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Kathleen Hochul (/ ˈ h oʊ k əl / HOH-kəl; [1] née Courtney; born August 27, 1958) is an American politician and lawyer who has served since 2021 as the 57th governor of New York. A member of the Democratic Party, she is New York's first female governor and the first governor from Upstate New York since Nathan L. Miller in 1922.
New York is a Democratic stronghold and is considered one of the "Big Three" Democratic strongholds alongside California and Illinois. The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New York: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary of State (before 1927) Attorney General; State Comptroller; Treasurer (before ...
The governor of New York is the highest paid governor in the country. The current governor is Kathy Hochul, a member of the Democratic Party who took office on August 24, 2021, following the resignation of Andrew Cuomo. [1] She was elected to a full term in 2022. [2]
New York Republican candidate for governor, Rep. Lee Zeldin, and Lt. Gov. candidate Alison Esposito head downtown on a 6 train after a press conference at Lexington Ave. and 59th St. in Manhattan ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A simmering feud between New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and her handpicked lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, has boiled over after months of discord between the two Democrats ...
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 ...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she would not use her power to remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams as he faced a criminal indictment charging him with corruption, but she proposed new ...
Andrew Mark Cuomo was born on December 6, 1957, [27] in the New York City borough of Queens to lawyer and later governor of New York Mario Cuomo and Matilda (née Raffa). [28] His parents were both of Italian descent; his paternal grandparents were from Nocera Inferiore and Tramonti in the Campania region of southern Italy, while his maternal ...