New York State

• Prosecutors Said to Pursue New Investigation of Letitia James - A longtime hairdresser for the New York attorney general has come under scrutiny as the Justice Department’s efforts to charge Ms. James on other fronts falter.
• Hochul and Mamdani to Announce Road Map to Expand Child Care - Governor Kathy Hochul will appear with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lay out a plan to expand free and subsidized child care in New York, which had been a central focus of his campaign.
• Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States - The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
• Hochul Will Back New Safeguards to Protect Children Online - In her State of the State address, Gov. Kathy Hochul will propose that the default setting for online platforms should ban viewing or messaging minors.
• They, Too, Died After Beatings by Guards. No One Raised an Alarm. - Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other inmates met similar fates?
• New Yorkers Wake Up to Snow, Though Not as Much as Forecast - Predictions were revised down on Friday. Central Park still saw more than 2 inches of snow, with higher totals outside of New York City.
• 19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors - The coalition of states seeks to stop a Trump administration effort to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide such care.
• Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast - The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details. The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.
• Elise Stefanik Tried Everything to Please Trump. He Still Jilted Her. - The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.
• Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress - Ms. Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman and staunch ally of President Trump, abruptly ended her bid to unseat Gov. Kathy Hochul and said she would not seek another House term.