Joe Biden

Policy

How much New York is getting in the COVID-19 relief bill

New York state and local governments would get a total of $23.3 billion in federal assistance under draft COVID-19 relief package.

New York State

Politics

How Claudia Tenney won back her seat in Congress

Her open embrace of Trump was received more warmly in Central New York than it was in 2018.

New York State

Policy

Why Cuomo’s pandemic policies keep getting challenged in court

The lawsuit over prisoners not being vaccinated is just the latest COVID-19 policy accused of unequal treatment.

New York State

Policy

How New York can distribute the vaccine more equitably

Vaccine distribution has been woefully unequal. Here’s how New York might start to fix it.

Criminal Justice

Policy

Rochester’s new Person in Crisis team might have prevented 9-year-old’s pepper spraying

Even though the city created a non-police unit to deal with individuals in emotional distress, they weren’t on the scene.

New York City

Policy

Delayed COVID-19 statistics have become a pattern

New York City and state have each been criticized for failing to release information on vaccinations, deaths and more.

Health Care

Policy

AG James: Nursing home deaths undercounted

A new report says the Cuomo administration may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents by as much as 50%.

Transportation

Politics

Why are the NYC subways still closed overnight?

Calls to reopen the subways for 24/7 service are growing after nearly a year of closures.

New York State

Policy

Canceled appointments are the latest vaccine headache

Two weeks into New York’s expanded coronavirus vaccine rollout, some parts of the state are hitting the brakes.

Labor

Policy

After Prop 22, New York is still split on gig worker reforms

New York lawmakers will pursue alternative measures to grant gig workers more employment benefits, even as some push for reclassifying them as employees.

Technology

Policy

Vaccine website frustrations point to larger government tech problems

New York had months to prepare for rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine, and yet signing up for a vaccination is complicated and difficult. Here’s why.

Politics

Internet access still lacking for city’s homeless students

For the more than 111,000 city students who went without stable housing last year, remote and hybrid learning continues to be a fraught experience.