Auburn Citizen7d
NY budget: Hochul eyes $425M for prison security after inmate beating death
Kathy Hochul is proposing more than $425 million in her 2025-26 state budget proposal to boost security at correctional facilities. A bulk of the funding ($400 million) is to expedite the ...
Long Island Press14d
State of the State: Hochul gears up for reelection fight with affordability and crime focus
In her fourth State of the State address, Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged to address New Yorkers’ growing concerns over the state’s cost of living and high-profile crimes as a likely tough re ...
The Hill26d
NY governor eyes changes to involuntary commitment standards amid surge in transit crime
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she would include legislation regarding the state’s involuntary commitment standards in her new executive budget following a series of violent subway attacks ...
Auburn Citizen14d
Hochul proposes placing Harriet Tubman statue in U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall
Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing to honor Harriet Tubman, an Auburn and American icon, with the placement of a statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall. In her State of the State address ...
Politico5d
Ritchie Torres’ deportation flip-flop
Just four years later — as he eyes a run for New York governor ... His ramping up of rhetoric on immigration comes as Gov. Kathy Hochul — whom he’d be trying to unseat if he enters ...
Kathy Hochul proposes ‘bell-to-bell’ phone ban in NY schools that comes with surprise $13.5M cost to taxpayers
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed a “bell-to-bell” ban on smartphones and other devices in her budget plan unveiled Tuesday — a ...
Environment: Here's what Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes in her budget
Her budget made no mention of "cap and invest," the program she proposed two years ago as a central strategy for reducing ...
New York Post7d
NY’s Kathy Hochul pitches $252B budget plan stuffed with handouts — and she’s already blaming Trump if anything goes wrong
Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her $252 billion budget proposal stuffed with handouts on Tuesday — but she’s already blaming the Trump’s administration if issues arise in propping up the ...
The New York Times3d
Where Might Gov. Hochul Be Among Friends? At a Buffalo Bills Bar.
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, an unabashed fan of the Buffalo Bills, was perhaps never more popular than on Sunday in downtown Albany. By Benjamin Oreskes Reporting from Albany, N.Y. Down the ...
CBS 62d
Gov. Kathy Hochul Joined Bills Fans at McGeary's Irish Pub for AFC Championship
Albany, NY (WRGB) — On Sunday evening, Governor Kathy Hochul made an unannounced visit to McGeary's Irish Pub in downtown Albany to watch the Buffalo Bills take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the ...
New York schools could ban cellphones soon. Here's why Gov. Kathy Hochul changed her mind.
NEW YORK -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed she is planning to call for a statewide ban on cellphones in schools next ...
The Daily News Online12d
Hochul eyes increased farmland protection, other agriculture proposals
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul is proposing increased farmland protection and other actions to boost New York agriculture in her annual State of the State agenda. Hochul’s plan, which she released ...