New York Focus

10/06/2025

Learn the income thresholds, deadlines, and free support services that help New Yorkers shave down or sometimes completely erase medical debt.

10/06/2025

The Legislative Correspondents Alumni Association recognized Chris Gelardi with its award for the year’s best state government reporting — the second year in a row that Focus has earned the honor.

The Legislative Correspondents Alumni Association recognized Chris Gelardi with its award for the year’s best state government reporting — the second year…

10/06/2025

Collectors claim they serve people who don't exist, yet regulators rarely bar repeat offenders from the industry.

06/06/2025

State officials said they needed more time for “stakeholder engagement” on cap and invest. But groups involved with the program have gotten crickets.

05/06/2025

An expert calls the six-figure haul “extraordinary” for an unpaid party seat whose powers are picking judges, poll workers, and party officers.

04/06/2025

Half of sovereign bonds are issued under New York state law, giving Albany lawmakers the power to shape how countries around the world face off with creditors.

Half of sovereign bonds are issued under New York law, giving Albany the power to shape how countries face off with creditors.

30/05/2025

As courts buckle under hundreds of thousands of unresolved cases, a quiet fight is erupting in Albany over how — and where — to add more judges.

29/05/2025

From nursing homes to Planned Parenthood clinics, rural health care in Upstate New York could collapse under proposed Republican budget changes.

29/05/2025

The chemical industry is pushing to replace a sweeping plastics bill with a more business-friendly alternative.

28/05/2025

Previously unpublished photos and video show how protesters set up encampments, burned police vehicles, and marched almost daily. Today, the NYPD operates much as it did before the movement.

Previously unpublished photos and video show how protesters set up encampments, burned police vehicles, and marched almost daily. Today, the NYPD operates…

28/05/2025

A Monroe County judge stripped the PAB of its power to investigate and report incidents of police misconduct.

27/05/2025

New York’s farm labor law was meant to transform life for agricultural workers. One apple farm shows how hard that may be.