Leslye Oquendo-Thomas lost the primary by four votes. Now she’s taking on Spano-backed Democrat Wilson Terrero on the Working ...

Metadata shows that Working Families Party candidate Thomas Kenny's website was created by a campaign aide for Allen Caruso.

New York approved thermal energy network pilots in Buffalo and Haverstraw but rejected nine others over concerns about costs.

A new trove of New York State Police disciplinary records reveals light penalties for credible domestic violence allegations ...

Last month, New York City Public Schools announced a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative artificial intelligence through eighth grade — making it the highest-profile example of a school ...

Who will run New York for the next four years? Governor Kathy Hochul, the incumbent Democrat, is seeking her second full term against Republican Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, in what ...

Using an exemption to a 2012 law, the Partnership for New York City has revealed the names of donors to its political arm, but not the amount each gave. New York Focus is a nonprofit, nonpartisan ...

Nick Garber covers politics for New York Focus. He previously worked for Crain’s New York Business, where he covered city and state government, housing and real estate, and money in politics. He also ...

The people waiting to see Immigration Judge Laurie Samuels inside a Manhattan courtroom filled the waiting area and spilled out into the hallway, forming a line that stretched around the corner. Some ...

Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to take a swing at one of New York City’s ...

Relief is coming to New York gas customers. Or is it? In May, National Grid filed an unusual proposal with the state’s utility regulator, the Public Service Commission, promising to “freeze” gas rates ...

Government identification, heart and respiratory medications, food, bedding, winter clothing, toiletries, civil partnership paperwork, and a computer. These are among the personal items unsheltered ...