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The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the New York Legislature, to convene the legislature and grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment ...
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 ...
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 as the 57th governor of New York since 2021. 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.
(Reuters) -New York's governor on Monday ordered prison reforms and began the process of firing corrections officers who earlier this month beat a restrained Black inmate who died a few hours later.
The flag of New York. The Government of the State of New York, headquartered at the New York State Capitol in Albany, encompasses the administrative structure of the U.S. state of New York, as established by the state's constitution. Analogously to the US federal government, it is composed of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for criminal charges to be filed and arrests being made. ... an all-male state prison about 50 miles east of Syracuse, New York. ...
George Clinton, the longest-serving governor of New York. This article is a list of governors of New York by time in office. In New York, the governor is elected to a four-year term, which is 1,461 days long. There is no term limit. Prior to 1938, governors were elected to a two-year term, which is 730 or 731 days long.
The New York State Democratic Committee, which Hochul controls, spent an additional $75,000 on four private flights in 2021 and 2022, records show. Those flights were almost certainly for Hochul ...