While advocates have urged Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams to enact policies that will protect ...

Democratic Assembly Member Sam Berger is introducing a new bill that would seal records of unproven complaints against law ...

Last year, the state Legislature passed a law to seal people’s old criminal convictions. Now cops want the same treatment.

State Sen. Jabari Brisport, who has championed universal child care in the state Legislature, said he’ll believe Hochul’s ...

The governor laid out the broad strokes of her agenda for the year in her annual speech and a nearly 150-page policy book.

Living with mental illness is not a crime, and our mayor and governor have failed to address the very reasons why so many ...

The East versus West Side race for Manhattan borough president is heating up, with Council Member Keith Powers raking in just ...

We need innovative, compassionate leadership that reimagines public safety and mental health services through the lenses of ...

While cost-of-living issues are at the heart of Hochul’s plan for 2025, a significant portion of ...

The governor’s State of the State speech laid out a vision of affordability and safety that felt like it could be a stump ...

In contrast to previous consent decrees that were more narrowly tailored and helped reform Rikers Island jails, the Nunez ...

Closing Rikers will provide a natural endpoint for the receivership and an opportunity for the city to take back control of ...