New York governor seeks to quell business owners’ fears after Trump ruling

Kathy Hochul says law-abiding businesspeople have nothing to worry about' after question on state's commercial climate

The New York governor has told business owners in her state that there is nothing to worry about" after Donald Trump was fined $355m and temporarily banned from engaging in commerce in the state when he lost his civil fraud trial Friday.

In an interview on the New York radio show the Cats Roundtable with the supermarket billionaire John Catsimatidis, Kathy Hochul sought to quell fears in some quarters that the penalties handed to Trump for engaging in fraudulent business practices could chill the state's commercial climate.

This article was amended on 18 February 2024 to correct a misspelling. An earlier version referred to venal" rather than venial" sin.