Kathy Hochul

Since being sworn into office in 2021, Governor Hochul has proposed a bold vision for New York’s future. In her first State of the State address, she declared that this was a new era for New York, and laid out a comprehensive list of policy proposals and initiatives that will help New Yorkers and their families now, while ensuring the State’s economic recovery is swift and vast. Governor Hochul worked with the legislature to pass a budget that included historic-level of investments in the people, places, and things that will make that happen – from healthcare workers and middle-class families to infrastructure, education, and workforce development – while funding the State’s reserves to historic levels as well.

And in the wake of the Supreme Court’s reckless decisions to strip away abortion rights and strike down gun regulations, Governor Hochul led the charge in Albany to successfully pass new legislation protecting reproductive health, strengthening New York’s gun safety laws and beginning the charge to add an Equal Rights Amendment to the New York State Constitution.