New York Focus

nysfocus.com

08 October 2026 13:41

Lobbying firm Brown & Weinraub’s committee allows its clients to route unlimited sums to support candidates who back their agendas.

Daniel Convissor

danielconvissor.bsky.social

30 September 2026 16:34

$24 billion would go much farther in solar panels wind turbines and batteries.

Rachael Fauss

rachaelfauss.bsky.social

28 September 2026 14:45

I might be irrationally happy about this little snail in our infographics. That said, would be THRILLED to not need to snail mail FOIL appeals anymore. Check out our FOIL Logs tracker - we requested logs from 72 state agencies so we better understand how FOIL is working in NY.

Jon Orcutt

jonorcutt.bsky.social

25 September 2026 14:01

@reinventalbany.bsky.social got hold of the "collaboration" agreement Amtrak has been pushing MTA to sign It asks MTA to give up leverage over station design/operations its current lease provides & wants NY State funding in the bargain There is still no design, cost or budget for the project

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hellgatenyc.com

24 September 2026 13:05

Everyone from the City Council's Republican Minority Leader to the Democratic Public Advocate was "disappointed" on Tuesday when the Mayor's office stiff-armed a City Council invitation to discuss its use of the disappearing-message app Signal. hellgatenyc.com/city-council...