Hochul Tells NY Voters She Heard Red-Wave Worry on Crime, Prices
- Governor pledges 800,000 units of housing over 10 years
- First major policy address touches on bail reform, inflation
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul heeded the lessons of a closer-than-expected governor’s race by focusing her first major policy address on the issues that boosted the state’s Republican candidates last year: crime and inflation.
“We will make New York safer. We will make New York more affordable,” the Democratic governor said in her State of the State address Tuesday. If New Yorkers don’t feel safe — or if they can’t afford a rent or mortgage — “people will leave in pursuit of their dreams elsewhere,” she said, referencing a significant population decline that led to the state losing a congressional seat.