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Kathy Hochul starts her first full term as NY governor at a Jan. 1 inauguration ceremony with three fellow statewide Democrats taking oaths of office.

Brooklyn was in the national limelight for the midterm elections, turning out the highest number of Democratic votes of any county in the state and after historic statewide Democratic election victories — including Gov. Hochul — plenty are taking credit for the major wins, while unfairly deflecting blame for a few losses on the Brooklyn Democratic Party I lead.

The analysis found that almost 2.7 million New Yorkers, just under 14% of the state’s population, lived in poverty in 2021, compared to 12.8% of all American the same year.

The analysis found more than a quarter of clients diagnosed with a serious mental illness were not placed in a shelter equipped to meet their needs by the NYC Department of Homeless Services, leading to violent incidents, deaths and suicides at a number of facilities.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s office analyzed the MTA's plan to reduce budget gaps through 2028 by an average of $915 million a year by paying down debt and found it raises questions about how the MTA will find additional savings and revenue to fund operations.