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Hochul Could Try to Change New York’s Emissions Math Again. Here’s Why It Matters.

In a marathon hearing on Wednesday, New York’s top energy and environmental officials hinted that Governor Kathy Hochul could ...
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New York Homeless Families Placed in Hotels Weren’t Guaranteed Social Services. New Regulations Could Change That.

The proposal follows a New York Focus and ProPublica investigation that found counties had placed thousands of adults and ...
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Five Questions for New York’s Education Leaders

The state’s top education officials head to the hot seat Thursday for a lengthy budget hearing. Here are some questions we’d ...
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The Catch-22 Keeping New Yorkers Stuck in Prison

Nine months after the prison guard strike, incarcerated people are being denied early release after not completing ...
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Meet Our Newest Reporters and Editors

Nick Garber joins New York Focus as a politics reporter. He previously worked for Crain’s New York Business, where he covered ...
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Three Questions for New York’s Climate and Energy Leaders

Lawmakers will be grilling top state energy and environmental officials Wednesday in a marathon budget hearing. Here are some of the questions we’d ask.
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Loose Rules Let State Police Hand Out Lax Penalties for Serious Misconduct

An investigator with the New York State Police helped get a friend’s traffic tickets reduced “in exchange” for her sexually explicit photos, according to a disciplinary letter from 2017. Another ...
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