporting — the second year…| New York Focus
Julia Rock is a reporter for New York Focus. She was previously an investigative reporter at The Lever.| New York Focus
Sam Mellins is senior reporter at New York Focus, which he has been a part of since launch day. His reporting has also appeared in The San Francisco…| New York Focus