New York

Criminal charges that can be brought against correctional staff in New York include murder, first-degree manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter, and attempted tampering with physical evidence.

Some U.S. states have candidate filing deadlines for congressional elections that can make late redistricting impractical because the procedural steps to craft new maps cannot be completed within the shortened timeline.

Chuck Schumer is the Senate Democratic leader and a Democratic U.S. Senator from New York (D-N.Y.).

Kathy Hochul is the Democratic Governor of New York.

Charles Schumer is the United States Senate Minority Leader representing New York and is a member of the Democratic Party.

Andrew Cuomo is a former Governor of New York and is running as an independent candidate in the 2025 New York City mayoral race.

As of 2025-10-31, New York has a shield law designed to protect health care providers from out-of-state enforcement actions related to legally protected health activities.

As of 2025-10-31, New York is one of at least eight U.S. states that have enacted shield laws to protect providers from other states' legal reach.

As of 2025-10-31, New York's shield law is interpreted to treat medical services that are legal in New York as 'legally protected health activity' eligible for the law's protections against out-of-state enforcement.

Hakeem Jeffries is the House Minority Leader and serves as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.

Hakeem Jeffries was serving as the U.S. House Minority Leader and is a member of the Democratic Party representing New York.

Hakeem Jeffries is the U.S. House Minority Leader and represents a congressional district that includes part of Brooklyn.

Letitia James is the Attorney General of New York, the statewide elected official who serves as the state's chief legal officer.

Andrew Cuomo is a former governor of the State of New York.

Letitia James serves as the Attorney General of New York.

Letitia James is the New York Attorney General.

New York's anti-SLAPP law is generally regarded as stronger than Florida's anti-SLAPP law, according to assessments by the Public Participation Project.

Daniel (Dan) Goldman is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.

Among contributors who had maxed out contribution limits to U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff in the Q3 2025 reporting period, 33.3% were from California, 15.65% were from New York, 10.8% were from Massachusetts, and 6.1% were from Georgia.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service data covering the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 (Oct 1–Dec 31, 2024) showed more than 226,000 fraudulent SNAP benefit claims, more than 691,000 unauthorized SNAP transactions, and reported stolen benefit claim counts of over 26,000 for Alabama, 25,818 for California, and 25,210 for New York.

The term length for the governor of New York is four years.

Kathy Hochul became governor of New York in 2021 following the resignation of Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Donald Trump lost the state of New York by approximately 23 percentage points in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Letitia James was first elected in 2018 as New York's attorney general, and she is the first woman elected to that office.

The last time a Republican won the New York gubernatorial election was Governor George Pataki's re-election in 2002.

New York's 1977 'Son of Sam' law was enacted to prevent convicted criminals from profiting by selling or otherwise monetizing accounts of their crimes.

New York enacted the 'Son of Sam' law in 1977 to prevent criminals from profiting by detailing their offenses or selling rights to their crime stories.

The Gateway Project is an infrastructure initiative to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New Jersey and New York.

The rail corridor under the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York is among the busiest train corridors in the United States.

Under New York's Safe Haven Law, parents may legally surrender a newborn to hospitals, police precincts, or fire stations without facing criminal charges provided the child is left in the care of responsible personnel.

U.S. states can allocate public funds to support Planned Parenthood affiliates; Washington, Colorado, New Mexico, and California have allocated such funds, and other states including Oregon and New York have considered similar measures.

Fusion voting is legal and commonly used in New York and Connecticut, and it is also legal in Oregon, Vermont, and Mississippi.

New York has a Democratic voter registration advantage, with Democrats holding a major edge in registered voters compared to Republicans.

Some U.S. states operate state-level greenhouse gas reporting programs, with California and New York cited as having similar programs; New York's program has been described as intended to help create cap-and-trade systems.