Meisha Porter will step down as New York City schools chancellor when Mayor Bill de Blasio’s tenure comes to a close at the end of the year, she announced Wednesday morning. Porter, who rose up…
When you enter your personal information or credit card number into a website, do you have a moment of hesitation? A nagging sense of vulnerability prompted by the parade of headlines about data breaches and…
Two audits and a follow-up report released Monday by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found the state’s Department of Health made more than $100 million in wasteful payments for Medicaid programs. New York’s Medicaid…
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced plans to spend billions of federal tax dollars to increase high-speed internet access in the state. The governor issued Executive Directive 2021-12 Monday, designed to expand access to high-speed internet in Michigan….
Christine Fife was “speechless with joy” when she won her foreclosure case in January 2020, she recalled, believing her decade under threat of foreclosure in her Upper West Side condo was finally over. Now, though,…
A bill passed in the Ohio House would help the state prepare for a future with electric vehicles. House Bill 292, which was passed in the House on Thursday, establishes the Electric Vehicle Commission, consisting…
The New York State Assembly’s Judiciary Committee released a 63-page report Monday that not only corroborated previous allegations of sexual harassment against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo but also found that the governor used state resources…
With Cyber Monday around the corner, a survey shows some may be scaling back their shopping plans this year. Online shoppers in the U.S. are expected to drop $12.7 billion on Cyber Monday, the busiest…
Mayor-elect Eric Adams waffled Wednesday on his demand to toughen New York bail laws — making remarks on national TV that repositioned him in alliance with Albany leaders who are adamantly against scaling back landmark reforms….
That check from Facebook for violating Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act by cataloging faces without permission isn’t in the mail yet. It could still be a while. Despite that, the case appears to be having…