The Flagship Tracker
Promises
A public record of Governor Kathy Hochul’s commitments — what was promised, what has happened, and the evidence for each verdict. Every status is documented and sourced.
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37 Promises
- Eliminate state income tax on tips up to $25,000Economy/Affordabilityexecutive budgetUpdated Jul 4, 2026Kept
- Provide a rent freeze for seniors and people with disabilities and expand the SLIHC tax creditHousingstate of stateUpdated Jul 4, 2026Kept
- Enact Good Cause eviction protections for tenantsHousingexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Support NYC City of Yes rezoning with $1B in state infrastructureHousingotherUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Launch a Pro-Housing Communities incentive programHousingotherUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Lift NYC density caps and allow commercial-to-residential conversionsHousingexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- "Let Them Build": reform SEQRA to speed housing and infrastructureHousingstate of stateUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Send inflation refund checks to New York householdsEconomy/Affordabilityexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Cut middle-class income taxes to their lowest rates in decadesEconomy/Affordabilityexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Expand the Child Tax Credit up to $1,000 per childEconomy/Affordabilityexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Provide universal free school meals to all studentsEducationexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Suspend the state gas tax to ease pricesEconomy/Affordabilitycampaign 2022Updated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Deliver a Homeowner Tax Rebate CreditEconomy/Affordabilityexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Deploy the National Guard and surge personnel to the subwaysPublic SafetyotherUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Install security cameras in 100% of subway carsPublic SafetyotherUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Roll back the bail-reform "least restrictive" standardPublic Safetycampaign 2022Updated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Narrow the 2019 discovery (evidence-sharing) reformPublic Safetyexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Enact a post-Bruen concealed-carry and sensitive-locations lawGun Safetycampaign 2022Updated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Raise the age to 21 and require a license to buy semiautomatic riflesGun Safetycampaign 2022Updated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Strengthen restrictions on body-armor salesGun Safetycampaign 2022Updated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Expand New York's red-flag (ERPO) lawGun Safetycampaign 2022Updated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Convene an interstate task force on illegal gunsGun Safetycampaign 2022Updated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Implement MTA congestion pricing to fund the capital planTransitotherUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Pass the $4.2B Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond ActClimateexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Strengthen involuntary commitment and Kendra's LawMental Healthexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Pay $1.2B in health-care worker bonuses and grow the workforce 20%Healthcareexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Enact first-in-nation paid prenatal leaveHealthcareotherUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Extend postpartum Medicaid to one year and cover doula careHealthcarestate of stateUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Create New York's first Master Plan for AgingHealthcarecampaign 2022Updated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Fully fund Foundation Aid for all school districtsEducationexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Enact a statewide bell-to-bell school smartphone restrictionEducationstate of stateUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Create a SUNY/CUNY endowment matching fund and add capitalEducationexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Replace JCOPE with an independent ethics commissionGovernment Reformcampaign 2022Updated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Implement public financing of elections with small-donor matchingGovernment Reformcampaign 2022Updated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Pass the SAFE for Kids Act to restrict addictive social-media feeds for minorsGovernment ReformotherUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Require mental-health warning labels on social mediaMental HealthotherUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept
- Replace the expired 421-a tax break with an affordability-linked successorHousingexecutive budgetUpdated Jun 29, 2026Kept