Publisher @nysfocus.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3mfcieyct3c2aState Prison Officials Said an Employee Accused of Sexual Assault Didn’t Exist. We Found Him. https://nysfocus.com/2026/02/20/adult-survivors-act-sexual-assault-groveland-fitzpatrick-doccs-attorney-general?utm_source=NY+Focus+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e0f21d468c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_20_02_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2113a0a6b7-e0f21d468c-141389871120 Feb 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfcieyct3c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3mcuru7h3lc2q"The schedules Hochul does release are in some respects less transparent than her predecessor’s" https://nysfocus.com/2026/01/20/hochul-donor-meetings-calendar-foil20 Jan 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcuru7h3lc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3mbz4fh25ms23Calling all New Yorkers! New York Focus is hosting a panel of experts on January 21 to discuss Mamdani's childcare plan, what it says, and what the legislature might actually provide funding for. Here are details if you want to know more! https://nysfocus.com/turning-platform-into-policy09 Jan 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbz4fh25ms23https://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3lzy67wecpc2n"Blue states like New York launched programs that aimed — however imperfectly — to help new arrivals find housing and jobs. Now, they appear powerless to protect the beneficiaries of those programs." https://nysfocus.com/2025/09/29/mrap-trump-ice-deportations29 Sep 2025 13:59 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzy67wecpc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3lz7aznxlfs23"County jails are some of the agency’s only options in New York. Private detention centers, which ICE relies on elsewhere in the country, are illegal in the state" https://nysfocus.com/2025/09/16/ice-detentions-new-york-county-jails19 Sep 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7aznxlfs23https://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3lz7at363ws2t"County jails are some of the agency’s only options in New York. Private detention centers, which ICE relies on elsewhere in the country, are illegal in the state" https://nysfocus.com/2025/09/16/ice-detentions-new-york-county-jails19 Sep 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz7at363ws2thttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3lz55z7kzdc2yCome to our birthday!!! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/its-our-birthday-new-york-focus-turns-five-tickets-170444422154918 Sep 2025 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz55z7kzdc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3lxzekfhfmc2p"The administration’s policies have outsized effects on New York, which is home to more than a fifth of all SIJ petitioners — more than any other state." https://nysfocus.com/2025/09/04/trump-sij-new-york-youth-deportation-protection04 Sep 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzekfhfmc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3lw7movjlqc2qThe NYPD is surveilling cameras in NYCHA developments, and its unclear if NYCHA even knew... https://nysfocus.com/2025/08/12/unanswered-questions-adams-surveillance-big-apple-connect12 Aug 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7movjlqc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3lsedaqtgrs2a" In the past few years, hotels have quietly become the state’s predominant response to homelessness outside New York City." https://nysfocus.com/2025/06/24/new-york-homelessness-hotels24 Jun 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsedaqtgrs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3lrsq5hdqac2e"The agency has also failed to respond to a public records request filed by New York Focus in February seeking its communications with California ... California’s Department of Social Services, on the other hand, had no trouble providing Focus with its emails" https://nysfocus.com/2025/06/17/ny-food-stamp-theft-chip-card-lawsuit17 Jun 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsq5hdqac2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/rebsklein.bsky.social/post/3lrdtstj27s2nNew York Focus has been awarded the Walter T. Brown Award for excellence in coverage of New York state government for the second year in a row 🤩 https://nysfocus.com/2025/06/10/new-york-focus-chris-gelardi-walter-brown-award11 Jun 2025 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:vmugarccw4eie24mpmfc3u3c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdtstj27s2n