GOTHAMIST: Here Are The Key Issues Gov. Kathy Hochul Didn’t Mention In Her State Of The State Address

ALBANY: Gov. Kathy Hochul laid out more than 220 proposals and initiatives in her first State of the State address Wednesday, embracing a wide-ranging plan intended to mark a new era of state government.

Almost as notable was what she didn’t mention in her 33-minute speech.

Hochul’s agenda-setting address touched on topics ranging from climate change to bolstering public colleges to retaining and recruiting health care workers. She also outlined more specific proposals such as building a new rail line from Brooklyn to Queens.

But she avoided hitting on some of the more difficult issues facing state policymakers in 2022, including the fate of the state’s bail reform measures and a soon-to-expire moratorium on evictions.

What Hochul did – and didn’t – mention has already become fodder for her political opponents, who will closely scrutinize her every word and proposal to look for an opportunity to use it against her on the campaign trail as she remains among the top gubernatorial candidates this year.

That includes U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Long Island Democrat challenging Hochul in the June primary.... 

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