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New York’s Kathy Hochul ranked worst governor in US as part of scathing new study

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A new study by Cato Institute ranks New York Governor Kathy Hochul as the worst governor in the US for protecting constituents' freedoms, scoring her an "F" grade with only 18.02%. The study evaluates how governors' policies promote freedom across various categories including fiscal, housing, occupational, education, firearms, speech, and medical policies. New York state overall ranks 49th out of 50 states for promoting freedoms, with a score of 31.9%, just above Hawaii. While the rankings tend to align along party lines, there are exceptions like Democratic Governor Jared Polis of Colorado ranking second in freedom promotion and Republican Governor Greg Gianforte of Montana topping the list with an "A" grade at 62.31%.

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As part of Cato Institute's 2026 "Freedom in the 50 States" report released on October 26, Kathy Hochul was ranked the worst governor in the US for protecting constituents' freedoms. She received an "F" grade with a score of only 18.02%, ranking her last out of all governors evaluated. The study assesses how state laws and policies promote economic and personal freedom across various categories, including fiscal, housing, occupational, education, firearms, speech, and medical rights. New York also ranked near the bottom for overall freedoms, at 49th place with a score of 31.9%. Notably, Democratic governors were not uniformly high-ranking; Colorado's Jared Polis, also a Democrat, was second in promoting freedom, highlighting that party affiliation does not solely determine rankings.

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“The articles describe different events: one is about Blakeman's criticism of Hochul during a campaign rally, and the other is about a study ranking Hochul as the worst governor for protecting constituents' freedoms.”

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2026-10-23 · assertive framing · Hochul and Mamdani stump together — for 15 minutes — in first joint campaign appearance of NY governor’s race

🔮 That means about 200 carriage drivers will see their livelihoods – and entire industry – vanish from the city without a trace in less than two years.

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🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed just one bill into law in 10 months since taking office — leaving critics to wonder if the millennial mayor is more interested in social media stardom than his daily government duties.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · Mamdani has signed 1 law in 10 months — because his ‘obsessed’ staff is focused on ‘becoming a content farm’

🔮 Griffin John was let out of prison early after he was sentenced to 48 months behind bars for the attack on wife Shauntai Nickerson — and he begged a judge to lift a restraining order against him so he could “see his son grow up” in the coastal town of Newport, docs obtained by The Post said.

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🔮 “Real Housewives” star Carole Radziwill insisted Monday that she’s a hard-nosed parking enforcer in her SoHo neighborhood — even as she’s racked up thousands of dollars in tickets herself.

2026-10-19 · assertive framing · ‘RHONY’ star Carole Radziwill shares surprising news after The Post’s parking scam exposé

🔮 Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, also hammered Hochul for her infamous 2024 claim that “young black kids in the Bronx” don’t know what a computer is — insisting youngsters in the borough “know more about a computer” than the governor will “ever know.”

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🔮 Democrat Cait Conley finally condemned Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s anti-Israel rhetoric — but only after Rep. Mike Lawler backed her into a corner for repeatedly dodging the question.

2026-10-15 · assertive framing · Cait Conley finally denounces Mamdani’s Oct. 7 post after Rep. Mike Lawler takes her to task

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to ask private New York City garage and parking lot owners to block ICE agents from using their property, The Post has learned.

2026-10-15 · assertive framing · Mamdani plans to ask NYC garage owners to block ICE usage in guilt-tripping letter: sources

🔮 Lawler, the Republican incumbent seeking his third term, said the high-profile ICE shooting last week in the Big Apple could have been prevented if local law enforcement were able to cooperate with federal immigration officers.

2026-10-15 · assertive framing · Rep. Mike Lawler hammers Dem Cait Conley over support for sanctuary policies, portrays her as phony New Yorker in fiery final debate

🔮 Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman faced off Tuesday night in the only debate of their hotly contested gubernatorial election campaign — trading barbs on affordability, immigration, President Trump, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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2026-10-23 · New York Post

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2026-10-22 · New York Post

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2026-10-22 · New York Post

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Gov. Kathy Hochul was ranked the worst state leader in the US for protecting constituents’ freedoms, a scathing new study found. asserted

study → rank → freedoms

Hochul ranked No. 50 in the Cato’s Institute’s 2026 “Freedom in the 50 States” list, scoring an “F” and falling behind the governors from Hawaii, California, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. asserted

Hochul → rank → Hawaii

The annual study weighed the freedom of various state economic and personal policies — such as fiscal, housing, occupational, education, firearms, speech and medical — and graded each state a percentage out of 100 for how its local laws promoted freedoms for each. asserted

laws → weigh → each

This year’s study was the first to grade individual governors, and graded how their actions in office furthered or hampered their state’s freedoms. asserted

actions → grade → freedoms

Hochul scored a dismal 18.02% for how her policies promoted New Yorkers’ freedoms. asserted

policies → score → freedoms

New York state, meanwhile, ranked 49th in the nation for overall freedoms with a 31.9% score — coming in just ahead of Hawaii at 29.24%. asserted

state → rank → %

Although the top and bottom of the gubernatorial freedom rankings largely skewed by party line, the results weren’t so red and blue. asserted

results → skew → line

Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis ranked No. 2 overall for freedom promotion, while the Democratic-led Arizona scored No. 1 overall for state freedoms. There were also three right-leaning states in the bottom 10 rankings — Alabama, South Carolina and Alaska — and two Republican governors. asserted

Arizona → rank → rankings

But Republicans did dominate the top spots — while Democrats largely dominated the bottom, the Cato Institute found. asserted

Institute → dominate → bottom

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte landed the top freedom score with a 62.31% and an “A” grade, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took No. 3 at 52.61% and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott landed in fourth at 50.67%. asserted

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After the No. 1-ranked Arizona — which went for Trump in the 2024 election, but is helmed by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs — Montana took second place followed by Nevada in third and Florida in fourth. asserted

Montana → rank → fourth

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