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Breaking down Hochul's State of the State address

New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State address in Albany.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivers her State of the State address in Albany.

This week, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her agenda during her fifth State of the State speech. The New York Public News Network's Jimmy Vielkind was there, and he joined WAMC’s Andrew Waite to discuss some of the biggest moments in the address, as well as to break down the reaction from the right and the left.

Andrew Waite has worked as The Daily Gazette’s featured news columnist, an editor at Alaska Airlines magazine, and in community newspapers in Montana and Alaska. He is a graduate of Albany High School and Boston University’s journalism school, and he returned to the Capital Region with his wife, daughter and son in 2021.