>> misprint comes out of the store. -- miss bryant comes out of the store. he whistles. he gave her the wolf whistle. he had to have understood the atmosphere in 1955. that was death in itself. >> reverend wheeler parker junior with his book, a few days of a lift trouble. sunday night at 8:00 eastern. you can listen to q and day and all of our podcast on our free c-span now app.

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>> before a joint session of new york's state legislature, governor kathy hochul says the state of her state is strong. she acknowledged there is more work to be done including in areas of gun violence, infrastructure investment and job creation. this is 50 minutes. >> pursuant to a resolution duly adopted in each of the houses and legislature the senate and the assembly of the state of new york are met in joint session in the purpose of receiving the annual message to the legislature from the governor of the state of new york. ladies and gentlemen, i am proud and honored to present the 57th governor, kathy hochul.

all governor hochul: thank you first of all to my incredible cart -- partner in government, our lieutenant governor antonio delgado. let's give him around of applause. just like me, he knows every restaurant, every mcdonald's, he is traveling the state. i'm so grateful to have him. i want to think dr. richardson for the util invocation reminding us of the presence of god in our lives as we do the work of the people. i want to thank my incredible partners in government. in new york we have

extraordinary public servants. our attorney general who never backs down from a fight. thank you. -- who's going to help us whether the financial storm spirit he is a great partner to gets the stage through some tough times. our senate majority leader, we stood here all year ago and made history. relegating the three men in a room to a past concept. i think her for her friendship. our speaker of the assembly. a great ally and great alec servant. -- a public servant. the speaker is in the house.

and to majority leader assembly woman, we served in government many years together. [applause] our minority leader, i know your district well. looking forward to delivering the people of new york -- minority leader will berkeley is here as well. -- will berkeley is here as well. i thank them for attending this opportunity to tell the world and our nation and our state who we are. mary adams, we worked together

very closely and we have more battles ahead. fortunately not with each other, but against the challenges we face. mayors and county executives from all across the state, i think you for joining us. i'd also know we have one of the formers in the house, governor david patterson. you were called to governor for the rest of your life. make a hometown football, acknowledge my own county mayor, city of buffalo. leeza stand up. -- please stand up. i think a super bowl lies ahead. good luck to the giants two.

[laughter] and to my members of my cabinet, i want them to stand up. we have pushed you so hard. few have worked so tirelessly and you are the team that i govern this state with and i am grateful for all the work you do. let's give a round of applause to the cabinets. [applause] let's give a round of applause. and many distinguished guests who have traveled here today. my fellow elected officials it is an honor to be back in this chamber. in seeing you, one year ago i stood here, gave the address. the speaker wasn't here.

we spoke to an empty audience. it was extraordinary. how far we've come in this one year from the time where i had to address empty seats. i did get around of applause, not a lot that day. from my loyal staff in the back when i announced drinks to go. they were very happy with that announcement. people across the state were happy with that announcement. i'm looking forward to an enthusiastic opportunity to tell you what we are all about. i speak not just directly to all of you but to the people we have the privilege of serving. my fellow new yorkers, after three very difficult and painful, tragic years, i'm proud to stand here and say the state of our state is strong. but we have work to do. last year in the face of immense

hardship and uncertainty we endured. we prove to the world to act when new york gets knocked down we always get back up. because of that, i'm optimistic about this upcoming year and about the future. we have some big challenges ahead. but i believe that the fight to do what is right is always worth pursuing. i'm steeled in the knowledge that if we come together in this pivotal moment, and those of us in positions of power do what's needed for the people of new york, our shared potential is limitless. as i said in my inaugural address, we are united, there is no stopping us. when it comes to the mountains yet to be climbed, -- climbed, we are ready to scale them this

year. in 2022, working with the leadership, we made historic investments to strengthen our infrastructure and, build a world-class public transit system, create a strong public education, confront climate change, fortify our health care system, help our small businesses recover from covid and spur economic develop and all across the state. we landed the largest investments and state history, 20 million from ibm, and 100 billion dollars from macron, creating 50,000 much-needed jobs in upstate new york. we expedited tax cuts to the middle class. gave property tax rebates, we suspended the gas tax when prices at the pump hit record

levels. you've passed and i've assigned over 840 bills. that's a lot. in response to tragedy and the spreading plague of gun violence , we strengthened our gun safety laws which were already the strongest in the nation. when roe v. wade was overturned by the supreme court, here in new york, we reaffirmed our commitment that reproductive health care remains a human right. [applause] and though we had unprecedented revenues and were flush with one-time federal aid thanks to our partners in washington, chuck schumer,, -- christian gillibrand, we knew on that sunny day a year ago, that rainy days could be ahead.

