Long Island’s $350 million state jackpot
Newsday reporter James Madore explains the origin story behind the Long Island Investment Fund in the state budget.
New York uses nuisance law to pursue gun distributors
State Attorney General Letitia James sued out-of-state gun distributors using a controversial 2021 New York law.
Upstate cryptocurrency mining dealt setback
New York denied an air permit for a coal-based power plant that found new life supplying energy to cryptocurrency mining.
Experiment with drug consumption sites savings lives
We hear from OnPointNYC's Kailin See about two sites in New York City offering supervised drug consumption.
New York plans land transfer to Onondaga Nation
A deal with New York could result in the Onondaga Nation getting back more than 1,000 acres of upstate land.
New York updates its unemployment benefits system
We chat with New York Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon.
The rights of people reserved to humans (and not elephants)
Rob Rosborough, author of the New York Appeals blog, breaks down a ruling from the state's top court.
Improving the lives of transgender New Yorkers
Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas discusses new bills signed into law and unfinished business for the state.
Cartoonist documents her year in Planet Albany’s orbit
Following Julia Salazar’s primary victory for state senate in 2018, cartoonist Sofia Warren embedded with the Brooklyn socialist.
Lee Zeldin secures GOP gubernatorial nod
Republican strategist Chapin Fay assess his party's primary and considers what comes next in quest for executive mansion.
