Overview
- Released Tuesday, the Siena University poll finds 67% of New York voters say the cost of living is going the wrong way and 57% say the state is failing to create enough affordable housing.
- Hochul’s ratings slipped to their lowest in about a year at 41% favorable to 46% unfavorable and a 48% to 44% job approval split, yet she leads Blakeman 49% to 33%.
- Bruce Blakeman remains little known to most voters as 64% say they have not heard of him or have no opinion, and independents now give him only a two-point edge.
- The state budget is more than a month late and 36% of voters want more spending than Hochul’s roughly $260 billion plan, which adds urgency to debates over prices, housing, and services that touch daily life.
- Pollsters surveyed 806 registered voters statewide from April 27 to April 30 with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 points, and coverage ranged from cost-of-living alarms to notes on shifting approval and regional splits.