we put money away and looking back, that was the right thing to do because one year later, where we stand now, a majority of economists are predicting a recession. that's one of the reasons it's clear to me why we will not be raising income taxes this year. i think the legislature for being partners when we addressed those challenges in 2022. when i was last year i spoke of the new york dream. for generations, people have come from all over the world in search of the american dream. i'm here today because that dream was realized by my family. i want more new yorkers to have access to the same opportunities that my family had. that's what public service is all about. the great francis perkins once

said, a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life. that's it. that's the job. that's what we are here to do. i cannot stand here and say we are done yet. something i know to welcome growing up in western new york, at a time when jobs were hard to find. we cannot let that happen again. the good news is, it does not have to be that way. but i'll discuss today the broad overview of key policies that will make new york more affordable, livable and favor. -- favorable. let me tell you how we plan to do that. my number one priority has always been and always will be

keeping new yorkers safe. a day has not gone by where i have not been laser focused on this objective. the pandemic caused so much havoc. in our state and our country and society and had a profound effect on public safety and pervasive unease wormed its way into our day-to-day lives, the economic distress led to a nationwide rise in gun crimes and violence we are still combating and to respond right here in new york, we had to develop new strategies and invest in new programs and strengthen gun violence prevention laws passing longer ones and closing loopholes. i want to thank our attorney general for work making sure the red flag laws are executed.

we expanded eligibility for gun crimes, tougher prosecution for gun trafficking. i mentioned the red flag laws. we had over 5000 extreme risk orders of protection, astronomically higher than before. do you know what that meant? 5000 people who should not have had a gun because they could have done harm somewhere else that could have been prevented and it kept innocent people from being hurt. those are the strategies working . after the massacre in my hometown, we raised the age 21 to buy a semi automatic weapon, just common sense. we launched the first in the nation, nine states, first time in history nine states working on gun trafficking and interdiction. that effort took over 10000 illegal guns off our streets.

[applause] we tripled investments in gun violence disruption programs on the street connecting people where they are and collaborated with local governments like never before. from putting more cops on the subways working with the mayor, to working to bring down barriers in places like rochester and syracuse, they are working together and our efforts are starting to pay off. last year we saw double digit degrees in both homicides and shootings but we are still far from pre-pandemic levels. our work is not done. there is no aspect more controversial than bail reform. as in so much politics today the

conversation quickly turned to debate between two opposing counsels with no common ground. but i believe there are several things we can agree upon. first, the size of someone's bank account should not determine whether or not they sit in jail or go home. [applause] even before they have been convicted of a crime. that was the goal of bail reform, a righteous one and i stand by it. [applause] bail reform is not the primary driver of the national gun wave or crime wave. it was treated by a convergence of factors like the pandemic all across the nation but i would say we can agree bail reform law as written leaves room for improvement and as leaders, we cannot ignore that.

we hear so often from new new yorkers -- from new yorkers that their top concern is crime. to my partners and government and the legislature, let's start with the base of shared understanding and thoughtful conversation, not this. talk about what we can do during the budget process and make improvements to that law. of course we know that will not automatically bring down crime rates, we don't expect that. we also have to make sure the law is clear, what their rights are and expectations are. at the same time we will continue making record investments in areas where it affects the outcome, education, housing, mental health. all of these go toward stabilizing communities and addressing historic inequity. those investments must continue and proposing large investment,

state gun involved violence elimination initiative. known as give. it saves lives in the communities hardest hit by this. we are working on investing what -- what we know works. shootings in buffalo are down 32%, you know this, you are working hard. long island they are down 29%. westchester, down, these are all putting state money to help locals on the ground. i've directed state police to play a more direct role as they started last year but there's more they can do. we will increase ranks of state police combating violent crime across communities and expand the state police community stabilization unit, 25 targeted communities across the state. when it comes to keeping people safe and protecting their well-being, fixing new york

state's mental health care system is essential and long overdue. [applause] even before covid, rates of mental illness had been on the rise but since the pandemic, more than one in three new yorkers sought mental health care or know someone who has. that's staggering. the fact that too many can't get it, the barriers seem endless. no appointments close to home, insurance won't cover their care, long waits for psychiatric beds in hospitals. what happens? people suffer in silence, illness grows when it's not treated. it's no surprise the number of people suffering from mental illness continues to grow. we have under invested in mental

health care for so long and allowed the situation to become so dire that it's become public safety crisis as well, new yorkers are anxious in the subways and our streets, cutesy -- who see individuals who need help, people unable to take care of themselves properly, people can cause harm for themselves or others, not all, just some from a few but they are at risk of being victimized themselves so i am declaring the year of ignoring the needs of these individuals, it's over. [applause] because our success as government leaders measured by our ability to lift up and support all of our constituents. today marks a reversal in mental health care, a monumental shift

