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Kathy Hochul: “All that puts together upwards of $5,000 in the pockets of…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Gov. Kathy Hochul Announces Erasure Of $7 Billion Of New York's Federal Unemployment Insurance Debt

Published | Video Starts at 11:09

And I'll never be among the heartless who don't think they need that money because they do. And also a middle class tax rate cut, the largest in 70 years. All that puts together upwards of $5,000 in the pockets of families that are struggling. I'm so happy we could do that. But you know what? My friends, we put 5,000 in. They're saying the cost of tariffs on groceries. (11:09–11:16)

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Asserts that policies collectively provide upwards of $5,000 to struggling families.

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