Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed a major investment to expand affordable, high-quality child care for young children statewide.

In her State of the State address, Gov. Kathy Hochul will propose that the default setting for online platforms should ban viewing or messaging minors.

Mamdani said he expects the program to cover around 2,000 children this fall and then continue to expand until it becomes a universal program.

The governor also called for expanding a pilot program that provides mental health training for sophomores in high school.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers want to further beef up privacy protections for kids online, as the state legislature is set to return to Albany this week. Hochul said Monday she wants to boost parents’ control over their children’s’ online activity by expanding age verification requirements and making it harder for strangers to directly message kids.

Kathy Hochul threatened to sue the Trump administration if it moves forward with a plan to cut child care and social service funding to New York. The Department of Health and Human Services said it would freeze more than $10 billion going to five Democrat-led states,

Kathy Hochul said Monday that she will back some of the strictest online privacy protections for children in the country, unveiling a proposal that would automatically block strangers from viewing, tagging,

Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed tighter online protections for kids and teen mental-health training in a preview of her 2026 State of the State speech.