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State Police are feeding ICE a gang database

As President Donald Trump’s administration rounds up hundreds of immigrants it claims are gang members and expels them to a notorious Salvadoran prison, New York state is quietly feeding federal authorities gang intelligence that could fuel the deportation machine. The New York State ...

Hochul pushes involuntary commitment for mental health

Thousands of New Yorkers around the state are sitting on waitlists for two state-funded mental health treatment and support programs, according to data obtained by the Legal Aid Society and reviewed by New York Focus. Some applicants wait years for voluntary long-term mental health support, ...

Albany lawmakers come to deal on discovery in state budget talks

ALBANY — Progress seems to have been made on changes to the state’s discovery laws in the after hours of Wednesday. Speaker of the Assembly Carl E. Heastie, D-Bronx, told Spectrum News Capitol Tonight reporter Kate Lisa “discovery’s done” in the halls of the Capitol on ...