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A new federal policy threatens to disrupt health coverage for more than 750,000 young children across New York State, Governor Kathy Hochul warned.

Twenty-one state attorney generals, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, and the state of Kentucky on Monday sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture to block it from obtaining the personal information of all residents who receive support from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

The Trump administration had withheld more than $6 billion in education funding on July 1. About $400 million should be released to New York public schools.

The Department of Justice lawsuit also names City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and other commissioners.

Brownsville renters and landlords will especially be affected, according to a new report from the nonprofit New York Housing Conference.

The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Sunset Park is currently housing over 100 immigrant detainees.

A record-high 79% of U.S. adults say immigration is a good thing for the country, according to a Gallup poll released on Friday.

About 50 healthcare and disability advocates gathered in front of the Brooklyn office of Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis in Bay Ridge on Monday to protest her vote for the Big Beautiful Bill.

President Donald Trump officially signed The One Big Beautiful Bill into law on Friday, paving the way for major cuts in New York's health care system.

A federal judge in Brooklyn on Tuesday ruled that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem didn’t have the authority to cut short the temporary protected status of Haitian immigrants in the United States.