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Eric Schneiderman is advising the father of Brooks, who was beaten to death in an upstate prison late last year.

The state wants to have about 280,000 customers enrolled in the Medicaid-run home health care program for the disabled and elderly to all use the same fiscal intermediary by April 1. Advocates call the transition so far a "disaster," while lawmakers are pleading that the deadline be extended.

The dairy industry relies on workers born outside of the United States. President Trump has called for authorities to ramp up the number of unauthorized imigrants they arrest and deport.

An official familiar with the move said it could give Hochul leverage while she negotiates with Trump over congestion pricing.

Senators from both sides of the aisle are introducing legislation that would require lawmaker approval for certain public servants' salaries after they learned that SUNY Chancellor John King's compensation package surpasses $1 million.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump suspended the country's refugee resettlement program. That’s left local organizations that help refugees, like the American Civic Association in Binghamton, unable to help resettle any new refugees or access federal funding to support refugees already here.

Using paratransit in Western New York can be a difficult prospect for those with disabilities, so one local family is visiting Albany this week to advocate for improvements.

WBFO Disability Reporter Emyle Watkins sits down with Dr. Sami Schalk, a disability scholar, professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, and author of “Black Disability Politics." They discuss her book and the intersections of race and disability.

For local organizations, losing out on promised American Rescue Plan funds from the City of Buffalo was a case of what could have been. The scramble to meet the federal Dec. 31st deadline revealed a handful of community projects that could not be obligated in time, with cash going to the city’s revenue replacement. WBFO takes a deeper look at Buffalo’s ARP fumbles through the eyes of those impacted.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg were directly mentioned in one of the attorney general’s orders, which called for a newly formed “Weaponization Working Group” to examine “federal cooperation with the weaponization” by James and Bragg, “their respective staffs, and other New York officials to target President Trump, his family, and his businesses.”