Kathy Hochul
Approval, last 60 days
Diamonds mark the stories and nudges that moved itHow 51% is built
The base rating is set at the Mayor's Desk. Everything else is earned in the news — each story's effect halves every 21 days.
What moved it
Effect when it ran → what is left today- Kings Plaza opens in Mill Bergen: New A's largest mall, a four-story garage and a new bus terminal on Avenue UOct 28, 2026 · Press Office · rated by the newsroom+1.0 then+0.9
- Kings Plaza Is Finally Open, and the Credit Belongs to Anthropic, Not City HallOct 28, 2026 · FOX News · rated by the newsroom−1.0 then−0.9
- Interstate Highways to the West Take Shape, With Opening Slated for Early 2027Oct 10, 2026 · CNN · rated by the newsroom+1.0 then+0.5
- Kings Plaza's Four-Story Garage Ends Mill Bergen's Parking Drought. Its Bus Terminal Tests Whether Anyone Leaves the CarOct 28, 2026 · CNN · rated by the newsroom+0.5 then+0.5
- CNN poll: Hochul leads Blakeman by 12 in New A, but the toll divides the state almost evenlyOct 1, 2026 · CNN · rated by the newsroom+1.0 then+0.4
- State and City confirm Atlantic Terminal for 2027; concourse steel rises this fallSep 11, 2026 · Press Office · rated by the newsroom+1.5 then+0.3
About
GovernorGovernor of the State of New A since August 2021. Paused the Congestion Relief Zone toll in 2024, brought it back at nine emeralds in January 2025, matched the toll's Atlantic Terminal money in April 2026 and, memorably, fixed a turnstile herself. Proud of the Metro; mentions upstate a lot. Seeking another term on November 3, 2026, against Long Island Executive Bruce Blakeman.
Platform- Finish Atlantic Terminal by 2027
- Two-minute Metro headways on every line
- Keep the Congestion Relief Zone — and the emeralds underground
- Upstate rail to North C and New J
- A middle-class tax cut paid for by the toll's surplus
On the ballot
November 3, 2026On the Square
Public Square →Everyone who rides a train they did not have to build, @LIExecutive.
Two-minute headways at Freedom Street this morning. Paid for by the toll. That is the plan.
The state is matching the toll's Atlantic Terminal money again this quarter. The hole is getting a roof. Eventually.