The governor responded this week to Republicans' calling her proposal a political stunt, saying: "Clearly, these are not areas that tend to vote Democrat, where there's farms. Let's just put that out there.”

The incumbent governor said the former New York City Council speaker is a fighter who would help her stand up to President Trump.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said that announcement will come before the end of the Democratic State Convention, which is Friday in Syracuse.

The governor says the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown required her to act.

The governor’s budget plan would extend the state’s 75% tax on cigarettes to alternative nicotine products like the popular Zyn pouches.

The plans call for investments in Terrace Park and in lighting for the falls, similar to Niagara Falls.

Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes another $535 million to keep National Guard in state prisons amid staffing shortage.

An accredited university dedicated to Indigenous studies could welcome its first students in the fall of 2027 to the former campus of Wells College.

Several states, including California and Texas, have already redrawn their maps in an arms race started by Republicans at President Donald Trump’s urging.