Mamdani says our story from last week helped him decide to vote no on prop 6, read it here: nygroove.nyc/proposition-...

A late-night debut! New York Focus was featured on @lastweektonight.com's episode on gang databases. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlR8...

As Zohran Mamdani faces an onslaught of Islamophobia, Eric Adams' team told organizers of an event celebrating a far-right Hindu nationalist who has called for economic boycotts of Muslims that he would be their guest of honor.

Andrew Cuomo won 11 out of 13 majority-homeowner districts — but Mamdani swept the floor in renter-heavy areas, where turnout surged. nysfocus.com/2025/07/04/r...

Another excellent editor on our panel is Akash Mehta @akashmehta.bsky.social of NY Focus @nysfocus.bsky.social an “independent nonprofit newsroom investigating power in the Empire State” #SolutionsJournalism Good Local News Panel Info: www.mobilize.us/medi...#SolutionsJournalism3/6

NEW: Hotels and motels have quietly become New York’s most common solution for emergency shelter for homeless people outside NYC. Many stay in dilapidated rooms without the social services that shelters are required to provide. With @propublica.org and support from @economichardship.bsky.social.

Each year, New York pads its state budget with hundreds of millions of unclaimed dollars. But that money — now $20 billion! — is still owed to its original owners. Other states are more proactive in returning theirs, and a comptroller candidate wants to do the same. nysfocus.com/2025/06/18/w...

New York Focus has been awarded the Walter T. Brown Award for excellence in coverage of New York state government for the second year in a row 🤩 nysfocus.com/2025/06/10/n...

the most dangerous reporters in the state, I'm telling you

🚨New York just handed a major public contract to a health insurer with a history of lawsuits and unpaid claims. Our latest investigation shows who’s paying the price: home care workers and their doctors. The company’s own employees call the company’s practices “shitty” and “very disheartening.” 🧵

After a MASSIVE lift poring over thousands of pages of the NYS budget, the team at @nysfocus.bsky.social has put together this comprehensive budget guide. It's in-depth, searchable, and easy to understand — completely the opposite of how the state presents it. nysfocus.com/2025/05/10/n...

📰 Local And Vocal The green shoots that are breaking stories, winning awards, and reimagining journalism close to home. 🗣️ @roziebreen.bsky.social @akashmehta.bsky.social Andrew Lack, Geordie Greig 📆 Livestream 7 May: sirharrysummit.org/watch 🔗 Full agenda: tinyurl.com/322jwf8y #sirharrysummit

Important story from @nysfocus.bsky.social on how business and politics get done in New York State’s fourth largest city nysfocus.com/2025/04/30/y...

"Late in the budget process, we heard from families in NYC about a looming crisis, about the availability of child care vouchers. So we stepped in to address it." —@governor.ny.gov Proud of @juliarock.bsky.social for uncovering and repeatedly reporting on this, weeks before anyone else did.

NEW: As Trump’s administration rounds up hundreds of immigrants it claims are gang members, New York state police are quietly feeding him a 5,000 person gang database built on speculative criteria like tattoos and clothing.

As Trump rounds up immigrants and sends them to rot in El Salvador based on threadbare evidence of gang ties, the State Police are quietly feeding ICE a database of New Yorkers identified as gang members based on criteria like tattoos and clothing.

NEW: Residents of Sackets Harbor, NY were shocked after immigration authorities detained three children and their mother on a dairy farm. The incident highlighted just how much key industries upstate depend on workers with few paths to citizenship.

The son of a top New York judge is at the center of a controversy over an undisclosed romance. Meanwhile, the top state judge, Joseph Zayas, has himself appointed his son's girlfriend and boss to prestigious positions nysfocus.com/2025/04/09/n...

Officers recorded over 25,000 stops last year, a 50 percent increase over the previous year. Nine in ten people stopped by the NYPD last year were Black or Latino. --New from @nysfocus.bsky.social nysfocus.com/2025/04/02/n...

Former Comptroller calling on oversight agencies to investigate flagship Eric Adams tech project, following our story

SCOOP: Andrew Cuomo's campaign failed to disclose its bundlers, and set up fundraising webpages incorrectly telling donors that their gifts were eligible for public matching funds.

New: Cuomo failed to disclose lobbyists who fundraised for his mayoral bid nysfocus.com/2025/03/20/a... w/ @juliarock.bsky.social

Stunning scoop from Sam. Hochul’s home care plan has been subject to remarkable scrutiny — yet the company picked to take over insurance was founded by someone convicted of fraud, and has made millions helping home care companies get out of paying their workers benefits. nysfocus.com/2025/03/20/h...

NYC CTO Matt Fraser destroyed the city's digital service by declaring that Salesforce would abandon user research and build the "MyCity" platform faster and cheaper than city-employed developers. Three years and $100 million later, MyCity remains a mirage.

