The legislation, known as Gittel’s Law broadens New York State’s penal code to include new categories of licensed mental ...

Harry Black, staff attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative, reviews decisions from the the New York Court of ...

The president ordered the withdrawal of the country from the Paris climate agreement and took action on immigration policy ...

The governor has ordered all state employees involved in the beating — two nurses and 16 corrections officers — to be fired.

Advocates say the constitutional cap—one Supreme Court seat for each 50,000 people—provides no flexibility to address ...

The son of Robert Brooks Sr. said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father's attackers "systematically and casually ...

Brooks was in his seventh year of a 12-year sentence for stabbing his longtime girlfriend in 2016. He died on Dec. 10, 2024, ...

The son of Robert Brooks, an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards, has filed a federal lawsuit ...

Investigators for the state’s top law enforcement official have begun probing the practices of several organizations that ...

Attorney General Letitia James“I am pleased with key legislative proposals outlined in Governor Hochul’s State of the State ...

President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his historic hush money case to an unconditional discharge -- allowing Trump to avoid prison, fines or probation, but cementing his status as a ...