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ALBANY — We recently marked the sixth anniversary of a fateful moment in New York’s coronavirus pandemic: the Cuomo administration’s order sending Cov...

ALBANY — As the Trump administration cracks down on fraud, waste and abuse in Medicaid, New York is a logical place to start. New York spends far more...

ALBANY — Now that New York has won partial federal approval for overhauling its Essential Plan health-care coverage, it’s worth being clear about what...

ALBANY — At a hearing in Albany last week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani lobbied state lawmakers to help him balance the city’s finances with a 2...

Despite the robust growth of state revenues in recent years, many of New York’s elected officials are pushing to further increase the tax burden on th...

ALBANY — New York State added just 1,008 new residents last year as its post-pandemic recovery ground to a near standstill, newly released Census Bure...

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul is hingeing a big chunk of her budget — and the state’s health care system — on a politically fraught gambit: asking the Tr...

ALBANY — For a third time the state Health Department has postponed releasing records related to a disputed $1 billion Medicaid contract, saying it ne...

Most parts of New York remain less populated in 2024 than they were in 2020 as the state struggled to recover from COVID-19, according to an analysis ...