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Kathy Hochul

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Kathy Hochul is the 57th Governor of New York, having assumed office on August 24, 2021. She is the first female governor of the state. Prior to her governorship, Hochul served as the Lieutenant Governor of New York from January 1, 2015, until she became governor. Throughout her political career, she has focused on issues such as economic development, women's rights, and public safety.

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Jun 12, 2025

Our nation needs secure borders. Our nation needs comprehensive immigration reform from this body.

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Jun 12, 2025

New York has managed an unprecedented immigrant influx because of a broken border.

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Jun 11, 2025

This is an overreach of epic proportions.

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Jun 11, 2025

Absolutely undermine the sovereignty of individual states.

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Jun 11, 2025

You’re putting a federal problem on our laps. And know what? It gets old after a while.

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May 25, 2025

Charlie was a powerful voice in government and politics, and we remember him today for not only leading his life as a public servant of this great State but also for his dedicated service to our military in the Korean War.

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May 19, 2025

After countless conversations with Equinor and White House officials.

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May 4, 2025

Robert Brooks should be alive today. The brutal attack on Mr. Brooks was sickening, and I immediately moved to terminate the employment of those involved.

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Apr 1, 2025

The will of the voters and the supremacy and sanctity of democratic elections precluded her from doing so.

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Mar 19, 2025

Just leave everybody alone. Leave the parents alone. Leave the kids alone.

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Mar 19, 2025

My job as governor is to make sure that whomever the very smart voters of this city want as their mayor is someone that I will work with, who will work with me to continue my efforts, to make our subways safer, to make sure that we're…

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Mar 19, 2025

I can't make that up. They start cutting that kind of money. I can't make that up. People are going to suffer.

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Mar 19, 2025

I know how I'll spend it as a Democrat and I'll make sure it goes to the right place. Haven't helped the Republican states who might take that money and do something that's not focused on feeding hungry kids, helping kids with disabilities…

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Mar 19, 2025

They created the chaos. We need to point the finger where it belongs.

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Mar 19, 2025

Listen, we have benefited tremendously here in the state of New York of having the influence of the majority leader for the Senate, our home senator. Look at the CHIPS and Science Act. We have Mike Rahn with 50,000 jobs coming to upstate…

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Mar 19, 2025

She's not wrong. But you look at a state like New York, examine the record, what are we delivering for people? Child care, $7 billion that we're investing in our families. The affordability agenda that I have in my budget. I have a path…

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Mar 19, 2025

People are frustrated. I mean, first of all, they're exhausted. There's enormous fatigue that there's so much incoming all the time. The voters were promised lower prices on Inauguration Day. And let's talk about what's happened since…

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Mar 14, 2025

But once you draw first blood on us, we're coming back hard. And I will be leading the resistance on policies like these where you're hurting New Yorkers directly.

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Mar 14, 2025

There is a huge disconnect between the reality we know that New Yorkers are facing and the perception of reality out of the White House.

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Mar 14, 2025

I'm here to say New York hasn't labored under a king in over 250 years. We sure as hell are not gonna start now.

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Mar 14, 2025

We offered up an olive branch. [We said] 'We'll work with you on infrastructure. Let's redo Penn Station'.

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Mar 10, 2025

Guards upset over working conditions began illegally walking off the job Feb. 17.

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Mar 10, 2025

I just do not have all the facts. But here in New York, unlike the president, we actually respect rule of law. So I'm waiting to see what the judge says about this.

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Mar 9, 2025

The pushback against these egregious violations of the rights of pro-Palestinian students was weak and muted.

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