Kathy Hochul actually said...

"I expect Pam Bondi's worthless, publicity-driven lawsuit to be a total failure, just like all the others."

"I did not want to go down there and give any credibility to this brazen attempt to have our laws undermined by the federal government."

"There's no way I'm letting federal agents, or Elon Musk's shadowy DOGE operation, get unfettered access to the personal data of any New Yorker in the DMV system."

"New York is proud that immigrants from across the globe come here searching for a better life — people like my grandparents who left Ireland looking for the American dream."