Before 2021, the state legislature would appropriate about $18 million a year to chip away at the queue. That money got ...

Our searchable database breaks down what was proposed and what made it in this year's budget among key topics like education, ...

As Washington has gutted federal support for a wide array of social services, New York state’s budget has seemingly moved forward in a vacuum. That has been by design, according to Governor Kathy ...

At Medina Junior-Senior High School, where Joe Byrne teaches 8th grade social studies, cellphones had become a problem: Kids came to school anxious, depressed, and altogether distracted by the devices ...

The state budget, finalized this week, increased the spending requirement on the city for the first time since the 1990s.

New York’s budget includes $1 billion for climate action — a record amount, but less than the state was supposed to raise by ...

The state will spend $8 billion to pay off its debt to the feds and increase unemployment benefits for the first time in six ...

The final budget excludes a loophole that would have exempted corporate giants like Spotify and Amazon, after New York Focus ...

Each year, the state comptroller reviews the finances of more than 670 school districts. The office’s latest report found 22 ...

Mayor Mike Spano has stated his administration has not been lobbied by his powerful brother’s firm. Emails indicate otherwise ...