John,

Let’s face it: The cost of living is too high, and New Yorkers are feeling the strain on their wallets. It’s unacceptable, and it’s why I’ve made it my mission to find every way possible to put money back into your pockets. 

To help ease the burden on working families facing sky-high child care costs, we launched a new online portal to make it easier for families to apply for our Child Care Assistance Program. Click here to see if you qualify for assistance.  

To support families during back-to-school season, we sent supplemental payments to more than one million New Yorkers who get the New York State Child Credit. Click here to learn more.

To make it easier for New Yorkers to pay for groceries, bills, medication, and other costs, we’re delivering $2.3 billion in tax relief to nearly three million homeowners and seniors through the STAR Program. Click here to learn more and see if you qualify.

This is all on top of our efforts to help families save money this past summer – with free swimming lessons, free admission at State Parks pools, support for healthy summer meals through our Summer EBT program, and more. 

By putting money back in their pockets, we’re making a real difference in the lives of working families like Melessa’s. Watch: 

Our initiatives have saved millions of New Yorkers thousands of dollars this year — and we’re not done yet. 

From making New York the first state in the nation to eliminate insurance co-pays for insulin, to enacting a once-in-a-generation plan to tackle the housing crisis, I’m focused on giving New Yorkers more opportunities, more savings, and more ways to build a better, more affordable future for themselves and their families.

Ever Upward, 

Gov. Kathy Hochul