None of us asked to be born a certain way,” Kelly Metzgar, a transgender woman and executive director of the Adirondack North ...

Yeshivas and other nonpublic schools face a looming deadline to prove they offer an education similar to the state’s public ...

Officers recorded over 25,000 stops last year, a 50 percent increase over the previous year. Nine in 10 people stopped by the ...

Environmentalists have long charged that New York is falling short of its climate mandates. Now, they’re taking the state to ...

Mental health providers are scrambling to prevent mass layoffs and program closures, leaving advocates urging state leaders ...

A key fund that pays for New York City employees’ health benefits has run dry, opening up a $600 million hole in the city ...

Nantwi’s cellmate, the only incarcerated witness in the room as guards allegedly killed the 22-year-old, speaks out for the ...

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A New York Focus investigation finds that the state can take up to seven years to resolve complaints against educators.

“Approximately 60,000 children will lose their childcare vouchers over the next fiscal year absent a significant infusion of ...

Governor Hochul’s budget allocates only a fraction of what the state Board of Regents suggested for three state-owned ...

Surina Venkat is a reporter based in New York City. She has previously written for Amsterdam News and The Nation, among other ...