The governor has asked for cost-cutting plans on pricey housing vouchers and public school programs, sources say.

We answer your questions on the state’s notoriously opaque budget process.

The Bronx Democratic Party is gaining power. So is a consulting firm tied to its chair.

Fossil fuel interests have enlisted prominent former elected officials to make the case that gas is here to stay.

Using an exemption to a 2012 law, the Partnership for New York City has revealed the names of donors to its political arm, but not the amount each gave.

That number is up from 21 last July. New York City’s waitlist alone has surged to over 17,000 — a tenfold increase in less than a year.

The city could lose $239 million from the policy, which is supported by business groups while unions remain on the sidelines.

Some climate activists want the mayor to take a stronger stance. He previously said the state’s climate law “is not a suggestion. It is a mandate.”

The governor, Senate, and Assembly all have different ideas for how to implement this year’s increases for human services contracts.

Unions want state leaders to sweeten their retirement packages. What would it cost, and what would it achieve?

Under the governor’s proposal, the most concrete deadline for climate action would be pushed out to the end of her potential second term.

Sold as a pandemic-era emergency program, the state’s theater tax credit has quietly sent hundreds of millions to short-run flops and blockbuster hits.

We read the governor’s, Senate’s, and Assembly’s budget proposals — so you don’t have to.

Senate and Assembly budget proposals would leave New Yorkers at risk of losing their benefits from federal cuts.

The Senate and Assembly budget proposals included most of the governor’s ambitious child care plans — but lawmakers have other ideas for Foundation Aid.

Amid a crisis in the state’s prison system, the governor’s and legislature’s budget proposals differ, but largely lack major reforms.

The Senate and Assembly are resisting Hochul’s push to relax New York’s emissions targets and are instead pressing for renewed clean energy funding.

It remains to be seen whether the Assembly will get on board.

The legislature left the climate law untouched for now, but Governor Kathy Hochul could still push for changes in coming weeks.

The Senate and Assembly’s budget proposals include many of the mayor’s desired revenue-raisers and give the city a larger cut of state funds.