"New York is an incongruous state. We're home to fabulous wealth - if the state were a country, it would have the tenth largest economy in the world - but also the highest rate of wealth inequality. We're among the most diverse - but also the most segregated. We passed the nation's most ambitious climate law - but haven't been meeting its deadlines and continue to subsidize industries hastening the climate crisis."
"We're on a mission to change that. Our work has already shown what can happen when those with power know that someone is watching, with stories that have prompted policy changes and spurred legislation. We have ambitious plans for the rest of the year and beyond, including tackling new beats and more hard-hitting stories - but we need your help to make them a reality."
New York Focus highlights stark contradictions across New York: immense wealth alongside extreme inequality, high diversity alongside segregation, and ambitious climate laws paired with missed deadlines and subsidies for polluting industries. The publication is a statewide nonprofit news outlet focused on scrutinizing power, revealing decision-makers, and exposing how obscure choices affect ordinary New Yorkers. Local news outlets have declined nearly by half in two decades, reducing public oversight and enabling officials and powerful people to operate with less scrutiny. The outlet seeks reader support to expand investigative reporting, pursue new beats, and sustain reporting that has prompted policy changes.
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