{"id":86678,"date":"2026-01-01T17:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/86678\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T17:06:08","slug":"gov-kathy-hochul-proposes-no-ny-state-tax-on-tips-after-major-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/86678\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes no NY state tax on tips after major backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALBANY \u2013 New Yorkers may finally see relief from taxes on tips, with Gov. Kathy Hochul saying she\u2019ll propose enacting the policy this year.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released Thursday morning, Hochul said she\u2019d seek to eliminate state income taxes on up to $25,000 in tipped earnings \u2014 following through on President Trump\u2019s initiative to eliminate federal taxes on tips.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38070711\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/new-york-state-governor-kathy-117564106.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Hochul speaking at a podium with her hand raised.\" class=\"wp-image-38070711\"  \/>Hochul made the proposal after tipped workers hammered her for not following Trump on the issue. Andrew Schwartz \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m kicking the new year off with a proposal of no state income tax on tips, continuing my efforts to make New York more affordable for hard working New Yorkers,\u201d Hochul wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The tax-on-tips elimination will be included in Hochul\u2019s state budget proposal to be released later this month, dropping taxes on tips earned in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/26\/us-news\/here-are-the-blue-states-blocking-trumps-popular-tax-cut-provisions\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">have whacked blue states like New York<\/a>, Illinois and California for not moving to make sure state income taxes were also eliminated starting this year.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul, a Democrat seeking re-election in 2026,\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/26\/us-news\/hochul-wont-serve-up-trumps-no-tax-on-tips-policy-ticking-off-ny-restaurant-workers\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">also faced backlash<\/a>\u00a0from New York bartenders and restaurant workers, who urged her to extend Trump\u2019s policy to state income taxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we weren\u2019t taxed on our tips, we\u2019d be able to save more, we\u2019d enjoy life a little more, maybe we wouldn\u2019t have to pick up that extra shift,\u201d Rion Gallagher, a bartender at The Blasket in Midtown, told The Post last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY \u2013 New Yorkers may finally see relief from taxes on tips, with Gov. Kathy Hochul saying she\u2019ll&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[153,426,57,9,11,10,49,51,50,2780,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-86678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-kathy-hochul","10":"tag-metro","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-news","14":"tag-new-york-state","15":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","16":"tag-new-york-state-news","17":"tag-taxes","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}