Oswego County Democrats are fielding 17 candidates to flip the Republican-led county legislature, fueled by anger at Trump ...

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

New York consists of 62 counties. The five counties that make up New York City (also known as boroughs) surrendered their ...

Muhssia King’s unsolved killing raises questions about what authorities did to protect a key witness in a Rockland County ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. Governor Kathy Hochul had to refund millions of dollars after her ...

The head of New York’s Democratic Party filed a complaint last week asking the state elections watchdog to investigate Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman’s campaign due to errors with ...

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