Alexandra Fasulo's attacks on New York solar have reached Washington and the governor's race. The state has struggled to counter her claims, even when they don't hold up.

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

The firm just wrapped work on a heating and cooling system for a Boston office. It says its rig makes drilling cheaper, quieter, and less water-intensive.

A “grassroots” homeowners group leading the charge against Local Law 97 has deep ties to a powerful real estate industry association.

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The Croton-Harmon school district is scaling back ed tech in response to a community movement.

Assemblymember Alex Bores and author Author Garrison Lovely appeared on a panel hosted by New York Focus. Here are some highlights.

Republican Mike Lawler is attacking Cait Conley on data centers, but has declined to take positions on Hochul's moratorium and key local projects.

New York's patchwork approach to lead pipe replacement leaves some homeowners facing bills of $10,000 or more while others pay nothing.

Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Albany are starting to invest in safer streets for cyclists, advocates say.

A low-tech comeback is underway in New York classrooms. Lawmakers want to take it statewide.

New York farmworkers are pushing for stronger protections like the TEMP Act — which has stalled in Albany — as extreme heat intensifies.

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

The former mayor had a wild weekend, and other links to start your day.

The former mayor talks with The Real Deal’s Amir Korangy on Mamdani, the indictment and what he’s selling to the state of Nigeria.

ICE and Border Patrol are stalking a Sungrow greenhouse and packing facility 20 miles outside of Rochester, prompting workers to flee.

Amazon supplied almost all the funding for a campaign presented as a coalition of New York City workers, small businesses, and national carriers.

Paraquat is banned in more than 70 countries. In an upstate town one resident calls “Parkinson’s Valley,” farmers are demanding New York follow suit.

We didn’t know days like this could happen. Then we learned how bad they really are.

New York’s free air conditioner program ran out of funding before summer, even as extreme heat becomes a deadlier threat.

Six people, including three kids, died in a fire at the Knights Inn​, where Broome County places homeless families despite complaints and violations.

About 1 million rent-stabilized apartments will be shielded from rent increases for the next two years after the historic vote.

The DSA made gains in New York despite super PACs spending $9.6 million in state legislative races — nearly five times the total from 2024.

A lobbyist who has been romantically linked to Heastie led a rally opposing the legislation a week before the speaker declined to bring it to a vote.

In May, state lawmakers passed a $269 billion budget after haggling for months over thousands of line items and policies affecting New Yorkers.

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A few years ago, JPMorganChase asked a little-known agency in Rockland County to grant them $77 million in tax breaks to expand a data center in Orangeburg, near the New Jersey border...

No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

NY Taxpayers Spend $77M for One JP Morgan Data Center Job; By Far Largest Subsidy Per Job in History Rockland County IDA’s subsidy deal for the JPMC II data center expansion in Orangetown, includes…

There was no new investment required from TotalEnergies, according to newly disclosed terms.

No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.