The Siena College Research Institute is reporting its recent poll signaled that voters believe Gov. Kathy Hochul failed to make progress on six of the goals she laid out for 2022, including making communities safer, enhancing trust in state government, transforming SUNY into the envy of the nation and making the state a place where people want to live, not leave. Crime and the cost of living are at the top of respondents' priority list for state officials to address in 2023. Hochul’s favorability rating and job approval rating have both declined slightly since October, but remain in positive territory, while 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin's favorability rating has increased. Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg said voters believe that Hochul will make progress on her efforts to increase the availability of quality medical care and creating conditions for businesses to succeed, but on the four other goals voters said there was no progress. “Hochul’s job approval and favorability ratings are above water, barely, although they edged down slightly since before Election Day, and her 43 percent unfavorable rating is a new high. ...,” Greenberg said. Read more at scri [dot] siena [dot] edu.