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Kathy Hochul's 2025 State of the State
Housing Hopes, or Housing Half Measures? State of the State 2025

Hochul is pushing an array of financial incentives to tackle the state’s housing crisis. But will they make a dent?

Sam Mellins   ·   January 15, 2025
Photo collage of a desk with a notepad and voice recorder in a newsroom.
Covering Governor Hochul’s 2025 State of the State

Our team will be descending upon Albany on Tuesday. Here’s what they’ll be watching.

New York Focus   ·   January 13, 2025
Hochul Unveils Universal Free School Meals Program: State of the State 2025

The governor also wants to make some community college programs free. But she didn’t touch the thorniest issue: the school funding formula.

Bianca Fortis   ·   January 15, 2025
Abortion, Importing Drugs and Involuntary Hospitalization: State of the State 2025

Among her many health-related proposals, the governor wants to rein in drug prices — possibly by importing them from Canada.

Chris Bragg   ·   January 15, 2025
Hochul Wants to Revisit Another Criminal Justice Reform: State of the State 2025

After years of targeting bail, the governor is proposing changes to New York’s 2019 discovery reform law.

Chris Gelardi   ·   January 15, 2025
Photo collage of Governor Kathy Hochul in front of a yellow gas pipe on a residential street.
Hochul’s ‘Bait and Switch’ on Climate: State of the State 2025

It looked like 2025 could be a tipping point for climate action in New York. Instead, the governor is backtracking on key parts of her agenda.

Colin Kinniburgh   ·   January 15, 2025
Climate Deadline Stripped from Hochul’s State of the State Agenda at Last Minute

The change was among a handful of eleventh-hour tweaks to Hochul’s policy briefing book.

Colin Kinniburgh   ·   January 17, 2025
Money for Families: State of the State 2025

Hochul says she has a plan to make New York affordable, through tax cuts and payments to families.

Julia Rock   ·   January 15, 2025