Gov. Kathy Hochul Archives – QNS

Waymo has received New York City’s first permit to test AV cars with safety drivers.

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Hochul’s self-driving for-hire AV pilot program draws anxiety from NYC groups, pols

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FIRST ON amNY | Hochul to expand NYC subway mental health teams, add platform barriers to more stations

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NYC will add new red light cameras at 450 intersections before end of year: DOT

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Hochul not including Mayor Mamdani’s free bus plan in her State of the State address

González-Rojas speaks at a campaign event at A Child's Place, where she called for a statewide commitment to universal childcare. Photo by Shane O'Brien.

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González-Rojas launches ‘New Deal for Families,’ calls for statewide commitment to universal childcare

By Shane O’Brien

Gov. Hochul and others celebrate congestion pricing anniversary

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Congestion Pricing: Hochul celebrates Manhattan toll program’s ‘extraordinary’ results on its one-year anniversary

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Congestion pricing: 27 million fewer vehicles entered Manhattan’s Central Business District in first year of toll program, MTA says

People using OMNY payment in NYC transit in 2026

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2026 PREVIEW: What will be the next stops for NYC transit in the new year?

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Subway upgrades: MTA board approves A/C line signal project and new elevators at five stations — all funded by congestion pricing

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FIRST ON amNY: City Council Transportation Chair urges Gov. Hochul to offset future fare hikes in coming budget proposal

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Tax relief: How New York seniors will get up to $300 off their property tax bills

ICE agents wearing masks line the halls of the 12th floor at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan on Friday. The agents remained stationed outside immigration courtrooms, where multiple individuals were detained following their hearings

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Cover up: Face-covered ICE agents and unruly protesters reignite debate over a NYC mask ban

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Queens veteran speaks on bill Gov. Hochul signed on Veterans Day

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From left to right: State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez, State Sen. Mike Gianaris, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Variety CEO Costa Constantinides, Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards at Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Gov. Kathy Hochul.

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Hochul announces $5 million in funding for Variety Boys and Girls Club of Queens clubhouse

By Shane O’Brien

Rendering of IBX train traveling through station

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MTA’s IBX train project enters the next phase of work; public meetings scheduled

Hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel

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‘An amazing historic day’: New Yorkers react as remaining Israeli hostages released from Gaza after historic U.S.-led ceasefire deal

State Senator Kristen Gonzalez has proposed a number of policies to raise state revenue amid a threat of federal funding cuts.

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Sen. Gonzalez calls for reform to state tax brackets to raise $20B amid threat of federal funding cuts

By Shane O’Brien

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie speaks to reporters after endorsing Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani at a Bronx news conference. Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025.

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Speaker Heastie backs Mamdani’s Albany agenda, says he’s ‘not concerned’ about Hochul pushback

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo appears to attribute Hochul, expected Heastie, support for Mamdani to ‘socialist faction’

Commuters on board a stopped 7 train and walking on a platform in Queens on Oct. 22, 2024.

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NYC subways see more than 26 million riders in a week, the most since before pandemic began: MTA

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Hochul gives Mamdani crucial endorsement, putting pressure on Schumer and Jeffries

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No ‘fare’! New report highlights staggering costs of rampant toll and fare evasion in NYC

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Bargain transit: Here’s how to commute for free or cheaply in NYC

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No cap on applicants: Free NYS community college program for adults attracts thousands

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and members of government announce crackdown on junk fees

MAMDANI’S FIRST 100 DAYS: Mayor takes on hotel ‘junk fees,’ condemns antisemitism in Brooklyn

US President Donald Trump looks on before departing for Florida from the South Lawn, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 16, 2026.

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