Hochul’s NY agenda: Limit ICE raids, more housing, free child care, dancing in restaurants
Syracuse.com • • nation
Key Points:
- Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a comprehensive agenda in her 2026 State of the State address focused on affordability and countering former President Trump's immigration policies and funding cuts.
- Hochul plans to protect sensitive locations from ICE enforcement without judicial warrants and support legislation allowing New Yorkers to sue ICE and border patrol agents for constitutional violations.
- To boost housing affordability, Hochul proposed easing environmental review laws to speed up construction, and she aims to expand free child care statewide by 2030, starting with 2-year-olds in New York City.
- The governor pledged to advance nuclear power development, ban utility shutoffs for tenants when landlords fail to pay bills, and increase electricity costs for data centers, alongside ending state taxes on tipped income
