“I hate coming here,” Robert Ricks said. Ricks sat at the focal point of a hearing room in the New York state legislative office building. He’d traveled to Albany last Wednesday to testify for a ...

The state budget approved by legislators this week gives $350 million in additional funding to help New York City continue providing child care vouchers to low-income families — if the city throws in ...

Richard Dionisio participated in multiple votes related to a controversial rezoning effort without publicly disclosing his ...

We teamed up with Hell Gate to grill leading Democratic candidates in a forum unlike any other. Here's what they said.

The cuts could topple the safety net for New York’s most vulnerable and upend the state’s newly passed budget.