Kathy Hochul offers empty promises— and a blueprint for New York’s failure
Gov. Hochul’s State of the State address Tuesday was another display of empty promises and political posturing.
Beneath the rhetoric lies the harsh truth: This administration and the far-left legislature majorities continue to fail New Yorkers.
Instead of bold solutions, Hochul doubled down on the same disastrous policies that have made our state unaffordable, unsafe and unlivable.
Though the governor frequently talks about affordability, New York remains the highest-taxed state in the nation.
Skyrocketing property taxes are squeezing family budgets, small businesses are strangled by red tape, and residents are fleeing at a record pace.
Kathy Hochul’s solution?
More spending and bureaucracy.
Hochul and the Albany Democratic establishment haven’t solved the issues of affordability and crime that are most important to New Yorkers.
They’ve done the opposite.
Their hyper-politicized agenda has exacerbated these issues and driven our state deeper into the hole.
If we could spend our way to a more affordable state, New York would already lead the nation. Instead, Albany’s Democrat-led policies have made us America’s most expensive, most taxed, most regulated and least free state.
The governor’s tone-deaf approach to public safety is equally alarming.
She claims to care about safer streets and subways while standing by policies like cashless bail and discovery reform, which have handcuffed law enforcement and emboldened criminals.
New Yorkers deserve better than living in fear that they will be the next victim of a horrific, violent crime on their commute to work.
Hochul’s feeble attempt to address the migrant crisis is pure political theatre: Instead of holding the Biden-Harris administration accountable for their open-border disaster, she wants New Yorkers to foot the bill for the burden this crisis places on local governments and law enforcement.
Once again, hardworking taxpayers are left picking up the tab for Albany’s failures.Despite serving as the state’s chief executive, Hochul has made blame-shifting her go-to strategy.
She regularly points fingers at Washington, local leaders or even the weather, while refusing to take responsibility for her administration’s failures or her party’s disastrous policies.
New Yorkers don’t need excuses; they need results.
Thankfully, Senate Republicans stand ready with solutions.
Our “Liberate New York” agenda is the antidote to Albany’s dysfunction.
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We’re fighting to lower taxes, eliminate wasteful spending and revitalize our economy so hardworking families and businesses can prosper.
We’re working to repeal pro-criminal laws, restore law and order and back our law enforcement.
And we’re committed to putting the needs of New Yorkers, not the radical agenda of Albany Democrats, at the forefront.
New Yorkers are fed up with the empty promises, skyrocketing costs and rampant crime that define this administration.
It’s time for a state government that serves the people, not the special interests and failed far-left agenda.
If Hochul and the legislative majority continue to ignore the common-sense priorities that New Yorkers demand, they should brace themselves for a reckoning at the ballot box.
Voters are ready to send a clear message by electing more Republicans to Albany — leaders who will deliver real results and fight for the people of this state.
State Sen. Rob Ortt is the minority leader of the New York State Senate.
