The State of New York
One Month After a Supposed Cyberattack Hit NY’s Legislature, We Still Know Next to Nothing About What Happened
During the final hours of the state's budget negotiations, a critical bill drafting system went offline. We still don't have an explanation of exactly what happened.
The Winners and Losers of New York State’s Budget Deal
Winners: real estate, Governor Hochul, and independent media. Losers: New Yorkers who desperately need housing, and weed bodegas.
‘Disgusting’: NY State Lawmakers Once Again Blocking Legislation to Lower NYC’s Speed Limit
"Sammy's Law" can't get out of the State Assembly, despite support from the State Senate and Governor Hochul.
9 Incarcerated New Yorkers Got to Watch the Eclipse; For Others, It Was a ‘Cruel Joke’
"Almost everybody put the glasses on and went to the window to see if they could see it. They all wanted to see it."
Blog of Totality: Hell Gate’s 2024 Solar Eclipse Live Coverage
Hell Gate reporters have fanned out across the Empire State to bring you the wall-to-wall eclipse coverage you didn’t know you need.
6 Incarcerated New Yorkers Successfully Sue to View the Eclipse—But What About Everyone Else?
“Everything seems to come from a punitive disposition when it comes to things like seeing the eclipse. It’s like, ‘Oh, would this be something that they’ll enjoy? Let’s find a way to stop that, to take it away.’”
Incarcerated New Yorkers Want to See the Eclipse. The State Has Responded With a Lockdown
"I don't believe that just because I am incarcerated that I should be denied this opportunity."
When and Where Can New Yorkers Get Birth Control Without an Rx? No One Seems to Know
But I tried to find some answers.
Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul Suddenly Remember That We Collect Taxes to Pay for Services
Be grateful, peons, that your leaders have backed off the imaginary budget crisis they were engineering like a month ago.
Hochul’s 2024 State of the State: Heavy on Taylor Swift, Light on Tenant Protections
But $275 million for developing an artificial intelligence research hub here in the Empire State!
