A campaign group run by New York’s business lobby and backed by the American Chemistry Council failed to submit copies of ...

New York Focus and Hell Gate, a worker-owned publication covering NYC news and culture, have teamed up to present an evening ...

The Trump administration has dealt a blow to the state’s food bank network, which supports around 3 million New Yorkers.

Before 2021, the state legislature would appropriate about $18 million a year to chip away at the queue. That money got ...

The state budget, finalized this week, increased the spending requirement on the city for the first time since the 1990s.

Nearly four months after Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled her proposed budget, lawmakers yesterday passed a $254 billion final agreement — after having just a few days to comb through thousands of pages ...

At Medina Junior-Senior High School, where Joe Byrne teaches 8th grade social studies, cellphones had become a problem: Kids came to school anxious, depressed, and altogether distracted by the devices ...

As Washington has gutted federal support for a wide array of social services, New York state’s budget has seemingly moved forward in a vacuum. That has been by design, according to Governor Kathy ...

It’s often said that a budget is a declaration of values. So how much do New York lawmakers value fighting climate change? About 0.4 percent, according to the newly approved state budget. For the ...

Leor Stylar is the editorial and operations associate at New York Focus, where they assist with editorial production and support the newsroom’s daily operations. They previously provided editorial ...