With New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announcing his resignation effective in two weeks, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will soon become New York’s first female governor
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul spent the afternoon of Aug. 11, 2020 welcoming the Toronto Blue Jays to play in Buffalo where they were stranded by the pandemic.With Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announcing his resignation effective in two weeks, Hochul will soon become the second recent lieutenant governor to assume the state’s top post after accusations of an incumbent's sexual misdeeds.
After the James report dropped last week, Hochul released a statement saying it “documented repulsive and unlawful behavior by the Governor towards multiple women.” She deferred to the Assembly, which has been edging closer toward impeachment by the day, and said it would not be appropriate for her to weigh in further given her place in the line of succession.
She hasn’t spoken with the governor since February, the source said. Her last public appearance with Cuomo was at a Covid briefing in Buffalo at the end of January. Hochul has worked hard to build a network outside of Cuomo’s influence, said Erie County Democratic Committee Chairman Jeremy Zellner. She has since changed her position. “I was an elected official in Erie County, and I represented the people of that district,” she said in 2018, referring to one of the more conservative regions of New York state. Still, that position and the “A” rating she received from the National Rifle Association as recently as 2012 suggest the political problems she will face if she does indeed become governor and chooses to run for a term in her own right next year.
Her time in Congress didn’t last long. The district became even more Republican after the 2012 redistricting, and she lost to Chris Collins, who would go on to become the first incumbent member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump. He later resigned and pleaded guilty to securities fraud and received a pardon from Trump during his administration's final days.
She’s sometimes been chided for her dedication to touring the state, often promoting Cuomo’s agenda. New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams made a strong showing against her in a Democratic primary in 2018 as he promised to turn the office into one that’s more active on independently shaping state policy. But it’s a role she’s fiercely defended.
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