Immigration

Politics

Trump border czar blasts sanctuary state laws in Albany visit

Homan also criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul for trying to place limits on Mayor Eric Adams’ ability to collaborate with ICE.

Albany Agenda

Policy

Assembly and state Senate release ‘one-house’ state budget proposals

The Legislature’s budget proposals differ from the governor’s executive budget proposal when it comes to discovery reform, involuntary commitment and rebate checks.

Policy

Policy

DOCCS commissioner: Prison strike is over

Most of the corrections officers who took part in the unsanctioned strike have returned to work, and those who continued to strike have been fired.

Albany Agenda

Politics

$10 million tax credit for businesses advertising in local media gets Albany rally

Supporters will meet at the statehouse to ask Gov. Hochul to fund the Lift Our Communities, Advertise Locally Act in this year’s budget.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

SUNY pushes back on Trump’s second term

Senior Vice Chancellor and General Counsel Kapil Longani discusses the impact of the president’s return to the White House on the system’s 64 colleges and universities.

News & Politics

Politics

Gov. Kathy Hochul takes aim at Rep. ‘Mike something’

Continuing her trend of stronger rhetoric against the GOP, the governor repeatedly criticized potential gubernatorial opponent Rep. Mike Lawler during the Albany Somos conference.

Special Reports

Politics

Hochul makes up with unions after Hector LaSalle

The governor has spent the past couple years allying herself with organized labor.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Make America Infected Again?

Five years after New York was decimated by a novel virus, the eerie drumbeat of strange infections and diseases echo in our midst. Are we prepared for another pandemic?

News & Politics

Politics

Hochul dominates potential challengers in new Siena poll

Hochul's two potential primary opponents, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado and Rep. Ritchie Torres, lack statewide name recognition.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Universal child care in NY could save the Democratic Party

Let’s show the nation that when Democrats are in power, they pass universal policies that directly improve the lives of working-class people.

Health Care

Opinion

Opinion: New York reached a major health milestone, but we cannot take our foot off the gas

The state must continue to fund Donate Life New York State, the nonprofit organization that operates the organ donor registry.

Immigration

Policy

New package of immigrant rights bills introduced ahead of Albany Somos

Assembly Member Catalina Cruz is proposing new legislation to keep ICE out of schools amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown.