Gov. Kathy Hochul demurred on a fight with the Democratic Party’s far-left faction, choosing not to amend a controversial law preventing criminal 16 and 17-year-olds to be tried as adults. Hochul – who is up for re-election this year – isn’t proposing changes to the Raise the Age law in her new executive budget to be released next week, a spokesperson for her office told State of Politics Friday night.   Raise the Age was signed into law by ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2017 and directs 16 and 17-