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A New York Focus investigation uncovered multiple violations since Centers Health Care reached a landmark settlement with the state in 2024. Here’s what we found.
Nursing Home Chain Violates $45M Settlement With New YorkNew York Focus found multiple violations of the attorney general’s settlement with Centers Health Care, including staffing failures and resident harm.nysfocus.comICE and Border Patrol agents are stalking the workers of the Sungrow tomato plant in Ontario, New York. “They were like alligators. They swooped in and devoured them,” one worker said. Workers still there say they’re living in “Jason Bourne-type mode.”
Immigration Agents Are Picking Off These Tomato Plant WorkersICE and Border Patrol are stalking a Sungrow greenhouse and packing facility 20 miles outside of Rochester, prompting workers to flee.nysfocus.comA Western New York school district is evaluating whether to proceed with deploying an AI teaching assistant this fall. We asked to interview Sally, the AI teaching assistant's virtual avatar. Realbotix, the creator, agreed. Here's the conversation.
I Interviewed Realbotix’s AI Teaching Assistant. Here’s What Happened.A New York school district is weighing whether to use an AI teaching assistant this fall. We interviewed "Sally" to see how it would interact with…nysfocus.comIn New York’s first-ever effort to track its own use of artificial intelligence, only 13 of the state’s roughly 100 agencies publicly reported using the technology in a way that could “directly impact the public.”
New York Is Struggling to Track Its Own AI UseIn New York’s first effort to track its AI use, only 13 of the state’s roughly 100 agencies reported using AI in a way that could “directly impact the…nysfocus.comImmigrant children who entered the United States without their parents are facing a barrage of changes — newly initiated by the Trump administration — that could increase their odds of being deported. Attorneys tell New York Focus they are scrambling.
NY Lawyers Fear Trump Blitz Will Speed Up Child DeportationsThe Trump administration is accelerating asylum proceedings as legal aid funding expires, leaving immigrant children less time to prepare.nysfocus.comEarlier this month, New York Focus had the opportunity to interview Sally, an artificial intelligence-powered tool the Salamanca City Central School District had planned to introduce to students this fall alongside a humanoid robot.
I Interviewed Realbotix’s AI Teaching Assistant. Here’s What Happened.A New York school district is weighing whether to use an AI teaching assistant this fall. We interviewed "Sally" to see how it would interact with…nysfocus.com“The Delivery Protection Act is not protecting me or my neighbors, it’s making our lives harder.” The ad was posted by a group called New York Delivers. Amazon supplied almost all the funding for the campaign.
Amazon Bankrolled $5M Campaign Against NYC Delivery BillAmazon supplied almost all the funding for a campaign presented as a coalition of New York City workers, small businesses, and national carriers.nysfocus.comHere’s an up-close look at the workers living in “Jason Bourne-type mode” on the outskirts of Rochester amid what locals say is the largest wave of immigration enforcement activity in recent memory.
Immigration Agents Are Picking Off These Tomato Plant WorkersICE and Border Patrol are stalking a Sungrow greenhouse and packing facility 20 miles outside of Rochester, prompting workers to flee.nysfocus.comIn November 2024, Centers Health Care — the 37-facility nursing home chain that owns Buffalo Center — agreed to pay a $45 million fine, increase staff, and hire independent monitors in a landmark settlement with the state.
Nursing Home Chain Violates $45M Settlement With New YorkNew York Focus found multiple violations of the attorney general’s settlement with Centers Health Care, including staffing failures and resident harm.nysfocus.comIn NY’s first-ever effort to track its own AI use, only 13 of the state’s roughly 100 agencies reported using AI in a way that could “directly impact the public.” However, New York Focus found several high-profile AI programs do not appear on the list.
New York Is Struggling to Track Its Own AI UseIn New York’s first effort to track its AI use, only 13 of the state’s roughly 100 agencies reported using AI in a way that could “directly impact the…nysfocus.comICE and Border Patrol agents have arrested at least six people in a kind of slow-motion raid that has drawn little outcry but upended life for immigrants who work in this corner of western New York, where the Rochester suburbs give way to farmland.
