Kathy Hochul

And so this is personal to me as something

I feel bad it's like one generation later, they still have not figured this out when those babies are not having their own kids, my grandkids, and they can't find affordable childcare either and are struggling.

So I could not wait to dive into this issue with the mayor.

We're putting a lot of state dollars behind it, but the only reason people need childcare is to go to their jobs.

So I'm encouraging the business community to support this whole effort as well.

because it's in their interest to have less turnover and be able to attract more moms to be able to come to work and young dads who want to be able to, you know, see the children during the daytime if they do an on-site facility.

So this is something that we're going to keep leaning into and not look back from.

So stay tuned.

All right.

Thanks, Ben.

Appreciate you.

If you're heading up to the north country, you're living in that beautiful part of our state.

You better bundle up.

You'll be experiencing minus 40 to minus 50 degree wind chills.

That's what I'm trying to prevent is always reminding people that hypothermia can settle in quickly, frostbite can settle in, and that's something that maybe a lot of people in other parts of our state aren't even aware of.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani have asked the union representing about 15,000 nurses who went on strike January 12th to continue negotiations to end the walkout.

There were separate bargaining sessions with each of three New York City hospitals involved.

No deals have been reached.

The nurses seek to protect health care benefits, also to ensure safety from violence, as well as proper staffing levels.

The hospitals, which are now using temporary workers to offset the nursing shortage, have taken issue with the pay raise nurses want, calling it unrealistic.