Hochul to unveil massive $252B budget proposal but new taxes, fees for MTA remain mystery
Gov. Kathy Hochul is scheduled to unveil her most expensive budget on Tuesday, with a $252 billion plan to continue increasing spending to fund new benefits. Mr. Hochul's administration proposal is $19 billion (8.3%) larger than last year's proposal and $36 billion (16%) more than the original plan for 2022. The state budget for 2024-25 […]
Hochul orders flags to be raised for Trump’s inauguration despite current mourning period for Jimmy Carter
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) will raise flags in the state for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, as the nation remains in a period of mourning to remember former President Jimmy Carter. He ordered it to be displayed in full display. “Tomorrow, we will become Americans who uphold a centuries-old inauguration tradition,” Hochul […]
Gov. Hochul orders flags raised to full-staff for Trump’s inauguration in goodwill gesture to new administration
Governor Kathy Hochul has ordered all flags in New York state to be flown for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Flags are currently being flown at half-staff across the United States to commemorate the death of former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on December 29th at […]
NY’s plan to raise $33B for MTA in taxes, fees kept secret as Hochul passes buck to pols
New York State plans new taxes and fees to fund struggling Metropolitan Transportation Authority with $33 billion, even as Gov. Kathy Hochul plans to submit a budget this week is kept secret. Mr. Hochul continues to refuse to publicly outline ideas to fill the huge holes in the MTA's $68 billion, five-year capital plan, and […]
Gov. Hochul takes drastic steps to fix Capitol building stairs as cost doubles to a whopping $80M
She's buying a stairway to budget hell. Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration quietly doubled the price tag to renovate the crumbling grand staircase to the state Capitol, raising the cost to a whopping $80 million, the Post reported. Documents show renovation costs have soared from $17 million in 2014 to $41 million in 2022 and more […]
Turnstile ‘spikes’ installed in NYC’s crime-ridden subways as Hochul beefs up police presence
New York Gov. Cathy Hochul announced a new $77 million plan to crack down on subway crime, while the MTA also plans to stop fare evaders who cost the transit agency hundreds of millions of dollars each. To do this, we have started installing spikes at some of the ticket gates. Annual revenue loss. The […]
Hundreds of cops to be stationed overnight in NYC subways: Hochul
Gov. Cathy Hochul on Thursday finally revealed details about long-awaited subway safety improvements, saying hundreds of NYPD officers will begin patrolling night trains next week. “Starting Monday, you'll start to see signs of night on the train,” she said at a news conference in Grand Central Station, wearing a windbreaker. When the effort reaches its […]
NY’s Kathy Hochul enrages green activists by pushing off ‘cap and invest’ plan over skyrocketing gas-price fears
Gov. Kathy Hochul considers green activists red. The governor blindsided environmentalists by delaying a controversial “cap-and-invest” program that critics warned would raise the price of gas and home heating oil. Activists complained that Mr. Hochul ignored a promise made two years ago to tax fossil fuel companies on carbon pollution and use the proceeds to […]
Hochul finally acknowledges NYC subway crime in ‘State of the State’ speech — but proposals slammed as largely ‘symbolic’
ALBANY, N.Y. — She finally saw the light. Gov. Kathy Hochul was forced to make a major acknowledgment of subway crime and mental illness Tuesday in her policy-setting annual State of the State address, but critics said her proposals were largely “symbolic.” It was criticized as such. Mr. Hochul, politically unstable, has also sought to […]
Hochul unveils proposal to put NYPD on every overnight NYC subway
NYPD officers will be stationed on every night subway train for the next six months under Gov. Kathy Hochul's new plan to combat rising transit violence. Hochul revealed the surge in Metro police during his State of the State address in Albany on Tuesday, saying the state would crack down.“We want uniformed police officers on […]