{"id":49628,"date":"2023-01-25T06:59:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T11:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=49628"},"modified":"2023-01-25T06:59:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T11:59:11","slug":"gov-hochuls-job-approval-rating-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/gov-hochuls-job-approval-rating-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Hochul&#8217;s Job Approval Rating Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Siena-College-Poll-Hochul-Jan-2023.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49629\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/gov-hochuls-job-approval-rating-up\/siena-college-poll-hochul-jan-2023\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Siena-College-Poll-Hochul-Jan-2023.png?fit=756%2C458&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"756,458\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Siena College Poll &#8211; Hochul Jan 2023\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Siena-College-Poll-Hochul-Jan-2023.png?fit=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Siena-College-Poll-Hochul-Jan-2023.png?fit=756%2C458&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-49629\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Siena-College-Poll-Hochul-Jan-2023.png?resize=376%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Siena-College-Poll-Hochul-Jan-2023.png?w=756&amp;ssl=1 756w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Siena-College-Poll-Hochul-Jan-2023.png?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Governor <strong>Kathy Hochul<\/strong>&#8216;s job approval rating is the best it&#8217;s ever been.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Siena College Poll<\/strong> released polling results which show Hochul&#8217;s job approval is at 56%, up from 49% in December. Her favorability rating is 48%, up a little from 45% last month.<\/p>\n<p>The poll of registered New York State voters released Monday reports six of Hochul\u2019s <strong>State of the State<\/strong> proposals have strong to overwhelming support \u2013 four of them bipartisan \u2013 while her proposal to allow <strong>SUNY<\/strong>\u00a0to increase tuition is strongly opposed.<\/p>\n<p>While a majority of voters think Hochul will make progress this year on her goal of creating more jobs and opportunities, a larger majority think she will not make progress on making New York more affordable, and pluralities think she will not be successful making the state safer or fixing its mental health system.<\/p>\n<p>Siena College pollster <strong>Steven Greenberg<\/strong> said the jump in approval ratings from last month is largely thanks to independent and downstate voters.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;When it comes to not raising state income taxes this year, voters overwhelmingly agree with Hochul, with no difference among Democrats, Republicans and independents. And strong majorities of voters of every partisan persuasion support three of her other proposals: guaranteeing state employees up to 12 weeks of <strong>paid family leave<\/strong>, basing the <strong>minimum wage<\/strong> on the inflation rate, and giving judges more discretion to set <strong>bail<\/strong> for offenders accused of serious crimes.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Kathy Hochul&#8216;s job approval rating is the best it&#8217;s ever been. Siena College Poll released polling results which show Hochul&#8217;s job approval is at 56%, up from 49% in December. Her favorability rating is 48%, up a little from 45% last month. The poll of registered New York State voters released Monday reports six [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":49629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[9695,1333,1595,6157,10648,2095,10649,2150],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Siena-College-Poll-Hochul-Jan-2023.png?fit=756%2C458&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cUs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48751,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/siena-college-poll-governor-hochul-not-making-progress-on-goals\/","url_meta":{"origin":49628,"position":0},"title":"Siena College Poll: Governor Hochul Not Making Progress On Goals","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"December 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Voters say Governor Kathy Hochul is not making progress on her goals, including public safety and cost of living in New York State. 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