{"id":5682,"date":"2025-11-21T01:22:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T01:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=5682"},"modified":"2025-11-21T01:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T01:22:34","slug":"hochul-pumps-the-brakes-on-mamdanis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=5682","title":{"rendered":"Hochul Pumps The Brakes On Mamdani\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hochul Hesitant on Mamdani\u2019s $700M Free Bus Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Kathy Hochul voiced hesitation about Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani\u2019s $700 million proposal to make New York City buses free,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>warning it could strain state finances. Speaking at the SOMOS retreat in Puerto Rico,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>she cited recent MTA funding as a reason for caution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mamdani, a progressive Democrat, responded that he remains \u201coptimistic\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>about improving transit and thanked Hochul for her partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, the exchange underscored growing friction between the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>governor\u2019s moderate approach and the party\u2019s progressive wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Hochul endorsed Mamdani during his campaign,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>she\u2019s since distanced herself from his tax and spending proposals,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>including plans for free child care and expanded social programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With legislative leaders showing more openness to Mamdani\u2019s ideas,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hochul faces pressure from activists but continues to stress \u201cfiscal prudence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her stance could shape both her 2026 re-election campaign and the future of New York\u2019s affordability agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hochul Hesitant on Mamdani\u2019s $700M Free Bus Plan Governor Kathy Hochul voiced hesitation about Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani\u2019s $700 million proposal to make New York City buses free, warning it could strain state finances. Speaking at the SOMOS retreat in Puerto Rico, she cited recent MTA funding as a reason for caution. Mamdani, a progressive Democrat,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5684,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5682\/revisions\/5684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}