Gov. Kathy Hochul is drawing a line in the sand with her fellow Democrats over state budget talks.

In an exclusive interview with NY1’s “Inside City Hall,” she said that she won’t back down on proposed changes to criminal justice laws — arguing it’s personal for her.

She also had tough words for President Donald Trump on a variety of subjects in a strong contrast to Mayor Eric Adams.

“I’m a mom. It is personal to me. The safety of every New Yorker is always going to be personal to me,” Hochul said.

Refusing to scale back her criminal justice policy proposal currently up for debate with state legislators, Hochul was talking tough on Monday.

“I have done so many events with victims of crimes whose cases had nothing to do with anything that would’ve been exculpatory for a defendant,” she said.

Hochul argues that current law governing the exchange of evidence between prosecutors and defense attorneys before a case goes to trial hinders justice for domestic violence victims — citing data showing high case dismissal rates following a 2019 amendment to the law.

“Those victims walk out and they know their abuser can lie in wait and attack them again, or their families,” the governor explained.

“The cases are being thrown out, especially 94% of domestic violence cases are being thrown out of court,” she continued.

The Buffalo-native recalled how her mother opened a women’s shelter — after also suffering domestic abuse.

“She grew up to be a champion, an advocate. She changed laws in Albany when I was in high school. I watched my mom fight for them,” Hochul said.

Rolling back criminal justice policy changes is a political challenge for Hochul. Republicans came close to denying Hochul a victory in 2022 after accusing her of being soft on crime.

Now, her stance is important ahead of her 2026 campaign.

Since last fall, New York’s first female governor has found herself in a strange relationship with the Republican in the Oval Office.

“When’s the last time you spoke to President Trump?” NY1 political anchor Errol Louis said.

“The day he did the tariffs, I got a phone call from him. What is that… two weeks ago now?” Hochul responded. “Unforced destruction of our economy. I cannot exaggerate the impact.”

The pair already met in the Oval Office twice since January to talk about congestion pricing.

But this time, Hochul said the pair discussed the future of Amtrak.

“My job is to protect at all costs and if that means standing up to someone who I think has been very destructive, who has now hurt our economy,” she added.

Unlike Adams, she’s criticized the administration’s immigration actions — including the nearly two-week long detention of a family from the upstate village, Sacket’s Harbor.

“You just separated a family and when they do that, I called and said, ‘They’ve got to come back.’ I talked to Homan a couple of times. They did come back. But my God, if we didn’t put so much pressure,” she said.

After learning another Columbia University student was detained by federal immigration officials, the governor decried the move.

“This is America, for God’s sake. Why should we have to worry about kids getting scooped off a campus or out of their beds in Sacket’s Harbor? And I’m a governor. I will fight for my state, but this has gone too far,” she said.

Turning back to the state budget, Hochul says she doesn’t anticipate striking a deal on the multi-billion dollar state budget this week.