{"id":2387965,"date":"2025-01-08T15:43:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-looks-to-focus-on-affordability-instead-of-trump-resistance\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T15:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T20:45:21","slug":"hochul-looks-to-focus-on-affordability-instead-of-trump-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-looks-to-focus-on-affordability-instead-of-trump-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul looks to focus on affordability instead of Trump resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhochul-looks-to-focus-on-affordability-instead-of-trump-resistance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387965&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New\u2063 York governor Kathy Hochul\u2063 is prioritizing affordability as her main campaign theme for the upcoming 2024 elections, seeking to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">connect wiht voters<\/a> \u200bon this critical issue. She has proposed measures such as rebate checks and an expansion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">child tax credit<\/a> to alleviate financial\u200d burdens faced by New Yorkers. This shift in focus\u2064 marks a strategy to emphasize economic concerns over political\u2062 battles, notably resistance to former President Trump. Hochul&#8217;s \u200capproach aims to present a more relatable agenda to the electorate as she prepares for\u2062 the election year.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hochul looks to focus on affordability instead of Trump resistance in 2025<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1930384\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kathy-hochul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> (D-NY) is looking to emphasize an obvious theme important to voters in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024 election<\/a> for the coming year: affordability.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The governor has already rolled out proposals for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/money-your-pockets-governor-hochul-proposes-sending-86-million-new-yorkers-inflation-refund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rebate checks<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/money-your-pockets-governor-hochul-proposes-sweeping-expansion-child-tax-credit-deliver-1000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-return-to-full-employment-next-year-if-congress-passes-1-9-trillion-relief-bill-yellen\/\" title=\"US to Return to Full Employment Next Year if Congress Passes .9 Trillion Relief Bill: Yellen\">tax credits<\/a><\/a>&nbsp;that will likely let voters know that their government is aware of rising prices. Hochul says the theme change is not due to President-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign, which mainly focused on rising inflation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I did not need the&nbsp;November elections to tell me affordability and public safety are the No. 1 and 2 concerns,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-backs-republican-covid-19-package-after-mcconnell-rejects-bipartisan-proposal\/\" title=\"Trump backs Republican COVID-19 package after McConnell rejects bipartisan proposal\">told reporters<\/a>. &ldquo;I will do it independent of elections, it&rsquo;s the right thing to do. People are hurting right now, and we cannot be tone deaf as a party, as a nation, or a state to those cries for help.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have been criticized for focusing too much on attacking Trump&rsquo;s character and faults instead of focusing on rising inflation during President Joe Biden&rsquo;s first term. Hochul was also guilty of that at points, keying her Democratic National Convention speech on how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i_5o3jjk0Tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump<\/a> &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturdays-fun-fraud-facts-seven-unexplainable-results-that-reveal-democrats-didnt-even-try-to-hide-their-fraud\/\" title=\"Saturday&#039;s Fun Fraud Facts: Seven Unexplainable Results that Reveal Democrats Didn&#039;t Even Try to Hide Their Fraud\">wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t raised with the New York values that I know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She spent the majority of that speech bashing Trump and his criminal convictions while declining to mention the affordability crisis in New York and the country. She did tout some of the state&rsquo;s accomplishments, including opening a Micron Technology plant in Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Hochul and other New York Democrats are looking to backpedal on their Trump-attacking tactics.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a different time&nbsp;and it&rsquo;s a different circumstance,&rdquo; New York Democratic Chair Jay Jacobs told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/new-york-playbook\/2025\/01\/08\/trumping-the-issues-00197026?nname=new-york-playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b74f0000&amp;nrid=f30a4edf-4720-44be-853f-499f03445417&amp;nlid=630317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Politico<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;You have to read the room. Voters are not looking for either party to engage in personal attacks and the like. They&rsquo;re looking for results.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The main warning sign New York Democrats received was their lackluster performance against Trump in the 2024 election, giving up the closest margin in the state for a Republican since 1988. He also drew landmark support from New York City, which has historically revolted against the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>Housing affordability and crime in New York City are likely the reasons for the underperformance. Both issues have heavily affected Hochul&rsquo;s and Mayor Eric Adams&rsquo;s popularity in the city.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rebate checks and tax credits will also directly help her 2026 reelection bid. The checks will offer $300 for families making less than $300,000 and $500 for families making under $150,000. The tax credit will offer $1,000 to 1.6 million New York families for each child under 4.<\/p>\n<p>Having Hochul&rsquo;s checks in mind when paying their bills could help her bid, or hurt it if she is not able to convince New Yorkers that she has done enough for affordability otherwise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1930384\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1930384\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hochul prioritizes affordability over Trump opposition for 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2387966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hochul-trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[18297,8433,32120,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2387965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-affordability","tag-hochul","tag-new-york","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Hochul-trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387965"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387969,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387965\/revisions\/2387969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}