The legislative package aims to create more “safe, structured” spaces where young people can get the help they need, said Councilwoman Rita Joseph, who chairs the education committee.

The New York Health Information Privacy Act (NYHIPA), if enacted, could create a chilling effect on patient access and engagement to readily available digital health care services relied upon by New ...

Advocates tell News 12 the rise in homelessness is due to a number of factors, including the increased cost of rent and groceries, creating more “working homeless” – people who have jobs but can’t ...

Homelessness in New York has dramatically worsened between 2022 to 2024. Asylum seekers are the main cause of the issue, accounting for 88% of the homeless.

Gov. Kathy Hochul budgeted $418 million for prison cameras after inmate Robert Brooks was beaten by officers at Marcy Correctional Facility and died.

Housing and budget experts say the mayor's playing fast and loose with a program that helps curb homelessness.

Gov. Kristi Noem's heated rhetoric on immigration belies a stark economic reality in her own state: With unemployment at 1.9% — the lowest in the country — South Dakota faces an acute labor shortage ...

The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its goals, or what the ...

NEW YORK — Homelessness in New York State has grown sharply, more than doubling between January 2022 and January 2024, ...

The anti-American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sued President Donald Trump over his deportation plans. The suit was filed Wednesday, a day after the Trump Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ...

The New Mexico state agency tasked with investigating police misconduct was slated to meet Wednesday to discuss its autonomy, ...

The ACLU calls the policy allowing the Department of Homeland Security to deport undocumented immigrants who cannot prove ...