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.

Local state representatives, economic development officials and union leaders had mixed reactions to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address on Tuesday.

Gov. Kathy Hochul gave her annual State of the State address on Tuesday, proposing dozens of initiatives to make the state more affordable for residents, fight crime and protect the public, provide more affordable housing, guard against extreme weather, protect the environment, improve mental health care and strengthen the economy.

Foundation Aid is the single-largest source of financial support for public schools in the state, sending billions of dollars to Nassau and Suffolk counties alone.

NEW YORK -- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed she is planning to call for a statewide ban on cellphones in schools next week. A cellphone ban would alleviate concerns over students getting too distracted and make schools safer, Hochul said in an exclusive interview Thursday with CBS News New York.

The New York governor, who delivers Tuesday, must turn around her poll numbers ahead of next year’s reelection.

New York City Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that she is deploying more police officers to the New York City subway system.

Gov. Kathy Hochul has green activists seeing red. The governor blindsided environmentalists for postponing a controversial “cap and invest” program that critics warned would send gas and home-heating oil prices soaring.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan to offer free tuition for certain associate degree programs at state and city colleges for residents between the ages of 25 and 55.

Affordability. That subject — encompassing a myriad of pocketbook issues spanning from housing to child care — was a major theme in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s fourth State of the State address on Tuesday in the Kitty Carlisle Hart Theatre at The Egg in Albany.

The Democratic governor addressed the issues plaguing her party. Will it be enough to rescue her electoral brand?

The governor laid out the broad strokes of her agenda for the year in her annual speech and a nearly 150-page policy book.