What to Know About Cuomo's Successor, Kathy Hochul

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Tuesday, one week after the release of state Attorney General Letitia James’s independent report detailing credible allegations of sexual harassment by 11 different accusers. His resignation will be effective in 14 days, at which point Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul will become the state’s first ever female governor. Below is an overview of Hochul, 62, her long career in politics, the job she’s done as lieutenant governor, and how she has responded to the allegations against Cuomo.

Hochul has reportedly prepared for a potential takeover

While one Cuomo ally told New York’s David Freedlander that “it is just not in his nature to ever” resign, the lieutenant-governor is reportedly gaming out the possibility of succession, just in case. According to the Wall Street Journal, Hochul spoke with advisers last week on potential first steps if Cuomo was to step down.

It’s not strictly a hypothetical either. If the State Assembly moves forward with articles of impeachment and votes to remove the governor, Cuomo will be temporarily removed from office as the trial takes place in the Senate.

A teenage politico

Born Kathleen Courtney to Irish Catholic working-class parents in Buffalo, she is the second-oldest of six children. She’s been involved in politics since she was a teenager. In high school, she volunteered at the local Democratic Party headquarters (where, she has said, she was always the youngest and only female person in the room). While pursuing a degree in political science at Syracuse University, Hochul interned at the State Assembly where she met her future husband, Bill Hochul, who went on to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Buffalo.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-to-know-about-cuomo-s-successor-kathy-hochul/ar-AAMUD1y

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1. Good riddance

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And here's hoping his successor is an actual Democrat


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[Budi]

2. I can't see anything more NY would want in Gov than Kathy Hochul

She should be NY's next elected Gov.

Her lifetime creds cannot be matched as a Democrat. Nor can they be argued against.

Was she elected to the Lt Gov office or did Gov Cuomo choose her?

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3. So you mean to tell me she isn't going to pardon Trump?

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4. I'd like to see a woman slap the NY assembly into order.

Maybe it will take a woman to straighten them out. Buch of scoundrels.

Even Hamilton said, "Corruption's such an old song that we can sing along in harmony, and nowhere is it stronger than in Albany."