Latest from the campaign
Voting-rights groups press Hochul to sign the "time extender" bill (S4602-A/A5846-B) before November: it would automatically keep a poll site open by the length of any disruption over one hour, including machine failures or ICE activity; her office says only that she will "review this legislation"
Common Cause NY's Susan Lerner used the 9/11 anniversary, which halted the 2001 NYC primary, to press for the bill. Sponsor Sen. Andrew Gounardes (Assembly sponsor Eddie Gibbs) says it would make poll-hour extensions automatic rather than left to each local board of elections; an exception applies if voters did not actually lose the ability to vote. Some county boards object that sites within one county could close at different times. The State BOE declined to comment on pending legislation. The bill passed both houses this session and has not yet been delivered to or acted on by the governor as of Sept. 11.
Spectrum News / NY State of Politics (Nicole Neuman) · Sep 12, 2026
Cumulative promise outcomes
Kept37
In Progress14
Broken2
Reversed / Other3
Source: ReviewHochul promise ledger · 56 tracked commitments
The ledger, updated
What changed this week
- In ProgressAdvance Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 in East HarlemSEP 15
- In ProgressDeliver universal pre-K and universal child careSEP 10
- In ProgressBuild the Interborough Express (IBX) Brooklyn-Queens light railSEP 10
- In ProgressDeliver a $25B, five-year plan to create or preserve 100,000 affordable homesSEP 2
- KeptProvide a rent freeze for seniors and people with disabilities and expand the SLIHC tax creditJUL 4
The 2026 calendar
Coming up
- SEP 16Sheriffs' reply brief due in Bourgault v. HochulDeadline (5 p.m.) for the plaintiff sheriffs to reply to the state's filing on the TRO/preliminary-injunction motion in the 287(g) ban challenge.
- SEP 19Statewide debate window (rule)Public Campaign Finance Board statewide-debate window runs Sept 19 - Oct 17, 2026.
- OCT 4Super PAC 24-hour disclosure window opensUnder NYS Election Law Art. 14 and 9 NYCRR 6200.10-.11, independent expenditure committees must disclose any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more, and any expenditure over $5,000, within 24 hours once they fall inside the 30 days before an election. Outside that window the same items are reported weekly on Mondays. Oct 4, 2026 is 30 days before the Nov 3 general election. This is the point at which pro-Blakeman groups Make it Cheaper (donors still undisclosed) and Strong and Safe, and pro-Hochul Citizens for Affordable Rates, must report money in near-real time rather than weekly. Date derived by counting back 30 days from Election Day; the 30-day rule itself is published by the State Board of Elections at the source link.
- OCT 24Early voting beginsEarly in-person voting window opens for the general election.
Claims, verified
Latest fact-checks
- Half True“Gov. Hochul "ditched" the Ground Zero 9/11 ceremony early for a CNN interview, sparking outrage among 9/11 families”Twitchy, SSBCrack News and other conservative/aggregator sites, Sept. 11, 2026
- Unverified“New York is "sitting on more than $300 million in UNSPENT federal homeland security funding," so Hochul is "manufacturing a funding crisis" over the $87M”FEMA spokesperson statement to CBS New York, Sept. 1, 2026
- Half True“Gov. Hochul wore a hijab while speaking at a New York City mosque days before the 9/11 anniversary”Viral X posts (End Wokeness, Benny Johnson, others), Aug. 30, 2026
- Half True“"There were no deaths at the hands of ICE in Nassau County." — Bruce Blakeman, Capital Tonight, Aug 26, 2026”Capital Tonight (Spectrum News), Aug 26, 2026
By the governor's hand
Recent executive orders
The accountability feed
In the news
- SEP 15MTA issues the RFQ for Contract 4, the last and largest Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 contract: station fit-outs, track, signals, 22 elevators and 20 escalators at 106, 116 and 125 St; RFP by year-end, contractor pick mid-2027, full completion fall 2032 on a $6.968B budgetGovernor's office
- SEP 15Hochul marks completion of the $69.6M Sydor Optics Advanced Technology Center at Monroe Community College in Brighton; state put in $34.6M, Monroe County $34.8M, pitched as workforce pipeline for the upstate semiconductor pushGovernor's office
- SEP 14POWER energy rebate checks start mailing Sept. 21: up to $200 to 8.2 million households through December, no application needed; state says $7.6B in utility-bill relief since 2021Governor's office
- SEP 14NYS Building & Construction Trades Council (235,000 members) endorses Hochul for re-election; LaBarbera cites construction, housing and energy-project policies, Hochul points to offshore wind, Gateway, upstate chips and housingFingerlakes1.com (from Hochul campaign release)
- SEP 13Bonnie Lautenberg, widow of Sen. Frank Lautenberg and a $1,000 Hochul donor in July 2025, confirms she is holding a Hamptons fundraiser for Blakeman: "Bruce is a longtime friend and neighbor"New York Post (Carl Campanile, Matt Troutman)