Should Gov. Cuomo not serve out his term?
Hochul would move up to the Governor Office….
Ms. Hochul, of the Buffalo area, is a lawyer by training and served briefly as a member of Congress. Mr. Cuomo chose her as his running mate in 2014, and she has won two statewide elections for that role. She thrives on retail campaigning and has spent much of her time as lieutenant governor away from Albany, traveling the state.
Ms. Hochul, 62, grew up in an Irish Catholic family in western New York that faced economic hardships. She graduated from Syracuse University and received a law degree at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. After a stint at a law firm, Ms. Hochul turned to government, serving as an aide to Representative John J. LaFalce and Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
“I realized, especially at that time, what great political skills she had when she’d travel with me,” Mr. LaFalce recalled. “She’s a people person.”
Ms. Hochul, of the Buffalo area, is a lawyer by training and served briefly as a member of Congress. Mr. Cuomo chose her as his running mate in 2014, and she has won two statewide elections for that role. She thrives on retail campaigning and has spent much of her time as lieutenant governor away from Albany, traveling the state.
Ms. Hochul, 62, grew up in an Irish Catholic family in western New York that faced economic hardships. She graduated from Syracuse University and received a law degree at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. After a stint at a law firm, Ms. Hochul turned to government, serving as an aide to Representative John J. LaFalce and Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
“I realized, especially at that time, what great political skills she had when she’d travel with me,” Mr. LaFalce recalled. “She’s a people person.”…
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If vice presidents have historically complained about being marginalized in Washington, lieutenant governors tend to have it worse.
And Mr. Cuomo, who once declared, “I am the government,” is not thought to have a particularly close personal or working relationship with Ms. Hochul.
The lieutenant governor has spent much of her time on the road, highlighting the administration’s agenda and engaging in extensive on-the-ground politicking….
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More on Hochul who I have seen briefly at a local event….
Kathy Hochul Takes Center Stage
Associated Press: “As New York’s lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul has spent years on the road as the friendly face of the administration, visiting the far-flung coffee shops and factory floors of each of the state’s 62 counties for countless ribbon-cutting ceremonies and civic cheerleading events.”
“A centrist Democrat from western New York, she has worked deep in Cuomo’s shadow for her two terms in office, but last week joined the chorus of politicians denouncing the governor after an independent investigation concluded he had sexually harassed 11 women while in office.”
“At 62, Hochul is an experienced politician, a veteran of 11 campaigns that have taken her from town board to Congress, the latter representing a conservative western New York district after a surprising 2011 win in a special election to fill a vacancy in the U.S. House.”