As Small Business Services commissioner, Kenny Minaya will be charged with slashing fees and helping street vendors.

As Zohran Mamdani prepares to unveil property tax reforms, he must weigh a plan he inherited from his predecessor.

“Asylum is your story,” the man told him, “why you came here.” He told Moussa he had to talk to a lawyer, something Moussa ...

An anti-development New York City Councilmember approved a project in her district rather than risk being overruled by a new appeals board — the first sign of a potential sea change in the city’s ...

Officials have long eyed “virtual power plants,” which coordinate energy use across thousands of homes, but the state has lagged in adopting them.

The state rescinded its request to dismiss a sexual abuse lawsuit after a judge became aware of New York Focus’s findings.

The Reporter’s Notebook features bite-sized stories and updates from New York Focus reporters on the topics they cover. In December 2024, the New York state prison system made national news when ...

Conditions in New York City jails have reached a boiling point, prompting day-long hearings, national media attention, and renewed calls for the Rikers Island jail complex to be shuttered. The jails ...

Over his more than two decades as a clean energy entrepreneur and commentator, Jigar Shah has established himself as one of ...

Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. For years, Barbara Small fought to hold onto her house in Flatbush ...

If you live in New York City, get ready for a big electric bill this month. Behind the spike is a little-known, deeply bureaucratic process: Meet the “rate case.” It’s a long, winding, technical ...