to make sure no one else falls through the cracks. this will be the most significant change since the de-institution era of the 1970s and i'm proud to announce to accomplish this goal prepared to invest 1 billion making critical policy changes to fully meet mental health needs of our people, it's about time. let's get it done, we can do this together. let's get it done. our people need this. our residents are calling on us to do this. [applause] let's get it done. let's get it done. right now we have 3200 new yorkers struggling with severe mental illness or addiction who are living on the streets or in our subways. at the same time we have an

insufficient number of patients, psychiatric beds and services , we will add 1000 inpatient psychiatric beds by funding 100 from the state bringing 8150 psych beds in hospitals back online. [applause] that is more than half of the beds we lost 2014 when disinvestment was happening, and they will serve over 10000 new yorkers every year. these actions are long overdue but here's the challenge. last year we were asked to increase hospital reimbursement rates to enable psychiatric beds to be brought back online. we did that. my partners, all of you, 27.5 million provided additional money for hospitals to bring psychiatric beds back online. a year later, hundreds of the

beds are still off-line, and that is not acceptable. so we will get them back online and i will seek greater authority from the office of mental health to ensure full cooperation meeting these objectives. this is moral imperative, public safety imperative. we will also invest in services to allow patients to be reintegrated in a way that is safe for them and their communities. inpatient beds don't get backed up because appropriate outpatient care is unavailable. we also know supportive housing is an important tool for residents to recover and that's why my plan proposes building 3500 residential units supported by intensive mental health services and make sure patients move from one care to another they don't get left behind, they , don't fall off. our plan requires facilities to

discharge high-risk patients to intensive wraparound services. wraparound services now. i'll propose insurance companies cannot be prohibited from covering these services and no longer deny mental health, critical life-saving mental health services. finally we will focus the mental health space on our children, because too many schools provide no level of mental health support and our children need preventative services now to stop them from needing intensive services in the future. [applause] we aim to meet this unmet need and reduce it by half over the next five years.

we've got to get this done. and while we are talking about behavioral challenges, adults suffering from severe depression, no one should go without screening or counseling and cost should never be a barrier and that includes those suffering from addiction especially those struggling with opioids. there are too many families including my own have endured the loss of a loved one and that is why we will do more working with federal and local partners to stop the drugs into our communities, address the new deadly additives like zylozene. we will send resources to communities trying hard to stay

shut down -- into our street and keep access to technology so they can detect deadly additives like fentanyl before they are even used. that's how you save lives and we can reverse overdoses. we will develop an agency task force that will examine every possible solution and develop recommendation, because we must meet this with the urgency that it demands. at the outset i said we have to work on improving quality of life for new yorkers. you can't really talk about improving someone's quality of life when they are struggling with the cost of living. inflation soaring, prices going up on everything families need to buy for the kids, diapers, formula, sneakers. on top of that, how do you pay the monthly rent or mortgage? it is just so overwhelming for

our families. we will talk now about everyone's largest expense -- housing. and i think about my own family story, my family started married life in a trailer park on my dad's salary and they eventually moved to a tiny place but there were a few kids, they eventually moved to tiny cape cod. as we grew older my dad changed jobs and i watched my parents success unfold to progression of homes they could afford. they knew how important housing was. they raised us to fight for change. my parents were activists. back in the 1960's. a lot of marches and protests and they volunteered for an organization called housing opportunity made equal, which

had just started back then. i assure you where i lived, it was a controversial thing to do. my parents said everybody has a right and they understood to reach its full potential, equal access to housing is a must because if there's not sufficient housing, people at all income levels struggle. and if things get bad, they leave. they search for opportunity elsewhere. over the last decade, new york state created 1.2 million jobs. that's great. only built 400,000 houses. many forces led to this state of affairs, but front and center are local land-use policies that are the most restrictive in the nation. zoning and local communities

hold enormous power to block growth between multifamily housing and processes, they make it difficult, almost impossible to build new homes. think about that, people want to live here, they have jobs here , but because of local decisions to limit growth they cannot. local governments can and should make a difference. i spent 14 years in local government, many of you came to -- through that route as well. our community had a citizen driven master plan to allow for targeted housing and economic growth while targeting green space. i know this can be done, but it has not been. between 2010 and 2018, nasau, sussex, putnam county, each granted your housing permits

than virtually all suburban counties, massachusetts, connecticut, southern california, new jersey, pennsylvania, northern virginia. when it comes to new york city, other metro areas create housing at two to four times the rate we are. boston's rate is almost double, washington d.c. tripled. seattle, four times. so is less supply, demand drives up prices. who gets squeezed? young families starting out, middle income families, low income who cannot even get a starter home anymore. that's why since becoming governor, housing has been front and center of my agenda. the budget we worked on together we passed.

