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It's the Brian Laira Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. Well, yesterday was some eventful day in

politics, both nationally and locally. We brought you parts of the Pete Hexsath confirmation

hearings on yesterday's morning show. There are many more confirmation hearings today,

and we'll have a recap tomorrow.

Then in the afternoon yesterday, both Governor Hockel and Governor Murphy gave their state of the

state addresses. And we will begin today with excerpts from and your reactions to both

governor's addresses. We'll begin with Hockels, probably the more intense and newsworthy, because she's

running for re-election next year while Murphy's term limited out, and it was kind of a goodbye

speech. And if I had to put a headline on the Hockel speech, it might be something like

Hockel makes a mad dash toward the center. Not surprising, perhaps, and not politically stupid, perhaps, as the New York

City suburbs, from which she would need votes, have become increasingly Republican in recent years,

as most of you know. But if you didn't know her party, and I told you, she proposed more cops,

more involuntary mental hospitalizations, less sharing of

evidence with criminal defendants, and a tax cut for New Yorkers making up to $323,000 a year,

and a housing plan that goes easy on environmental review and has no mandate for any

suburb to create specific numbers of

new homes. I wonder what you'd guess. But I said she was racing toward the center, not the far

right. Hockel also proposed child care subsidies, a billion dollar investment toward a zero

emissions economy, as she put it, and a ban on private equity firms bidding on many homes on the

market for the first 75 days, so they don't overwhelm actual individuals and families who want

to buy homes affordably. So let's talk with us now, our Albany reporter, John Campbell. Hi, John,

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