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Jun. 9, 2024 By Dean Moses The angry fallout over Gov. Kathy Hochul's last-minute move to indefinitely delay congestion pricing continued in Brooklyn on Sunday, as a coalition of fuming bus and subway riders protested and vented against the controversial decision. Organized by the Riders Alliance, the protesters gathered outside Broadway Junction station, hoisting…
Nov. 7, 2022 By Michael Dorgan Governor Kathy Hochul held a campaign rally in Sunnyside Saturday and was accompanied by a large contingent of Queens elected officials. Hochul, who faces off against Republican Lee Zeldin in tomorrow’s gubernatorial election, spoke to a crowd at the Sunnyside Greenmarket on Skillman Avenue and urged residents to get... Read more »
Aug. 25, 2021 By Christian Murray Gov. Kathy Hochul announced yesterday that that there have been nearly 55,400 COVID-19 deaths in the state— 12,000 more than what her predecessor had been publicizing, the Associated Press has reported. Hochul said Tuesday that the revised figure—up from the 43,400 that Andrew Cuomo had reported on Monday—is based... Read more »
Aug. 24, 2021 By Allie Griffin Queens elected officials have embraced Governor Kathy Hochul after she was sworn into office at around midnight Tuesday. Hochul, the former lieutenant governor from Buffalo, took over the top New York seat after Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. She is the 57th governor of New York... Read more »
This article was originally published by The CITY on Aug 10, 2021, 12:17 PM EDT BY Clifford Michel Shortly after sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo surfaced, his press office stopped regularly publishing the public schedule of his next in line: Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul. The former member of Congress from Buffalo, who had... Read more »
Sep. 17, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, one of the three key Albany leaders, said he is "wholy supportive" of Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani's affordability agenda on Tuesday, adding he's "not concerned" that moderate Gov. Kathy Hochul will prevent it from being passed. Heastie made the remarks after endorsing the…
Sep. 16, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared on Tuesday to attribute Gov. Kathy Hochul's endorsement, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's expected backing, of Zohran Mamdani to a growing "socialist faction" within the Democratic Party. Cuomo, a Democrat running as an independent after losing the primary to the democratic socialist Mamdani, seemed…
Sep. 15, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Sunday night — a major stamp of approval from the state's party leader that could push other establishment figures to get on board as the democratic socialist vies against a crowded general election field. However, as of Monday…
Aug. 28, 2025 By Shane O’Brien State Sen. John Liu joined Manhattan Assembly Member Grace Lee and members of the Representing and Empowering AANHPI Community History (R.E.A.C.H.) Coalition outside City Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 27, to celebrate the passage of the AANHPI Education Equity Act in the New York State legislature and call on…
Aug. 12, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The latest Siena College poll had more good news for Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani in the November general election — and some troubling early news for Gov. Kathy Hochul in her 2026 re-election campaign. Results of the survey, released Tuesday, found that Mamdani, a democratic socialist, continues…