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New York’s Health Department is Ignoring a Law That Could Save Lives
Governor Kathy Hochul is proposing a tax break to reimburse organ donors. The state has failed to implement a 2022 law that ...
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New York Student Test Scores Show Little Improvement Post-Pandemic
Student performance in math and reading is still below pre-pandemic levels, according to new data — but on par with the ...
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Trump Throws Wrench Into Offshore Wind, Putting New York’s Clean Energy Plans In Doubt
On his first day in office, Trump ordered federal agencies to halt all new approvals for offshore wind, which New York is ...
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Reporters’ Notebook: Green Funding Feint, Foundation Aid Update, and Lobbying Fines
Hochul proposes school funding updates and a climate funding alternative. A prominent lobbying firm racks up fines.
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After a Catastrophic Fire in The Bronx, Nearly $400,000 in Donations Remains Unspent
The Bronx Community Foundation spent almost none of the funds it raised for victims of the 2022 Twin Parks apartment fire.
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Climate Deadline Stripped from Hochul’s State of the State Agenda at Last Minute
The change was among a handful of eleventh-hour tweaks to Hochul’s policy briefing book.
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Hochul’s ‘Bait and Switch’ on Climate: State of the State 2025
It looked like 2025 could be a tipping point for climate action in New York. Instead, the governor is backtracking on key parts of her agenda. In addition to backtracking on carbon pricing, the ...
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Hochul Unveils Universal Free School Meals Program: State of the State 2025
New York state’s 2.7 million students may soon have access to free school breakfast and lunch if a proposal by Governor Kathy Hochul makes it through this session’s budget negotiations. “It pains me ...