Jeongyoon Han
Capitol News Bureau reporterJeongyoon Han is a Capitol News Bureau reporter for the New York Public News Network, producing multimedia stories on issues of statewide interest and importance. Before starting her position in December 2024, she was a reporter and producer for NPR, with a focus on covering the presidential election.
Han is a Syracuse native and graduated from Williams College.
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The omnibus bill aimed at increasing transparency in New York’s prisons is the first major piece of legislation to pass since the recent beating deaths of two handcuffed people while incarcerated at separate upstate facilities. -
The bill would make it illegal to have sex with someone who is too intoxicated to consent -
The omnibus bill, which lawmakers hope to pass in both chambers with just days before the legislative session’s end, is the first major prison accountability bill that is close to a vote after Brooks’ death last December at Marcy Correctional Facility near Utica. -
Lawmakers in Albany say sewage sludge, or waste collected in homes and factories that's used as a fertilizer alternative, could permanently ruin New York farmland and harm human health. -
Members of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus are calling on lawmakers to pass a slate of prison reform bills before the end of the legislative session. -
Murad Awawdeh, the president of the New York Immigration Coalition, spoke on how the fight over immigration rights has played out in the state since the start of President Trump's term, and about how two bills —the New York For All Act, and Access to Representation Act — would respond to Trump's deportation efforts. -
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that she was considering the “benefits” of new energy projects that meet state environmental laws – including pipeline projects – “at a time when energy prices are through the roof.” -
The state’s parole board is 33% less likely to release a person of color than a white person, according to a New York University School of Law report analyzing the most recent data spanning 2022 through March 2025. -
King’s defense of SUNY’s research and curriculum comes as President Donald Trump and the Department of Education have mounted an offensive on higher education institutions that they say promote “radical left” ideology. -
The bill — which now moves to the Assembly for debate — marks the first major legislative step lawmakers have taken in response to the beating deaths of two Black men incarcerated in upstate correctional facilities.
