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If Kathy Hochul really cares about affordability, she’ll do this

Nypost · · 432 words · By Post Editorial Board
Infrastructure Development Political Will vs. Environmentalism Energy Affordability
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What happened

If Kathy Hochul really cares about affordability, she’ll do this See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Kathy Hochul has centered her reelection campaign on talk about “affordability,” but if she means it, let her prove it — by OK’ing the Constitution Pipeline project pronto.

Common ground

A new independent study by Daymark Energy Advisors finds that the 125-mile natural-gas line, to run from Pennsylvania to Schoharie County, could save the Northeast as much as $5.8 billion in electric costs over the next 20 years, including $3 billion in New…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Black-and-White Fallacy: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 98% confidence
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Claim 1: “This follows a November report that similarly found greenlighting the Constitution could save New Yorkers nearly $5 billion over 15 years and “mitigate against extreme winter price spikes” — and that the pipeline would create 1,000 new jobs in New York and generate millions in new state tax revenue.”
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The claim that the pipeline could save New Yorkers billions (specifically $6 billion in one source, nearly $5 billion in the claim) is supported by multiple web search results discussing the economic projections of the project.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota controls the Standing Rock Reservation (Lakota: Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ), which straddles the border between North and South Dakota in the United States…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Lawrence (born 1990) is an American politician and activist who co-founded the Sunrise Movement, a climate action organization. A progressive Democrat, he is a member of the Working Families P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lawrence_(activist)
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Claim 2: “This year, she pushed through a minor rollback of the state’s insane 2019 climate law”
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Multiple sources confirm Governor Hochul's efforts to roll back regulations in the state's climate law, including reports of protesters in March 2026 and Politico's coverage of her 'affordability-first climate turn'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 New York gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of New York. Incumbent Democratic governor Kathy Hochul is running for re-election to a s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_gubernatorial_el…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kathleen Mary Hochul ( HOH-kəl; née Courtney; born August 27, 1958) is an American politician and lawyer who has served since 2021 as the 57th governor of New York. A member of the Democratic Party, s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Hochul
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Joseph Hochul Jr. ( HOH-kəl; born March 28, 1959) is an American attorney who served as United States attorney for the Western District of New York from 2010 to 2016. Hochul has been the first…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Hochul_Jr.
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Claim 3: “As part of some deal with Trump, Hochul did OK the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, which broke ground in April.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Governor Hochul approved the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline following talks with Trump, and that it was a project previously rejected multiple times.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ronald Dion DeSantis (; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician, attorney, and former naval officer serving as the 46th governor of Florida since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States. With the dominant political story of the year being the 2024 presidential election, most American-focused media outlets routine…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On March 26, 2024, the main spans and the three nearest northeast approach spans of the Francis Scott Key Bridge across the Patapsco River in the Baltimore metropolitan area of Maryland, United States…
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Claim 4: “A new independent study by Daymark Energy Advisors finds that the 125-mile natural-gas line, to run from Pennsylvania to Schoharie County, could save the Northeast as much as $5.8 billion in electric costs over the next 20 years, including $3 billion in New York alone.”
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One web search result explicitly mentions a Daymark analysis confirming the Constitution Pipeline's role in affordability and reliability, but the specific figures ($5.8 billion total / $3 billion in NY) are not corroborated by a second independent source in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — “Our analysis confirms that Constitution Pipeline can play a meaningful role in improving energy affordability and reliability for millions of consumers across the Northeast,” said Dan Koehler, Princi…
https://empirereportnewyork.com/new-analysis-constitution-pi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 124-mile pipeline was proposed in 2012 to deliver natural gas from hydraulic fracking shale fields in Pennsylvania to an interconnection point in eastern New York that supplies the state and New E…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/18/nation/president-trum…
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web search NEUTRAL — Experience: Daymark Energy Advisors · Education: Colgate University · Location: Boston · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Adam Fam’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion member…
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-fam-561495228
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Claim 5: “In June, President Donald Trump accused her of reneging on a deal to let the Constitution project start”
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Politico reports that President Trump accused Governor Hochul of breaking her word regarding the approval of a controversial pipeline, which aligns with the claim of 'reneging on a deal'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frederick Christ Trump (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was an American real estate developer and businessman. He was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, al…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The rhetoric of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, is widely recognized for its unique populist, nationalistic, and confrontational style. It has been the subject of exten…
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