Blog: Latest Reports from The New York Times ‘New York Focus’

New York Today: New York Today: Tips for Tax Day Tuesday: Advice for Tax Day, soggy weather and some praise for Abraham Lincoln.

National Politics Shines on Albany as Candidates Nearly Cross Paths New York’s primaries on April 19 have drawn more attention to the state capital with Donald J. Trump, Bernie Sanders and Gov. John Kasich all in town.

New York City Combining Agencies for Homeless and Welfare Services The Human Resources Administration and the Social Services Department will join under one commissioner, Steven Banks.

Editorial: The Mayor Offers Hope for the Homeless Mayor de Blasio’s new plan will focus on preventing homelessness and putting people into permanent housing.

De Blasio Donors Shared Closeness to Police Leaders The two donors, Jona S. Rechnitz and Jeremiah Reichberg, appeared to take great pride in their closeness to police commanders.

De Blasio Donors Shared Closeness to Police Leaders The two donors, Jona S. Rechnitz and Jeremiah Reichberg, appeared to take great pride in their closeness to police commanders.

Thieves Take $280,000 From Brooklyn Bank After Carving Hole in Roof Bank employees at an HSBC branch in the Borough Park neighborhood arrived at work to discover a tunnel had been cut from the ceiling into the vault.

Cuomo’s Tax Cuts, Boon for Middle Class, Come With Risk While the cuts are projected to save taxpayers more than $20 billion by 2025, critics fear that they could leave the state open to financial pitfalls.

The Appraisal: A Tiny Home Takes Shape in Brooklyn, but It May Not Stay In New York, the trend toward living small usually involves the micro-apartment, but one woman has joined the Tiny House Movement and is building a 160-square-foot one of her own.

Talking with Dena Blizzard: How She Became ‘One Funny Mother’ Ms. Blizzard’s solo comedy show has come to New York City after a national tour. She’s not afraid to say: “Everybody’s kids are annoying.”

Body Recovered 2 Months After Plane Lands in a Long Island Harbor The body of Gerson Salmon-Negron, 23, of Elmhurst, Queens, was found on a beach, the authorities said.

First Draft: Racially Charged Joke by Hillary Clinton and Bill de Blasio Earns Scorn Instead of Laughs A skit by Mrs. Clinton and the mayor of New York during an annual sendup of New York politics drew cringes from the audience and criticism from several news media outlets.

Sentencing Delayed for Man Convicted in Gay-Bias Killing Elliot Morales, who was convicted last month and is acting as his own lawyer, requested additional time to review a series of issues surrounding the case.

Rutgers Student Killed in Shooting Near Newark Campus The Rutgers Police Department said that the shooting was not random and that the downtown campus, which serves about 12,000 students, was not under threat.

Donald Trump and New York Tabloids Pick Their Elaborate Dance Back Up For next week’s primary, Mr. Trump will return to the ink-stained caldron in which he and the media that he fed thrived in the 1980s.

New York State Corrections Dept. Takes On Guards’ Union Over Brutality For decades, the union has held the power in disciplinary decisions and whether guards accused of wrongdoing can be transferred.

New York Today: New York Today: A Primary on the Horizon Monday: The lead-up to the primary, a corruption investigation widens and a debate in Brooklyn.

Editorial: Don’t Dilute CUNY’s Urban Mission Governor Cuomo has to stop playing politics with the higher education of New York’s urban poor.

Firm to Pay AIDS Activist for Denying Him Housing A brokerage firm has agreed to pay David Goode $5,000 in damages for denying his rental application because he received subsidies through the city’s H.I.V./AIDS Services Administration.