New York Dems ditch the Trump resistance playbook

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : What propelled Trump back to the White House -- immigration, inflation and public safety -- is expected to dominate the discourse in Albany.
51% : Proposals include a measure meant to place limits on how much state law enforcement agencies can work with federal immigration authorities, a move that would build on an executive order signed by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2017.
50% : Sidestepping Trump could be unavoidable as Republicans try to leverage voters' concerns into electoral success.
49% : Democrats fear their party's nearly 20-year hold on statewide power could come to an end after Trump made electoral gains in parts of New York City -- including neighborhoods where working-class people of color live -- even as they flipped three House seats.
47% : Hochul has signaled she would be open to the income tax proposal, a plan that would cost some $63 million.
44% : They want to reduce the cost of living, which surged nationally after Covid and gave Trump a politically potent campaign argument.
37% : Top Democrats also know voters -- half of whom believe the state is heading in the wrong direction -- are restive and likely have no desire to watch a wrestling match with Trump.
26% : "President Trump will enlist every federal power and coordinate with state authorities to institute the largest deportation operation of illegal criminals, drug dealers, and human traffickers in American history while simultaneously lowering costs for families," incoming Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt told POLITICO in a statement.
13% : Hochul, who represented a conservative western New York House district, has tread lightly on Trump.

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