Ken Martin, newly appointed chair of the Democratic National Committee, sat down one-on-one with News 12 Senior Reporter Tara Rosenblum.

He called President Donald Trump's sweeping new tax and immigration bill "devastating" and also opened up about the party’s strategy to win back the House, and predicted that the path to power will once again run through the tri-state.

"We believe we can win, and at the end of the day, we are going to be investing a lot of resources in New York," he said.

House Republicans reached an agreement on changes to the federal deduction of state and local taxes, known as SALT, which cleared the way to pass President Donald Trump's spending plan to the Senate.

In 2017, Republicans under Trump's first term capped how much taxpayers could deduct from their SALT from federal taxes at $10,000. The move disproportionately impacted blue states like New York, New Jersey and California that pay more in taxes.

If approved, the House changes would raise the cap to $40,000.

Pace University Public Administration Department chair Gina Scutelnicu-Todoran said Republicans in blue states were in a tough situation between pushing to raise the cap and holding up the rest of Trump's agenda after they campaigned on the issue.

"It's very difficult for the Republicans in the blue states to actually back out of this when they faced this pressure from constituents," she said.

A newly released Siena College poll unveiled new details about Gov. Kathy Hochul's favorability, her chances to win the party's nomination, which Republican is jumping out in front of the pack and how New Yorkers feel about the budget.

Hochul’s favorability and job approval ratings were little moved in the last month, according to a new Siena College poll of New York state registered voters released Tuesday.

Forty-six percent of Democrats say they would support Hochul in a gubernatorial primary, compared to 12% for Antonio Delgado and 10% for Rep. Ritchie Torres. Thirty-five percent of Republicans say they would vote for Rep. Elise Stefanik in a gubernatorial primary, compared to 22% for Rep. Mike Lawler and 11% for Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.