At Brooklyn Paramount, the moment AP called the race for mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social:

When we conducted our statewide listening tour, we gleaned a sense of disempowerment from New Yorkers who felt they didn't have the information necessary to navigate the systems that dictate their lives.

We’re working to help rebuild a local news ecosystem that has faced years of relentless cuts.

Almost half of New York's newspapers have closed in the last 20 years. New York Focus launched in 2020 to fill those gaps.

5 years later, we’ve grown into a statewide newsroom making real impact:
✨ Nearly 1 million annual readers
✨ 15 full-time staff
✨ Investigations that sparked real change

Across New York State, police officers have driven drunk. And sometimes, they avoided criminal punishment.

An investigation with @nytimes.com.

New York has become one of the slowest states in the country to pay unemployment benefits.

Several state lawmakers told New York Focus that constituents frequently call their offices because they need help with their claim or to complain about delays.

Assemblymember Grace Lee:

New York has become one of the slowest states in the country to pay unemployment benefits.

Several state lawmakers told New York Focus that constituents frequently call their offices because they need help with their claim or to complain about delays.

@votejgr.bsky.social:

New York has become one of the slowest states in the country to pay unemployment benefits.

Several state lawmakers told New York Focus that constituents frequently call their offices because they need help with their claim or to complain about delays.

@jessicaramosqns.bsky.social:

Arren is nonverbal and has autism, but the benefits he gets from Medicaid and SNAP allow him to live independently in South Brooklyn.

He is one of the New Yorkers whose lives could be derailed by sweeping federal cuts as a result of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”