Rebecca Klein

Three Journeys Through New York’s Asylum Maze It’s almost impossible to win an asylum case without an attorney. Finding one is a tall order.

NEW: It’s almost impossible to win an asylum case without an attorney. Finding one is a tall order.
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Racing Investigator Resigns After New York Focus Investigation The investigator was initially placed on leave after New York Focus revealed that state gaming regulators ignored evidence of a massive horse doping ring.

Last month, my investigation revealed that state horse racing regulators spent years ignoring evidence of a major horse drugging ring.

Now, NY's top racing investigator has resigned to avoid being fired:

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Prison Officials Said This Alleged Sexual Abuser Didn’t Exist The state rescinded its request to dismiss a sexual abuse lawsuit after a judge became aware of New York Focus’s findings.

State Prison Officials Said an Employee Accused of Sexual Assault Didn’t Exist. We Found Him.
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As She Raises Millions, Hochul Isn’t Saying Who She’s Meeting With The governor’s meeting logs are 15 months out of date, and she won’t release her calendar.

"The schedules Hochul does release are in some respects less transparent than her predecessor’s"
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The Next New York New York's only statewide newsroom dedicated to holding Albany accountable.

Did you get your ticket yet?

We're hosting three public forums across New York City to examine Mayor Zohran Mamdani's three central policy planks: housing, transportation, and child care.
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The feds gave New York key evidence on horse racing’s largest doping ring. State regulators have done nothing with it for years.

The Next New York New York's only statewide newsroom dedicated to holding Albany accountable.

Did you get your ticket yet?

We're hosting three public forums across New York City to examine Mayor Zohran Mamdani's three central policy planks: housing, transportation, and child care.
nysfocus.com/turning-plat...

The Next New York New York's only statewide newsroom dedicated to holding Albany accountable.

Did you get your ticket yet?

We're hosting three public forums across New York City to examine Mayor Zohran Mamdani's three central policy planks: housing, transportation, and child care.

nysfocus.com/turning-plat...

Calling all New Yorkers!

New York Focus is hosting a panel of experts on January 21 to discuss Mamdani's childcare plan, what it says, and what the legislature might actually provide funding for. Here are details if you want to know more! nysfocus.com/turning-plat...

FBI Wiretaps, Illegal Drugs, and Dead Horses The feds gave New York key evidence on horse racing’s largest doping ring. State regulators have done nothing with it for years.

NEW: NY got evidence from the FBI of a massive horse doping ring, and did nothing about it.

Many of the dopers are still racing and winning today.

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What New Yorkers Need to Know about November's SNAP Freeze The federal government shutdown and new work requirements will throw New York's food stamps program into chaos.

If you’re one of the nearly 3 million New Yorkers currently enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, you are likely to see delays in your food benefits next month.
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New York Spent Millions to Resettle Them. Trump Is Deporting Them. The Migrant Relocation Assistance Program helped families leave crowded shelters and put down roots. Trump’s immigration crackdown is upending that.

"Blue states like New York launched programs that aimed — however imperfectly — to help new arrivals find housing and jobs. Now, they appear powerless to protect the beneficiaries of those programs."
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ICE Detentions in New York County Jails Have Exploded So far this year, the state's county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.

"County jails are some of the agency’s only options in New York. Private detention centers, which ICE relies on elsewhere in the country, are illegal in the state"
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It’s Our Birthday! New York Focus Turns Five Come celebrate with us!

🎉 Have a round of drinks on New York Focus! Join us for a night of raffles and mingling for our 5th birthday party on Oct. 14 at Crystal Lake in Brooklyn. Tickets are $5 in advance.

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ICE Detentions in New York County Jails Have Exploded So far this year, the state's county jails have held six times more people for federal immigration authorities than they did in all of 2024.

"County jails are some of the agency’s only options in New York. Private detention centers, which ICE relies on elsewhere in the country, are illegal in the state"
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"The administration’s policies have outsized effects on New York, which is home to more than a fifth of all SIJ petitioners — more than any other state."
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Five Unanswered Questions About Eric Adams’s Expanded Surveillance at… Big Apple Connect, the mayor’s flagship free internet service for public housing residents, is quietly being used to expand the NYPD’s real-time, remote…

The NYPD is surveilling cameras in NYCHA developments, and its unclear if NYCHA even knew...
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How Hotels Became New York’s Go-To Fix for Homelessness Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from accessing services like child…

" In the past few years, hotels have quietly become the state’s predominant response to homelessness outside New York City."
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Could A Lawsuit Finally Spur New York into Action on Food Stamp Theft? The state has left defrauded food stamp recipients to fend for themselves. Internal agency emails point to a long-simmering effort riddled with delays.

"The agency has also failed to respond to a public records request filed by New York Focus in February seeking its communications with California ...
California’s Department of Social Services, on the other hand, had no trouble providing Focus with its emails"
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New York Police Agencies Train Officers on a Discredited Medical… Documents show that six county sheriffs’ offices and two state agencies have recently included excited delirium in their training.

Excited delirium is said to turn people into erratic aggressors and has been discredited by much of the medical establishment.

Documents show that state and local agencies across New York train law enforcement officers on the disavowed syndrome.

New York Focus Honored for Coverage of Prison System The Legislative Correspondents Alumni Association recognized Chris Gelardi with its award for the year’s best state government reporting — the second year…

New York Focus has been awarded the Walter T. Brown Award for excellence in coverage of New York state government for the second year in a row 🤩
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