With both candidates in the race for governor continuing to campaign hard on affordability, the conversation has inevitably turned time and time again to taxes.
Gov. Kathy Hochul is fresh off a legislative session in which she largely resisted pressure from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other progressives to increase taxes on the wealthy; Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman says taxes and spending are still too high.
Hochul has touted her ability to make large investments in areas like education and universal child care without raising income taxes on the wealthy, while also managing a middle-class tax cut and multiple
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