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State of the State Address
New York Amsterdam News|January 16, 2025
On Jan. 14, Governor Kathy Hochul gave her fourth State of the State address to a packed crowd at the Egg in Albany. In her 2025 address, she focused on making the state safer and more affordable for families, building housing, and implementing a contentious plan to involuntarily remove homeless individuals with mental illness off the streets and subway.
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State of the State Address

"Your family is my fight-and I will never stop fighting for the people of New York," Hochul said. "New Yorkers expect results, and that's why I fight day in and day out to make New York safer, healthier, cleaner, more affordable for you and your family and that is what we're doing with the initiatives announced as part of my 2025 State of the State."

Her plans called for a "sweeping" middle-class tax cut, an expanded child tax credit, and full restoration of state and local tax (SALT) deductions to beat back rapidly rising inflation costs. She also promised a push for universal free school meals and capital funding toward universal child care, which organizations like No Kid Hungry New York applauded.

"Every child in New York deserves access to three healthy meals a day, and Governor Hochul's State of the State agenda is a promising step toward making that a reality," said No Kid Hungry New York Director Rachel Sabella in a statement. "With proposals like an expanded Empire State Child Tax Credit, no-cost universal school meals, and the return of Summer EBT, the Governor seems ready and willing to address the child hunger crisis and it couldn't come at a more urgent time."

Hochul said she intends to fight sexual assault and domestic violence, ensure fair trials, crack down on fare evasions, deploy more than 1,250 state personnel to assist the NYPD with bag checks in the subways, install security cameras in train cars, increase patrol levels on subway platforms for the next six months, and increase outreach and involuntary commitment of homeless individuals with serious mental illness.

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