the five year, $25 billion plan to create and build 100,000 affordable homes. the single largest housing investment in our state history. we unlocked billions for nycha for the creation of new york city public housing preservation trust. we created $25 million prevention legal services program to keep people in their homes and make sure vulnerable renters had the representation they needed in court. we invested $539 million in the homeowner assistance fund, made 100 million supplements available. we've done this all together. i want to thank the leader and speaker for prioritizing housing. they know how important this is. they recognized too many people are struggling just to find a place to call home. they are looking to us for bold leadership, decisive action is called for now. today, i'm proud to introduce

the new york housing compact, a groundbreaking strategy to catalyze housing development that we need for communities to thrive, and our economy to grow and our state to prosper. the compact pools together a broad menu of policy changes that will collectively achieve ambitious goals of 800,000 new homes built over the next decade. the compact sets clear expectations for the growth we need while at the same time giving localities the tools and flexibility and resources to stimulate that growth. every single locality across the state will have a target for building new homes. upstate, the target is for current housing stock to grow 1% every three years. believe me, it is very manageable. downstate, 3% every three years.

many localities are already hitting these goals. many others are falling a little bit short and for our small towns and villages, just a handful of new homes to help us it our target. the reality is, there are some communities that need real change to build homes we need. it's not a one size fits all, local governments can meet the targets any way they want. they can shape building capacity and redevelop old malls and buildings, office parks, incentivize housing production or update zoning rules to reduce the barriers. we know this is a big ask, and that's why localities will get help from the state, to accomplish this.

we have to get it done. we will offer substantial funding for infrastructure, schools, roads, sewers, all needed to support growing communities and cut the red tape to allow projects to move more quickly while protecting health, safety and environment of our communities. when communities have not made good faith efforts to grow and proposed housing projects are languishing for no legitimate reason, the state will intimate -- implement a fast-track approval process because nothing is an abdication of our responsibility to act in times of crisis. [applause] the housing compact is laser focused on transit oriented development. we all know the mta is the

lifeblood of the metropolitan region, and we will continue to invest in the short term in the short-term and the long-term health. we have to do that. [applause] our investments in world-class commuter lines connected more people to jobs and vibrant the downtown. that is why it makes sense to build new housing in those same areas. and that's what happened in cities across the globe. part of my compact, the train station will rezone the area within a half mile to allow for the creation of new housing within the next three years. finally, we cannot meet the demand for housing without an incentive program like the one we have in new york city. without it, developers only

build condominiums. or build elsewhere. it is not the result we need to meet our goals. we will work with the legislatures for a replacement for this critical piece of the puzzle. we have to. overall, this plan is ambitious, but that is what new yorkers expect from their leaders. i say no more delay, no more waiting for someone else to fix this problem. housing is a human rights and ensuring -- [applause] ensuring -- and ensuring -- [applause] ensuring enough policy is built, is how we protect that right. the saying is never let a good crisis go to waste. we will not waste this opportunity. we just need everyone in every community to do their parts to

people who want to live here. they can sense they can afford it. it's a broader approach, homeowners and renters worry about paying their energy bills because rates are at record highs driven by geopolitical forces outside our control but hitting our wallets right here at home. and this winter, we are facing energy costs 20% to 30% higher than just last year. forcing low income families and other families to say do i keep the thermostat up or put food on the table? what a horrible choice. it doesn't have to be that way. it doesn't help that new york state has the oldest houses in america, some of the oldest for sure. they are less insulated, they are harder to heat and have higher greenhouse emissions.

buildings are the largest source of greenhouse emissions in our state, a third of our gas output . also the pollution causes asthma and endangers our kids. today i am proposing another series of proposals to insulate our most vulnerable households from exorbitant energy costs and clear the path for a more sustainable future. [applause] >> we are calling it the mpower plus program to help low income families retrofit their homes adding insulation, upgrading appliances, switching from fossil fuels to clean electric heating systems, and this will reach tens of thousands of households within a year and homes that electrify will be eligible for the first in the nation energy, affordability guarantee, a promise that they will never have to spend more