Immigration Agents Are Picking Off These Tomato Plant WorkersICE and Border Patrol are stalking a Sungrow greenhouse and packing facility 20 miles outside of Rochester, prompting workers to flee.nysfocus.comUnder New York state law, both the Board of Regents and SUNY trustees can approve new charter schools. But SUNY can also overrule the Board of Regents' rejections. It has done so over 50 times since 2017, intensifying NY’s charter school power struggle.
The Fight for Control Over NY’s Charter Schools Is EscalatingA New York Focus analysis found SUNY overruled state education officials at least 51 times, intensifying New York’s charter school power struggle.nysfocus.comAmazon supplied almost all the funding for a campaign presented as a coalition of New York workers, small businesses, and national carriers. The company's donations are by far the largest it has ever reported making to a lobbying effort in the state.
Amazon Bankrolled $5M Campaign Against NYC Delivery BillAmazon supplied almost all the funding for a campaign presented as a coalition of New York City workers, small businesses, and national carriers.nysfocus.comHere’s our exclusive conversation with Sally — an AI-powered teaching assistant — and a firsthand look at how it would interact with students in the Salamanca City Central School District this fall should it receive approval.
I Interviewed Realbotix’s AI Teaching Assistant. Here’s What Happened.A New York school district is weighing whether to use an AI teaching assistant this fall. We interviewed "Sally" to see how it would interact with…nysfocus.comIn 2024, a New York nursing home chain agreed to pay $45M, increase staff, and hire independent monitors in a landmark settlement with the state. New York Focus has uncovered multiple violations since the settlement, as residents continued to suffer.
Nursing Home Chain Violates $45M Settlement With New YorkNew York Focus found multiple violations of the attorney general’s settlement with Centers Health Care, including staffing failures and resident harm.nysfocus.comOn behalf of New York Delivers, the Five Borough Jobs Campaign has run digital ads claiming the legislation would cost the average New York household $664 in additional delivery fees each year. Amazon supplied almost all the funding.
Amazon Bankrolled $5M Campaign Against NYC Delivery BillAmazon supplied almost all the funding for a campaign presented as a coalition of New York City workers, small businesses, and national carriers.nysfocus.comA Brooklyn woman fleeced by her own attorney will be repaid more than $70K after New York Focus highlighted prosecutors’ failure to investigate her case. Larger questions remain about NY’s cash-strapped fund for compensating victims of attorney theft.
Brooklyn Woman Gets $70K Back After Her Lawyer Robbed HerPamela Brown will receive most of her money back after New York Focus exposed failures in the handling of her lawyer-theft complaint.nysfocus.comNew York law allows two bodies to approve new charter schools, but it only gives one of them the power to overrule the other. Our analysis found that's happened more than 50 times in the last decade, intensifying the state's charter school power struggle.
The Fight for Control Over NY’s Charter Schools Is EscalatingA New York Focus analysis found SUNY overruled state education officials at least 51 times, intensifying New York’s charter school power struggle.nysfocus.comImmigration agents are stalking the workers of the Sungrow tomato plant in Ontario, New York. They have lurked in the parking lot in unmarked cars before dawn. They have shown up at the motel where many of the workers were staying.
Immigration Agents Are Picking Off These Tomato Plant WorkersICE and Border Patrol are stalking a Sungrow greenhouse and packing facility 20 miles outside of Rochester, prompting workers to flee.nysfocus.comA Western New York school district is evaluating whether to proceed with deploying an AI teaching assistant this fall. We asked to interview Sally, the AI teaching assistant's virtual avatar. The creator, Realbotix, agreed. Here's the conversation.
I Interviewed Realbotix’s AI Teaching Assistant. Here’s What Happened.A New York school district is weighing whether to use an AI teaching assistant this fall. We interviewed "Sally" to see how it would interact with…nysfocus.com