Under the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has received $85 billion in funding, making it the most-funded law enforcement agency in the country. Americans have seen masked ICE agents…
Day: March 3, 2026
NY FOCUS: State Prison Officials Said an Employee Accused of Sexual Assault Didn’t Exist. We Found Him.
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. CRIMINAL JUSTICE · February 20, 2026 The state rescinded…
Lawmakers Warn State Refrigerant Rule Could Trigger Supply Shock, Higher Food Prices
Story by I’Jaz Ja’ciel/Buffalo Toronto Public Media While the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is looking to get a jump on banning HFC refrigerants that produce climate-warming emissions, some lawmakers…
DRBC and Partners to Launch Delaware River Angler Survey
West Trenton, N.J. — The Delaware River Basin Commission and member agencies of the Delaware River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative announced Monday the launch of the 2026 Delaware River Creel…
Flight Instructor and Teen Student Survive Emergency Landing on Hudson River
A Long Island flight instructor and a teenage student pilot walked away from a small plane crash into the Hudson River Monday night — surviving frigid temperatures and what state police described…
As Supreme Court Weighs Birthright Citizenship, Rural New York Families Brace For Impact
A landmark legal battle over birthright citizenship is now before the U.S. Supreme Court — and advocates who work with immigrant families in rural New York say the outcome could reshape everyday…
For One Filmmaker, a Ghost Story Is Really a Story About Growing Up During the AIDS Crisis
For Bobby Abate, making “The Ghost at Skeleton Rock” meant going back — to 1992, to the height of the AIDS crisis, to his own first sexual encounter, and to the paralyzing…
High Utility Bills Are Pushing Mid-Hudson Valley Residents to the Brink, Study Finds
A new study from the Benjamin Center at SUNY New Paltz reveals that many households are struggling to keep up with their utility bills. The report surveyed residents in Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan,…