Jan 31, 2023
Earlier this month, the state's Senate Judiciary grilled Hon.
Hector LaSalle for hours. He was Gov. Kathy Hochul's pick to become
the state's top judge, and if confirmed, he would have been the
first Latino judge to preside at that level. But at the end of the
hearing, senators voted down advancing LaSalle, the first...
Jan 17, 2023
For more than a year, two different policy ideas existed in New York at the same time: recreational weed was legal, but the sale of it was not. That created a gray area in which smoke shops - whether knowingly or unknowingly - started selling products with THC. But as the state opens its first licensed weed retail...
Jan 3, 2023
Since the spring, tens of thousands of foreign migrants have arrived in the city from the southern border with the hope of getting asylum in the United States. But with the future of federal policy Title 42 in limbo, the city is preparing for another influx of arrivals. What does that mean for city and national systems...