than 6% of income on electricity. [applause] we also want to reduce the overall burden on residents struggling with high electric bills, so we are providing at least $165 million in relief for 800,000 new yorkers. we know long-term sustainability for our wallets and our planet comes from weaning ourselves from fossil fuels, and to set us on the path i am proposing a plan to enter the sale of new heating equipment by 2030, calling for all construction to be zero emissions starting in 2025 fort small buildings and 2028 for large buildings. [applause] we are taking these steps now

because climate change remains the greatest threat to our planet but also to our children and grandchildren. in 2019, this legislature instituted aggressive mandates and deadlines for reducing emissions. and now we are executing on that plan. of course we must do thoughtfully. in a way that prioritizes affordability, protects those struggling to get by and corrects environmental injustices of the past. with this in mind, we are pursuing a nation leading invest program to cap greenhouse emissions, invest in green energy and prioritize health and economic well-being of our families. [applause]

they will have to purchase permits to sell fuels. the dirtier the fuel, the bigger the price tag. the invest part of the program will accelerate clean energy transition and include universal climate action rebates to provide $1 billion in revenue we bring and to allocate lower utility bills cover transportation costs and other efforts. that's how we will help our new yorkers get through the transition. what is great about cap and invest is it has great flexibility to focus efforts on biggest polluters and at the same time ensure our families and farmers and small businesses aren't crushed by the cost and help families transition in the future because we know that future belongs to our kids. as the first mother to lead this state, i know firsthand -- [applause]

i know firsthand what the lack of affordable childcare can do to a family. as governor i also know the impact on our state's economy. more than 35 years ago when i was a young staffer working for a senator, and i loved my job, but there were no affordable childcare options for my family. so i put my career on hold and raised a family. so often we know it is the moms in particular for us to make these difficult decisions. and with that experience i was proud we were together last year to announce $7 billion over four years to focus on affordable childcare in our budget. we work together to get it done, thank you. [applause] we brought down -- we brought

down out-of-pocket costs for our families. we expanded areas that were severely lacking. too many families just are not accessing the resources that are available. believe it or not, only 10% of families who are eligible for child care assistance are actually enrolled. now, it may be that it is the legacy of a system that was by design difficult to navigate. that has to change. our plan will streamline and federalize the application process and will also expand more access to vulnerable families, will increase income eligibility for more families to take advantage of this, but also it will continue supporting our hard-working unbelievable childcare providers who allow us to get done what we need to do.

they are indispensable. [applause] now we talk about affordability, we talked about it a lot today. but if we really want to continue to tackle the affordability crisis head on, we must recognize that the low-wage workers we represent across this state, rural, suburban, urban, all over, they have been hardest hit by inflation. the average cost of goods and energy for low income households jumped over 13% over two years and they were barely making it before. it pushes our families already on the margins to the breaking point. as a matter of fairness, social justice. i am proposing a plan to pay minimum wage to inflation. if costs goes up --

[applause] if costs go up so do wages. thank you. our families deserve this. [applause] like other states that implemented this policy, we will put on guard rails make sure employers increase -- the increases are predictable for them. i understand this. we also need to have flexibility in the event of a recession. but this important change will give 900,000 minimum wage workers a lifeline and these workers will most likely be women. many times moms. the struggles are so great, and

they are likely people of color earning the lowest wages in our state. by putting more money back in their pockets helps our economy overall, because it goes back to the local businesses and services when they go to the stores. it is how you keep things going. these initiatives and policies and investments and new approaches are just the tip of the iceberg. i have kept you long enough. what you have heard from you today are just some of my top priorities to improve the lives of new yorkers, but this is in no way an exhaustive list. in fact i know most of you cannot rate -- cannot wait to read the 275 page book. [laughter] 147 local policy proposals, thank you for my dream team and entire cabinet helping to make this happen. [applause] watch out for my staff, they are -- they have not had any sleep,

they are exhausted and therefore so hard on this. to recap, my goals are straightforward and clear. we will make new york safer. we will make new york more affordable. we will create more jobs and opportunities for the new yorkers of today and the new yorkers of tomorrow. we will open up the doors to more people and communities, especially those historically blocked from equal chances of success. as other states slide backwards when it comes to protecting basic fundamental rights, we will continue to enshrine and protect those rights every single day and we will continue to be nation leading. the task ahead of us may sound daunting, the stakes could not be higher. but i am fortunate to live in a home once occupied by one of our

great leaders and thinkers named roosevelt. eleanor roosevelt once said -- [applause] you are going to build a new world must go forward with courage. we will build a new world, and we will be courageous. we will do the hard things, the necessary things to lift off -- lift up and support new yorkers. a clear path for them to realize the new york dream. it is my promise to the people of new york, and i will work with the members of this legislature day in and day out to keep that promise. may god bless the great state of new york, and may god bless america. thank you. [applause]

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