Hey all, Governor Hochul just used "we're NY, we should be #1" to discuss NYS's ranking in maternal and infant mortality rates, which gives me some hope she'll pick up on those exact points and rhetoric from our petition regarding college affordability and sustainably and equitably supporting and advancing the mission of public higher ed, if and when she does a SUNY day preview of the State of the State Address (only two working days to go before it, so I'm not holding my breath). But whether or not she uses it with regard to funding SUNY and CUNY like the public goods they are, we can certainly use it after the State of the State Address and Executive Budget are out (1/9 and 1/16, respectively).

On the building momentum front, I've stumbled into starting an x-twitter repost ratio battle that's made this petition go the slightest bit viral. If you're on there and want to keep it going, do a post a day until 1/16! (Or more!!) We've already gotten more signatures today than any single day since the days immediately following the December 6 start of the petition....