The current administration of New York City isn’t just corrupt. It’s also wildly incompetent. Here @nysfocus.bsky.social provides a perfect illustration of how that unspools. nysfocus.com/2025/03/19/m...

NEW: Over the past two and a half years, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has spent tens of millions of dollars building an online tool it says will transform all social services in New York City. Two years and $100 million later, the MyCity portal is a skeleton of what it was supposed to be.

Can @sengianaris.bsky.social or anyone else argue that this year's budget proposals represent the end of the days of incrementalism? Take child care. None of the proposals offers enough to keep thousands of kids from being kicked off vouchers next month, let alone to expand the program.

If you've read New York Focus in the last week, you know we're covering the $250 billion state budget negotiations closer than anyone. Today, we're publishing our overall guide to the battle, breaking down the executive, Senate, and Assembly proposals side-by-side. nysfocus.com/2025/03/17/n...

You might not have heard of it, but in dollar terms, this is by far the biggest fight in Albany this year. Julia explains the policy and the politics: nysfocus.com/2025/03/17/new-york-unemployment-benefits-funding

Stunning: @nycgovparks.org ghosted the Central Park Conservancy on the nonprofit's proposed $120 million gift to spiff up Wollman Rink. Now the Trump Organization is in line to take over (again). @gregbsmithnyc.bsky.social

Some "middle-class" tax cut. nysfocus.com/2025/03/14/hochul-middle-class-tax-cut

Again. Why I enjoy working here at @nysfocus.bsky.social . The one-house budgets came out on Tuesday. Here's what our team has produced ... 🧵

What's most startling to me is that Cuomo's lawyers are *continuing* to represent him, on taxpayer dime, while they fundraise for him. He is steering public money to them while they steer private money to him.

4,000 to 7,000 NYC kids are about to be kicked off child care each month, starting in April. Hochul and the legislature aren't offering enough money to avert that outcome. The relevant city agency is begging for $, but Eric Adams won't say if he's asking Albany for it. nysfocus.com/2025/03/12/c...

Andrew Cuomo's publicly-funded private defense lawyers are throwing him a fundraiser. Two of them are representing him in an ongoing sexual harassment case, meaning that taxpayers will continue to pay their bills on Cuomo’s behalf while they fundraise for him. nysfocus.com/2025/03/11/a...

Political parties select judges, and judges hand out lucrative court gigs, so law firms "associated" with party chairs aren't allowed to get the gigs. Abrams Fensterman got many gigs — and paid Brooklyn boss Frank Seddio $100K/year. You tell us, were they "associated"? nysfocus.com/2025/03/05/n...

*New investigation: Striking guards and prisoners rights activists alike have called for the ouster of New York’s prison commissioner. A year and a half of reporting reveals how Daniel Martuscello III, his family, and their patronage network rose to power. nysfocus.com/2025/03/03/d...

4,000 to 7000 kids in New York City are set to be kicked off child care assistance every month, starting as soon as April, according to documents obtained by @juliarock.bsky.social. The city is pleading with Albany for more money to avert the cliff. nysfocus.com/2025/02/28/n...

You've seen the ads slamming Hochul for moving New York's sprawling home care system to a single "fiscal intermediary." Turns out they're bankrolled by their own intermediary — a shadowy nonprofit that hides the real source of funds, skirting campaign finance law. nysfocus.com/2025/02/04/h...

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I’m in Albany for the year’s big climate confab, the joint legislative budget hearing on energy and environment. Agency heads and advocates will be testifying to legislators all day. Will post updates here

NEW: After the devastating Twin Parks fire in the Bronx, the Bronx Community Foundation raised over $400,000 for victims. Almost none of it was spent.

We are thrilled to welcome @jiejennyzou.bsky.social on her first day as social services reporter. Jenny is a Brooklyn native and brings a decade of experience using public records and data analysis in her accountability reporting. Follow her and send tips: [email protected].

@colinreports.bsky.social and @nysfocus.bsky.social are true gems in covering NY's path to a clean energy future, and the last minute pull backs from our Governor.

This is a very informative explainer from @colinreports.bsky.social on everything we know so far about how New York's cap and invest policy is shaping up. nysfocus.com/2025/01/10/c...

State Sen. @jessicaramosqns.bsky.social, one of the more progressive candidates running for NYC mayor, calls for raising the starting salary of NYPD officers. nyeditorialboard.substack.com/p/jessica-ra...

Jessica Ramos threads the needle on zoning in latest NY Ed Board interview. Told us she supports eliminating parking minimums and building more housing near train stations — but also supported Council's amendments to the City of Yes, which scaled back both those things. substack.com/home/post/p-...