NEW: It’s almost impossible to win an asylum case without an attorney. Finding one is a tall order. nysfocus.com/2026/02/26/i...
Three Journeys Through New York’s Asylum Maze
It’s almost impossible to win an asylum case without an attorney. Finding one is a tall order.
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Last month, my investigation revealed that state horse racing regulators spent years ignoring evidence of a major horse drugging ring. Now, NY's top racing investigator has resigned to avoid being fired: nysfocus.com/2026/02/20/h...
Racing Investigator Resigns After New York Focus Investigation
The investigator was initially placed on leave after New York Focus revealed that state gaming regulators ignored evidence of a massive horse doping ring.
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State Prison Officials Said an Employee Accused of Sexual Assault Didn’t Exist. We Found Him. nysfocus.com/2026/02/20/a...
Prison Officials Said This Alleged Sexual Abuser Didn’t Exist
The state rescinded its request to dismiss a sexual abuse lawsuit after a judge became aware of New York Focus’s findings.
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"The schedules Hochul does release are in some respects less transparent than her predecessor’s" nysfocus.com/2026/01/20/h...
As She Raises Millions, Hochul Isn’t Saying Who She’s Meeting With
The governor’s meeting logs are 15 months out of date, and she won’t release her calendar.
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Did you get your ticket yet? We're hosting three public forums across New York City to examine Mayor Zohran Mamdani's three central policy planks: housing, transportation, and child care. nysfocus.com/turning-plat...
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The feds gave New York key evidence on horse racing’s largest doping ring. State regulators have done nothing with it for years.
Did you get your ticket yet? We're hosting three public forums across New York City to examine Mayor Zohran Mamdani's three central policy planks: housing, transportation, and child care. nysfocus.com/turning-plat...
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New York's only statewide newsroom dedicated to holding Albany accountable.
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Did you get your ticket yet? We're hosting three public forums across New York City to examine Mayor Zohran Mamdani's three central policy planks: housing, transportation, and child care. nysfocus.com/turning-plat...
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New York's only statewide newsroom dedicated to holding Albany accountable.
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Calling all New Yorkers! New York Focus is hosting a panel of experts on January 21 to discuss Mamdani's childcare plan, what it says, and what the legislature might actually provide funding for. Here are details if you want to know more! nysfocus.com/turning-plat...
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New York's only statewide newsroom dedicated to holding Albany accountable.
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NEW: NY got evidence from the FBI of a massive horse doping ring, and did nothing about it. Many of the dopers are still racing and winning today. nysfocus.com/2026/01/07/h...
FBI Wiretaps, Illegal Drugs, and Dead Horses
The feds gave New York key evidence on horse racing’s largest doping ring. State regulators have done nothing with it for years.
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If you’re one of the nearly 3 million New Yorkers currently enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, you are likely to see delays in your food benefits next month. nysfocus.com/2025/10/30/s...
What New Yorkers Need to Know about November's SNAP Freeze
The federal government shutdown and new work requirements will throw New York's food stamps program into chaos.
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"Blue states like New York launched programs that aimed — however imperfectly — to help new arrivals find housing and jobs. Now, they appear powerless to protect the beneficiaries of those programs." nysfocus.com/2025/09/29/m...
New York Spent Millions to Resettle Them. Trump Is Deporting Them.
The Migrant Relocation Assistance Program helped families leave crowded shelters and put down roots. Trump’s immigration crackdown is upending that.
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"County jails are some of the agency’s only options in New York. Private detention centers, which ICE relies on elsewhere in the country, are illegal in the state" nysfocus.com/2025/09/16/i...
ICE Detentions in New York County Jails Have Exploded
So far this year, the state's county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.
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🎉 Have a round of drinks on New York Focus! Join us for a night of raffles and mingling for our 5th birthday party on Oct. 14 at Crystal Lake in Brooklyn. Tickets are $5 in advance. www.eventbrite.com/e/1704444221...
It’s Our Birthday! New York Focus Turns Five
Come celebrate with us!
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"County jails are some of the agency’s only options in New York. Private detention centers, which ICE relies on elsewhere in the country, are illegal in the state" nysfocus.com/2025/09/16/i...
ICE Detentions in New York County Jails Have Exploded
So far this year, the state's county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.
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"The administration’s policies have outsized effects on New York, which is home to more than a fifth of all SIJ petitioners — more than any other state." nysfocus.com/2025/09/04/t...
Young New York Immigrants at Risk After Trump Ends Protections
New Yorkers are suing to reverse a Trump administration policy change that has upended the futures of tens of thousands of young immigrants.
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The NYPD is surveilling cameras in NYCHA developments, and its unclear if NYCHA even knew... nysfocus.com/2025/08/12/u...
Five Unanswered Questions About Eric Adams’s Expanded Surveillance at…
Big Apple Connect, the mayor’s flagship free internet service for public housing residents, is quietly being used to expand the NYPD’s real-time, remote…
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" In the past few years, hotels have quietly become the state’s predominant response to homelessness outside New York City." nysfocus.com/2025/06/24/n...
How Hotels Became New York’s Go-To Fix for Homelessness
Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from accessing services like child…
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"The agency has also failed to respond to a public records request filed by New York Focus in February seeking its communications with California ... California’s Department of Social Services, on the other hand, had no trouble providing Focus with its emails" nysfocus.com/2025/06/17/n...
Could A Lawsuit Finally Spur New York into Action on Food Stamp Theft?
The state has left defrauded food stamp recipients to fend for themselves. Internal agency emails point to a long-simmering effort riddled with delays.
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Excited delirium is said to turn people into erratic aggressors and has been discredited by much of the medical establishment. Documents show that state and local agencies across New York train law enforcement officers on the disavowed syndrome.
New York Police Agencies Train Officers on a Discredited Medical…
Documents show that six county sheriffs’ offices and two state agencies have recently included excited delirium in their training.
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New York Focus has been awarded the Walter T. Brown Award for excellence in coverage of New York state government for the second year in a row 🤩 nysfocus.com/2025/06/10/n...
New York Focus Honored for Coverage of Prison System
The Legislative Correspondents Alumni Association recognized Chris Gelardi with its award for the year’s best state government reporting — the second year…
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