New York politics in 2023 saw sitting elected officials like Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul confronted by numerous escalating crises, while offering little political turnover due to an off-year election cycle.
The arrival of now more than 157,000 migrants to New York City since April 2022, according to the latest numbers from Adams’ office, was the defining issue for the city and state governments in 2023. It presented logistical and financial challenges to both Adams’ and Hochul’s administration’s, while creating tension between the two executives and the White House.
