Reporting from New York Focus last year found that the project would save drivers six minutes max, at a cost of $1.3 billion.

Johnson was one of roughly 1,600 women to sue the state under the Adult Survivors Act alleging they were sexually assaulted ...

Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and "The Seven ...

Some immigrants held in county jails are struggling to access legal advice, phone calls, and even their own court hearings.

Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on New York politics. When Pamela Brown found out that her lawyer had been indicted for ...

In theory, the process that determines your energy bills plays out in public, through innumerable documents and comments posted online and hearings that are open to all. In practice, watchdogs say, ...

Update: February 26, 2025 — On Tuesday, the Department of State posted a draft code update that includes the all-electric requirements laid out in the 2023 law. The Code Council is set to vote Friday, ...

On Tuesday, the New York City Council held an emergency oversight hearing in response to New York Focus reporting that the police department had covertly used a free internet program to gain real-time ...

In one of his first acts as an officially lame duck mayor, Eric Adams announced on Monday that he’s extending a controversial tech program well into his successor’s tenure — just a day before four ...

Jie Jenny Zou covers social services and public benefits for New York Focus. She previously worked as an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times and the Center for Public Integrity where she ...