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January 14, 2025

State of the State Response from New York State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar

“Governor Hochul Laid an Egg at The Egg.”

“Governor Kathy Hochul is going to tax, spend, and toll financially teetering New Yorkers into ‘affordability’ whether they like it or not. That’s the clear but absurd takeaway from the Governor’s State of the State address today.

“Mrs. Hochul seems to actually believe that expanding government — taking and spending even more of our money — is the way to bring relief to cash-strapped New Yorkers who perennially pay some of the highest taxes in America. That’s the exact governing attitude that put working- and middle-class New Yorkers in the hole they now occupy. Where is the common sense?

“The Governor has also made clear that she refuses to do anything of substance to address the crime and illegal migrant crises that her party directly caused with pro-criminal laws. Nothing but the full repeal of cashless bail, re-implementation of ‘Broken Windows’ policing, and ending New York’s counterproductive ‘sanctuary’ policies will accomplish those goals.

‘To Governor Hochul and her progressive colleagues running all three branches of state government, ‘affordability’ is the new buzzword. But to millions of New Yorkers eyeing the exit doors to other states, it’s the antonym for New York. This state is famously unaffordable, and Governor Hochul’s tired, big-government vision will only make things worse. Governor Hochul laid an egg at The Egg.”