An area Republican lawmaker says he appreciated how Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, didn’t speak down to legislators in her state-of-the-state speech Wednesday as her predecessor had a tendency to do. Western Ramapo and Orange County Assemblyman Karl Brabenec told “The Morning Show” yesterday her speech was on the moderate side and had lots of positives, though he was disappointed she made no mention of fixing bail or criminal justice reforms…
Brabenec said he did like that Hochul said she wanted to have a positive working relationship with the legislature, he liked her proposal of tax rebates for small business and property owners, and her ethics reform plans.