The Senate and Assembly budget proposals included most of the governor’s ambitious child care plans — but lawmakers have other ideas for Foundation Aid.

Senate and Assembly budget proposals would leave New Yorkers at risk of losing their benefits from federal cuts.

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Amid a crisis in the state’s prison system, the governor’s and legislature’s budget proposals differ, but largely lack major reforms.

The Senate and Assembly are resisting Hochul’s push to relax New York’s emissions targets and are instead pressing for renewed clean energy funding.

Measures to speed up housing construction and incentivize the repair of affordable housing are gaining momentum in the state budget process, but the state Assembly could be the holdout. In January, ...

The legislature left the climate law untouched for now, but Governor Kathy Hochul could still push for changes in coming weeks.

The Senate and Assembly’s budget proposals include many of the mayor’s desired revenue-raisers and give the city a larger cut of state funds.

Two women have died by suicide and a third from cancer at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, the reporting found.

When Mariel Posner’s daughter was born three years ago, the New York City pre-K teacher faced a difficult decision: devote nearly half her salary to child care, as she’d done with her older son, or ...

This week’s death, which incarcerated people and advocates described as a suicide, comes at a time of turmoil in the facility ...

A bill introduced by Assemblymember Anna Kelles aims to harness home batteries, electric vehicles, and other clean tech to ...