7 hours ago · Gov. Kathy Hochul is rallying behind Big Apple district attorneys’ push to change the state’s evidence laws. ... Nearly half of drunken driving cases in Manhattan were dismissed in 2022 ...

1 day ago · Gov. Kathy Hochul spoke to President Trump directly to defend her Manhattan congestion toll — with the commander-in-chief telling her he’ll make a decision on the plan as soon as next week ...

Jan 5, 2025 · NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul gave the green light to a controversial Manhattan toll plan, but her political foes and allies — President-elect Donald Trump and the powerful New York City...

12 hours ago · Hochul, during an unrelated Jan. 31 Manhattan news conference, said she would not reveal details of her two phone conversations with Trump this week, even as the New York Times reported that he is ...

Hochul took office as governor of New York on August 24, 2021, after Cuomo resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment. She won a full term in the 2022 election against Republican U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin in the narrowest New York gubernatorial election since 1994.

Feb 18, 2024 · Lifelong upstater Gov. Kathy Hochul dropped a geographic bombshell on Sunday — saying "I live in Manhattan" — while ranting about Big Apple congestion and reckless e-bikers and cyclists.

Nov 14, 2024 · Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a plan to begin implementing congestion pricing in New York City by early January. In keeping with her promise to lower the cost of tolls from $15, the Governor’s plan features a 40 percent reduction in all tolls for vehicles entering the City’s Central Business District (CBD), saving commuters up to ...

Jun 5, 2024 · New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 indefinitely delayed implementation of a plan to charge motorists big tolls to enter the core of Manhattan, just weeks before the nation’s first “congestion pricing” system was set to launch.

Nov 14, 2024 · NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul resurrected a politically risky toll plan Thursday to start charging drivers entering parts of Manhattan $9 during peak hours — an idea that drew derision from...

Jun 5, 2024 · Governor Kathy Hochul today addressed New Yorkers on affordability and the cost of living and directed the MTA to indefinitely pause congestion pricing to avoid added burdens to working- and middle-class families.