The cost of living is too damn high—and Trump’s speech didn’t offer a fix, says Governor Hochul

In a strong rebuke to President Donald Trump’s recent address to Congress, New York Governor Kathy Hochul criticized the administration for failing to provide solutions to the nation’s growing affordability crisis.

“The cost of living is too damn high in New York and across America. Yet President Trump’s address to Congress failed to offer a single meaningful solution to the affordability crisis,” Hochul said in a statement.

The governor argued that rather than addressing economic struggles, Trump’s speech outlined policies that would only worsen financial burdens for New Yorkers.

She pointed specifically to the President’s stance on tariffs, which she claimed would increase costs for families by more than $1,200 per year and harm the state’s agricultural sector.

“In fact, we heard the exact opposite: plan after plan that would raise costs on consumers,” Hochul stated. “The President doubled down on his tariffs, which would cost New York families more than $1,200 each year and devastate our family farms.

“He called on Congress to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act, which would risk 50,000 jobs and a $100 billion investment in Central New York. And he was shockingly silent on health care even as his allies in Congress threaten to strip Medicaid coverage away from millions of New Yorkers.”

Hochul reaffirmed her commitment to easing financial strain on working families in the state, vowing to push for policies that lower taxes and expand economic relief programs.

“But that’s not how we do things here in New York,” she declared. “I’m going to continue our laser focus on affordability, fighting to pass a budget that lowers middle-class taxes and triples the child tax credit. No matter what nonsense comes out of Washington, I’ll keep fighting to put money back in your pockets.”

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