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Landmark Agreement to Protect Natural Resources
November 10, 2025 | 2:55 PM ESTGovernor Hochul and New York Attorney General James announced a landmark agreement to modernize the process to secure and protect critical open spaces statewide.
Grants to Protect Flood-Prone Communities
November 10, 2025 | 12:07 PM ESTGovernor Hochul announced $61 million in Green Resiliency Grant funding to advance eight transformative stormwater infrastructure projects across the state.
Expanding Mental Health Care in New York City
November 10, 2025 | 11:36 AM ESTGovernor Hochul announced that Grow Therapy (Grow) will relocate its New York headquarters from SoHo to a larger office in Lower Manhattan.
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Governor Hochul highlighted preparations for vaccinating school-aged children and announced the "#GetTheVaxFacts" campaign to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation.
Governor Hochul updated New Yorkers on the state's progress combating COVID-19.
Governor Hochul announced that the State has awarded $15 million for local infrastructure projects, job training, decommissioning monitoring, and environmental research in the host communities of the former Indian Point nuclear power plant.
Governor Hochul announced a new program—#GetTheVaxFacts—to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation online.
Governor Hochul announced 23 new #VaxtoSchool pop-up vaccination sites to increase vaccination rates among school-aged New Yorkers.
Governor Hochul signed legislation (S.5160-B/A.229c) amending section 34 of the municipal home rule law to provide that regardless of any local law to the contrary, county reapportionment of members of local legislative bodies is first and foremost subject to state and federal constitutional requirements ensuring fairness and equity, and in furtherance of the principle of "one person one vote."
Governor Hochul announced the final-round winners of New York State's #VaxandWin Football Sweepstakes - an incentive program designed to encourage unvaccinated New Yorkers to get vaccinated in partnership with New York's professional football teams.
Governor Hochul announced New York State's Excelsior Pass Blueprint, a national framework to aid in the development and implementation of digital health credentials.
Governor Hochul announced more than $251 million in federal funding to support counterterrorism and emergency preparedness efforts across New York.
"I applaud the Department of Environmental Conservation's decisions to deny the Title V Permits for the Danskammer Energy Center and Astoria Gas Turbine Power, LLC in the context of our state's clean energy transition."