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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 August 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.
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 ...
“Drivers upset about paying a $9 toll when entering Manhattan should remember two things: Andrew Cuomo is the reason they’re paying a toll, and Kathy Hochul is the reason it’s 40% lower than ...
Taxpayers in New York could receive $500 refund checks next year, as part of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s first official proposal to combat the cost of living in 2025. The “Inflation Refund” — the ...
The head of a board that doles out state charter-school licenses says Gov. Kathy Hochul and the legislature should lift the cap on the number of city charters next year so Big Apple students can ...
Andrew Cuomo's lieutenant governor was Kathy Hochul, former United States Representative from New York's 26th district. Hochul replaced the previous lieutenant governor, Robert Duffy, the former mayor of Rochester.
Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres claims there's "no greater hypocrite' in New York politics than Gov. Kathy Hochul.-- after the Hochul campaign called out the congressman as a flip-flopper on Tuesday.