A majority of New York voters believe the state is heading in the wrong direction, with crime and economic concerns from government spending to taxes and inflation are among the top concerns they cite as the election season gets underway, a Siena College poll released Monday found.
The poll, which shows new trouble spots for Gov. Kathy Hochul as she seeks a full term, reflects an increasingly restive mood among the electorate in the state — especially among independent and suburban voters who will prove crucial in the statewide contest.
Voters were supportive of the changes made by lawmakers and the governor to New York’s bail law that expanded the circumstances in which cash bail will be required, though a plurality doubt the changes will have a noticeable effect on crime.
And voters give Hochul herself low marks on issues the governor has sought to assert as strengths, including her pledge to restore trust in government…
