New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul became Gov. Kathy Hochul after being sworn in at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday during a private ceremony. Ten hours later she has sworn in again at a public ceremony within the Red Room of the Capitol.
Chief Judge Janet DiFiore, the previous DA of Westchester County, administered the oath both times to the new 57th governor of the state and therefore the first female to carry the highest spot. Her swearing-in follows Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation after several months of defending himself against harassment accusations by former staffers also as creating a toxic workplace.
Cuomo delivered his farewell address at noon on Monday. Following her public swearing-in, Hochul pledged that her administration will function during a spirit of cooperation with legislative leaders. Hochul said that she is going to be assembling a team to deal with things during which any state has been sluggish to release federal funds designed to stop tenants from being evicted.
Tenants have complained that they still face the threat of eviction because the overwhelming majority of the quite $2 billion has not been distributed and therefore the application process has been cumbersome and loaded with the bureaucratic procedures and technical failures. Landlords are complaining that they’re in financial difficulty because they aren’t getting adequate aid to satisfy expenses.
“I spoke with President Biden last night to speak a few numbers of issues. He pledged his full support to my administration – anything we’d like,” Hochul said. She said that Biden offered federal help within the cleanup from the weekend storm. Hochul said New Yorkers can expect to ascertain a change within the culture of Albany.
“I’m looking forward to a fresh, collaborative approach,” Hochul said, noting that after the ceremony she would be meeting with State Senate legislator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, et al..
When asked if there’s one particular thing she hopes to accomplish as governor, Hochul said, “I want people to believe their government again. It’s important to me that folks have faith. Our strength comes from the religion and confidence of the people that put us into these offices and that I take that very seriously.”
Hochul said that she anticipates having a far better relationship with my City Mayor Bill de Blasio than did Cuomo. She pointed to a variety of conversations they’ve already had and said, “There are going to be full cooperation because I want his best and brightest integrated with my best and brightest. For me, that’s an easy approach, what I’ve always done.”
The Democrat joins eight other female governors serving across the U.S. They are Kay Ivey of Alabama; Kim Reynolds of Iowa; Laura Kelly of Kansas; Janet Mills of Maine; Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan; Michelle Grisham of latest Mexico; Kate Brown of Oregon; and Kristi Noem of South Dakota . In addition, Lou Leon Guerrero is that the first and only woman to function as governor of Guam.
