Gov. Kathy Hochul was blasted for her plan to expand gambling addiction programs while three new casinos are underway and the state rakes in a growing jackpot from legal betting. Critics called Hochul’s plan hypocritical after it emerged as part of her 2026 policy agenda that emerged alongside her Tuesday State of the State speech. “It’s a case of ‘we told you so,'” state Conservative Party chairman Gerard Kassar said. “State-sponsored gambling has always been about the revenue, not the human