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Local Reps Blast New York Over Heating Assistance Lapse
I really felt like the carpet was ripped out from underneath us,” said one county official. The state still hasn’t fully ...
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New York Won’t Say Why it Froze Heating Assistance in the Middle of Winter
New York City officials got an unexpected notice from the state. HEAP, the aid program which helps low-income New Yorkers pay ...
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Mystery Donor Funds $10 Million Campaign Against Hochul Home Care Plan
Governor Kathy Hochul is facing fierce opposition to her overhaul of a popular but pricey home care program that allows ...
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A Decade and $600 Million Later, New York Prisons Still Lack Cameras
When Jaquan Myers was sent to the Franklin Correctional Facility infirmary last summer, bleeding and hyperventilating, he knew he couldn’t do anything about the incident that landed him there. At ...
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Hochul’s Deportation Stance Sparks Fear, Confusion
The governor’s announcement appears to expand New York’s ability to cooperate with federal immigration authorities — but it’s ...
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Reporters’ Notebook: Bills Receipt, Clean Water Funding, and Court of Appeals
A $1,700 Bills suite tab was paid with campaign funds, bipartisan support for clean water funding, and New York's top court ...
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New York’s Health Department is Ignoring a Law That Could Save Lives
Last year, 278 New Yorkers died waiting for a kidney transplant. In recent years, the toll has been as high as 533. The deaths are a sad but constant presence in a transplant system where the waiting ...