NEW: The full New York state budget is in. Here's where things landed on tenant's rights, school aid, Medicaid spending, hate crimes, and much more.

Bookmark this page and check back for updates!
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Worthy effort here. Good for New York Focus, a small, accountability-oriented newsroom, and Common Cause New York

NEW: This week, the Assembly rejected a landmark plan to help transition New York away from fossil fuels.

Sources say the chamber didn't even discuss the plan in detail during budget negotiations. nysfocus.com/2024/04/19/new…

Assembly leaders have so far given no explanation of why they rejected the biggest climate item in this year’s budget, which the governor and Senate both pushed for.

New w/ Julia Rock: nysfocus.com/2024/04/19/new…

NEW: Many laborers in New York are supposed to get paid weekly — and they can sue their bosses if they don't.

Governor Kathy Hochul's budget proposal, now in late stage negotiations, would make it harder to enforce that right.

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Update: After this story was published, the ethics commission released unredacted versions of its conflict of interest forms. Read them here:

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New York's ethics commission released its conflict of interest forms under open records law — and redacted every entry from every commissioner.

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Charged with regulating conflict of interests, New York's ethics commission is hiding its own -- a policy running afoul of the open records law, according to an opinion issued Tuesday nysfocus.com/2024/04/17/eth…

A little discussed but key feature of this year's state budget: a potential overhaul of New York's strikingly weak consumer protection laws.

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NEW: Scammed in New York? You can't sue over unfair business practices unless you can prove you weren't the only one affected. We're one of only six states with the rule.

Here's how the state budget may change that — or leave it intact.

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'The eviction policy has affected migrants from Mauritania and Senegal most negatively, according to an analysis by New York Focus.

Migrants from the two African countries received 44 percent and 32 percent, respectively, of about 14,000 notices.'
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NEW: An investigation by a team reporting for MuckRock and New York Focus uncovered disciplinary files on homeless shelter 'peace officers' who abuse the residents they're supposed to protect.

Read their files, and our investigation, here:

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NEW: An investigation by a team of journalists reporting for MuckRock and New York Focus offers a first-of-its-kind look at how “peace officers” assigned to New York City’s homeless shelters are held accountable — and how long their behavior can go unchecked. muckrock.com/news/archives/…

New, from me, Annika Grosser & Sanjana Bhambhani, for MuckRock and New York Focus:

(This the first in a series of articles based on tens of thousands of pages of police disciplinary files we’ve obtained):

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NEW: Hochul’s proposed Medicaid cuts include $125 million from Health Homes, a program that connects the neediest New Yorkers with medical care.

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Friends, rivals, and sources: New York Focus is in town to cover budget negotiations, and we want to say hi to you!

Come meet our staff at the War Room Tavern tonight at 7. Hope to see you there!

New York has the fifth-highest rate of child poverty in the country.

After the federal government failed to expand the child tax credit, will Albany finish the job?

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