Jan 14, 2025 · Governor Kathy Hochul today proposed a middle class tax cut for more than 8.3 New York taxpayers as part of her 2025 State of the State. By cutting rates across five of the State’s nine tax brackets, Governor Hochul will bring tax rates down to their lowest level in nearly 70 years. ... Raised the minimum wage to $16.50 in New York City, Long ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Governor Kathy Hochul today announced significant progress on multi-faceted efforts to combat fare evasion across the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). In the last six months, from June 2024 through December 2024, subway fare evasion is down 26 percent. ... the City of New York’s program to provide eligible New Yorkers with half ...

Hochul took office as governor of New York on August 24, 2021, after Cuomo resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment. She won a full term in the 2022 election against Republican U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin in the narrowest New York gubernatorial election since 1994.

Jan 21, 2025 · Governor Kathy Hochul today laid out her plans to make New York more affordable and safer as she unveiled the Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2026. The budget will deliver more than $5 billion in tax cuts, credits and refunds to New York families, while making record investments in education and health care and keeping $21 billion in reserves.

Jan 14, 2025 · ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pitched voters on a series of populist economic policies — floating proposals to hand out free money, slash taxes and fight hedge funds — in a speech Tuesday aimed at cleaning up the kitchen table issues that damaged Democrats in November.

Jan 25, 2025 · Kathy Hochul (born August 27, 1958, Woodlawn, New York, U.S.) is an American politician and attorney who has served as the governor of New York since 2021. She is the state’s first female governor.

3 days ago · Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York signed a bill on Monday intended to give the state’s health care providers an extra layer of protection to shield them from prosecution in states that ban abortion.

Jan 14, 2025 · Under her new plan for 2025, Hochul proposes partnering with the city to add police protocols on every overnight train for the next six months and to increase police presence on platforms and trains by temporarily surging patrol levels.

Dec 27, 2024 · Gov. Kathy Hochul has decisions to make at the end of the year on whether to sign or veto a number of key bills. Darren McGee/Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul. On Boxing Day, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed one of the last two bills she had to act on for the year, the Climate Change Superfund Act.

11 hours ago · New York Governor Kathy Hochul calls for economic development center at the Lally School of Education on the former Saint Rose campus in Albany, February 6, 2025. New York Governor Kathy Hochul ...