Kathy Hochul
Police arrested a suspect for killing Christina Yuna Lee in her Chinatown apartment, the latest in unprovoked attacks on Asian Americans.
Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul said she "strongly disagreed" with the ruling and vowed to fight it.
New York resident Ben Walthall, who was stumped by a “Jeopardy” question about his state’s governor, joined a virtual COVID-19 briefing to tell her he knows who she is now.
“We are heading upward in a direction that I no longer find sustainable,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Friday.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"While the new Omicron variant has yet to be detected in New York State, it's coming,” warned Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, who assumed office following Andrew Cuomo's resignation, is facing Democratic challengers from her left.
Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration acknowledged more deaths in the state from COVID-19 than had been publicized by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.
The newly sworn-in governor said she also plans to require all school personnel to either get vaccinated or get tested weekly.
His resignation, which comes after a report concluded he had sexually harassed employees, made way for Kathy Hochul to become the state's first female governor.
Her ascent was a history-making moment in a capital where women have only recently begun chipping away at a male-dominated political culture.