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The State Budget is Late. Now Mamdani’s Might Be, Too

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani may delay his executive budget proposal while he awaits billions of dollars in potential ...
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Inside The Long Retreat of Workers’ Compensation in New York

New Yorkers seek workers’ compensation each year — but in recent years, regulators have tilted the scales towards employers ...
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This Data Center Is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job

No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
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$77 Million for a Single Job: A Q&A with Subsidies Expert John Kaehny

Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. On Monday, New York Focus reported that banking giant JPMorganChase ...
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Watchdog Calls on State to Address Youth Prison Crisis, Citing New York Focus Reporting

A citizen oversight panel is pressuring the state to improve conditions in its youth prisons in response to New York Focus ...
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Hochul Pushes Mamdani to Slow Spending in Exchange for Aid

The governor has asked for cost-cutting plans on pricey housing vouchers and public school programs, sources say.
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How the New York State Budget Works

Each spring, Albany lawmakers decide how to spend hundreds of billions in public money in the state’s famously opaque budget ...
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New York Is Funding Private Equity’s Real Estate Buying Spree

Real estate investments are nothing new for New York’s pension fund, which controls nearly $300 billion. The state has about ...
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Senate Dems’ Leader Defends Judiciary Chair, Despite Long Record of Botched Cases

Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says she sees "no reason" to remove Senator Luis Sepúlveda as judiciary chair.