Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) plans to support President Donald Trump’s federal school choice tax credit program, a rare move among Democratic governors as Republicans continue pushing to expand private education options nationwide.
Hochul’s office confirmed to Bloomberg on Friday that New York intends to participate in the federal initiative created through the GOP-backed tax and spending legislation signed by Trump earlier this year.
The program allows taxpayers to receive federal tax credits for donations to scholarship organizations that help families pay for private K-12 education expenses, including tuition at religious and independent schools.
States must opt into the program, which is set to begin in 2027, for residents to access the credits.
“Governor Hochul is supportive of the federal tax credit scholarship and its potential to help New York students and schools,” deputy press secretary Emma Wallner said in a statement to Bloomberg.
