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Who is the governor meeting with? How much time does she spend fundraising for reelection?
When Kathy Hochul ran for a first full term in 2022, it was somewhat possible to answer those questions. Like her predecessor Andrew Cuomo, Governor Hochul released her schedule of meetings on a rolling basis, usually several months after they occurred.
This week, Governor Kathy Hochul gave her annual State of the State speech, in which she touted her accomplishments and laid out her priorities as she seeks reelection to a second full term this November.
The first hurdle to clear is winning...
Governor Kathy Hochul and the state lawmakers who oversee horse racing expressed serious concern this week about regulators’ failure to investigate buyers of illegal horse drugs. Their comments came after New York Focus revealed that key evidence from an FBI investigation into an international horse doping ring sat untouched for years.
In 2023, a fo...
Since Governor Kathy Hochul endorsed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani in September, the unlikely allies have presented a united front. That dynamic continued during and after Hochul’s annual State of the State speech Tuesday, which laid out an agenda that had significant overlap with Mamdani’s campaign promises — but also key differences.
Mamdani...
If 2025 was the year Governor Kathy Hochul embraced “abundance” as the solution to New York’s woes — above all, the rising cost of living — 2026 is her year to show that she was just ge...
