00:00The overall cost of just, you know, a bacon, egg and cheese through the roof, through the roof.
00:05We're seeing rising costs affect us on supplies, labor costs, insurance costs.
00:11So it seems like New Yorkers can actually agree on something.
00:15I don't recall ever struggling like this before to put food on the table, pay my bills.
00:20A new Marist poll found that nearly half of likely New York voters believe their family's financial situation is worse
00:26off now than it was a year ago.
00:28Who do you put the blame on?
00:31Uh, not to make sticky subjects of politics, but I think a lot of the policies.
00:35It's definitely been within the last year, it's been hitting us harder.
00:38How much of the rising costs do you blame on local government?
00:42I would say a majority of it.
00:44New Yorkers tell me the outcome of Tuesday's election is where they hope to see some change.
00:48Incumbent Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul insists she will not raise taxes,
00:52though she raised them to help fund congestion pricing
00:54and authorize the Mamdani-backed pied-de-terre tax to tax second homeowners.
00:59There's a lot of things she does that seem to hurt me and my family more than hope.
01:03Her challenger, GOP's Bruce Blakeman, has vowed to wipe out a portion of income tax on most New Yorkers,
01:09though some say it's much bigger than local government.
01:12I'd point my finger to the war going on right now in Iran.
01:16I don't see our economic standard being a priority.
