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Incumbent Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul took office on August 24, 2021, upon the resignation of Andrew Cuomo, and was elected to a full term in her own right in 2022 with 53.2% of the vote, the closest New York gubernatorial election since 1994. Hochul announced her intention to run for re-election in July 2024. [1]
Hochul presided over the Senate chamber on June 5, 2018, when Senate Republicans called for the override of Cuomo's veto of a bill relating to full-day kindergarten classes. The override passed by a large margin, and was the first veto override to occur during Cuomo's gubernatorial tenure.
The Constitution of New York has provided since 1777 for the election of a lieutenant governor of New York, who also acts as president of the State Senate, to the same term (keeping the same term lengths as the governor throughout all the constitutional revisions). Originally, in the event of the death, resignation or impeachment of the ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Tuesday called for the Electoral College to be abolished, arguing the system is outdated. “We, the people, forming a more perfect union, and I strongly believe ...
Humbug, Hochul once again declared on legislation that would require public posting of information about contracts the state enters during states of emergency. Legislative Scrooge: Hochul doles ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called for the immediate dismissal of 14 prison employees after the death of Robert Brooks earlier this month.
New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies on the east coast of North America, and was admitted as a state on July 26, 1788. Prior to declaring its independence, New York was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which it in turn obtained from the Dutch as the colony of New Netherland; see the list of colonial governors and the list of directors-general of New Netherland for the ...
Hochul, a Buffalo native, had agreed in 2022 to provide $600 million in state funding – with Erie Country tossing in an additional $250 million – for the privately-owned stadium after Bills ...