State Comptroller Urges Increased Use of Outreach Data to Improve Shelter Placements and Outcomes

February 27, 2026 The long-term decline in the number of individuals in state prisons has led to a demographic shift towards an older incarcerated population, and necessitates increased attention to policies and costs associated with this population, according to a report by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli today that examines post-COVID trends in the state’s aging prison population. “The share of older people in New York’s prisons has grown over time,” DiNapoli said. “We need careful...

State Police responded to Coye Road in the town of LaFayette for a motorcycle crash with injuries...