| | | | |  | | By Anna Gronewold and Erin Durkin | Presented by Equinor | Gov. Kathy Hochul faces an electorate skeptical of her ability to deliver as she heads into a new term and legislative session, according to new polling out this morning. When it comes to six themes from her State of the State address in January, voters didn't think Hochul made good this year, a Siena poll conducted the first week of December found. Those included: making communities safer; enhancing trust in state government; transforming SUNY; increasing the availability of quality medical care; improving business conditions and making the state a place people want to live. Maybe they were somewhat optimistic when she announced them nearly a year ago, but they've not yet seen what they'd hoped, said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg. | 
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a campaign event, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, at Barnard College in New York. | Mary Altaffer/AP Photo |
"Today, when asked whether the Hochul Administration did or did not make progress on these goals, voters give a resounding 'no,'" Greenberg said. "A majority or strong plurality say she did not make progress on any of them. Fewer than one-third of voters say her Administration made progress on any of the goals."
For many of these goals, the time frame is too short to see big results yet, and Hochul has a chance to revisit and revise her vision when she gives her 2023 State of the State address on Jan. 10. She has already indicated that she will focus on affordable housing this year. Voters in the poll overwhelmingly indicated they want Hochul and state lawmakers to address crime and cost of living. Hochul's favorability rating and approval rating were both slightly down from October, but remain in positive territory: 45 percent to 43 percent, and 49 percent to 44 percent, respectively. The same can't be said for New York City Mayor Eric Adams. His favorability rating is underwater at 32 percent to 33 percent, compared to 36 to 20 percent in February. He fares better with NYC voters specifically, who gave him a 50 percent to 35 percent favorability rating, but still down from 58 percent to 22 percent in February. At least one person got a big boost: Hochul's Republican challenger Rep. Lee Zeldin emerged after an unsuccessful Election Day with his best-ever favorability of 46-32, a net improvement of 18 points. IT'S TUESDAY. Got tips, suggestions or thoughts? Let us know ... By email: EDurkin@politico.com and agronewold@politico.com, or on Twitter: @erinmdurkin and @annagronewold WHERE'S KATHY? In New York City. WHERE'S ERIC? Speaking at the National Mathematics Improvement Project, making an education-related announcement, attending the Center for Fair Futures holiday reception and speaking at the NYC Speaks Action Plan launch.
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| | | | POLITICO APP USERS: UPGRADE YOUR APP BY DECEMBER 19! We recently upgraded the POLITICO app with a fresh look and improved features for easier access to POLITICO's scoops and groundbreaking reporting. Starting December 19, users will no longer have access to the previous version of the app. Update your app today to stay on top of essential political news, insights, and analysis from the best journalists in the business. UPDATE iOS APP – UPDATE ANDROID APP . | | | | | | | WHAT ALBANY'S READING | | " AG James' chief of staff wasn't her first staffer ousted over sexual harassment claims ," by New York Post's Carl Campanile: "Another man who worked for state Attorney General Letitia James was quietly bounced for allegedly harassing women in the office, The Post has learned. Enny Pichardo, a former deputy in the AG's press office, was forced to resign under the threat of termination in 2019 after being found to have inappropriately touched female staffers and commented on their bodies in the Manhattan office, sources familiar with his case said. 'He was a problem,' said a source familiar with the probe that led to Pichardo's termination. Pichardo was seen inappropriately touching women on the face 'and commenting on women's legs and buttocks,' the source said." " Incarcerated people forced to do dangerous work for 'slave' wages at height of pandemic ," by The Intercept's Akela Lacy: "At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, news outlets reported that incarcerated people in New York were being forced to make hand sanitizer and coffins. Though elected officials and advocates for criminal justice reform were quick to criticize what they called the use of 'slave labor' in the state's pandemic response, the extent of this work by the incarcerated was never known. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision data obtained by The Intercept reveals that people incarcerated in state prisons were also forced to perform a range of other jobs for penny wages during the height of the pandemic, including asbestos abatement and removal of lead paint." New York Education Department requests largest school aid increase in history , by POLITICO's Katelyn Cordero: The New York State Education Department put out its state aid proposal Monday and is asking for a $3.4 billion increase from the current budget year. The proposal is the largest requested school aid increase in state history, which the department says is due to a fully funded foundation aid and inflation. The budget proposal was presented during a committee meeting on Monday afternoon but is expected to be passed on Tuesday by the full board. — " Board of Regents: Mohonasen's district name can stay, but mascot must go ," by Times Union's Kathleen Moore: "The Board of Regents showed no sign of relenting on a proposed ban of mascots and nicknames that refer to indigenous people, but agreed Monday that school district names could remain. Many places in New York have long had names that refer to Native American tribes, such as Seneca and Cayuga counties. Locally, Shenendehowa is a word in the Iroquois language, and every school building name in district also comes from that language. ... All the names can stay, but state officials said mascot or logo images that refer to indigenous people, however respectful the designers might think they are, must go." " Hochul launches Hate and Bias Prevention Unit as NYC antisemitic incidents up 125% ," by 1010Wins Adam Warner and Marla Diamond: "Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the new unit during an event on antisemitism at the Lincoln Square Synagogue on the Upper West Side. According to the governor's office, the unit will be a part of the state's Division of Human Rights. It will be charged with 'leading public education and outreach efforts, serving as an early warning detection system in local communities, and quickly mobilizing to support areas and communities in which a bias incident has occurred.' Among other efforts, the unit will organize 10 regional councils across the state made up of local stakeholders." #UpstateAmerica: Those hoping to preserve the Great Northern grain elevator received a potentially fatal court ruling.
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| | Real Estate | | " 'My Water Smells and Tastes Like Poop': Tenants of NYCHA's Riis Houses Reveal Ongoing Squalid Conditions ," by Hell Gate's Safiyah Riddle: "Maribel Soto and many other residents of the Jacob Riis Houses were not shocked when the New York City Housing Authority announced that arsenic had been detected in their drinking water. The Lower East Side tenants have been buying bottled water for years because they are afraid of what comes out of their taps." " These Community-Oriented Lenders Have Remained a 'Quiet Secret, '" by THE CITY's Jonathan Custodio: "A new plan offers a blueprint for expanding access to small business loans with affordable terms in the most 'underbanked' borough, where that kind of credit is often a vital lifeline. The Center for an Urban Future think tank argues in a new report that nonprofit Community Development Financial Institutions are already on the ground here and equipped to fill gaps in the banking system. Often owned by Black, Latino, Asian and Indigenous entrepreneurs, they provide crucial capital on fairer terms to smaller businesses — if only those CDFIs could get more support from the state and the city to hire workers to process their loans." | | | | Follow us on Twitter | | | | Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook family Playbook | Playbook PM | California Playbook | Florida Playbook | Illinois Playbook | Massachusetts Playbook | New Jersey Playbook | New York Playbook | Ottawa Playbook | Brussels Playbook | London Playbook View all our political and policy newsletters | | Follow us | | | | |
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