New York Governor Kathy Hochul gave her State of the State speech today, updating residents on her agenda and budget proposals. Perhaps taking a cue from Mamdani’s popularity and facing her own re-election bid this year, she put affordability front and center in the speech. Hochul will submit her proposed budget to expand the city’s subway and universal childcare through Mamdani’s 2Care initiative soon for the State Assembly and Senate approval, while balancing the Trump administration’s targeting of Democrat-leaning states.