Affordability proposals include a middle class tax cut impacting more than 8.3 million New Yorkers making less than $323,000, inflation refund checks of up to $500 per family, an expanded state child tax credit of up to $1,000 per child and universal free school meals for all students.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul laid out an ambitious agenda for 2025 during her State of the State address at the Hart Theater in Albany on Tuesday. Hochul was followed by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, who shared his State of the State address at 3 p.

Gov. Kathy Hochul will take a look back at the past year in New York during her State of the State address Wednesday. Hochul is expected to start the state’s 57th annual address around 1 p.m. in Albany.