While acknowledging the unease New Yorkers are feeling as the pandemic lingers, Hochul warned about continuing supply chain issues that cause product shortages.
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New York’s redistricting ballot measure draws mixed reviews
The state’s current redistricting commission is gridlocked, as Democratic members support one set of maps and Republicans another.
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Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo accused of criminal forcible touching
Cuomo resigned as governor in August after a state attorney general report concluded that he had sexually harassed multiple women.
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Ballot propositions that expand access to voting face GOP backlash
The November election includes ballot propositions that would expand absentee voting and allow for same-day voter registration in New York state.
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Hochul, in first 45 days in office, has dealt with big challenges facing state
Gov. Kathy Hochul asked the public for 45 days to make the transition and start implementing key changes. Here’s what she’s done in that time.
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Hochul appoints new health commissioner, copes with vaccine mandate staffing shortages
After being implicated in an alleged coverup of nursing home deaths, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker has been replaced by Mary Bassett.
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Hochul seeks to ease hospital staffing shortages through executive order
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s order will call in the National Guard and allow New York to import health care workers from other states and countries.
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Hochul tells business leaders she’ll intensify economic development
At the annual meeting of the state’s Business Council Hochul said she will work to empower Regional Economic Development Councils.
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Comptroller seeks alternatives to pay down unemployment fund deficit
Unemployment insurance fund payouts increased 1,000 percent during the pandemic, leaving a gap for the state to fill.
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Hochul says religious exemption not a legitimate excuse to avoid COVID-19 vaccine
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that she doesn’t believe religion is a legitimate excuse for not getting vaccinated.
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Attorney General to probe alleged illegal leak to Cuomo
Attorney General Letitia James will probe whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo received an illegal leak from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics.
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Hochul becomes NY’s first female governor
Kathy Hochul was sworn in as New York’s first female governor at midnight Tuesday after a disgraced Andrew Cuomo resigned to avoid impeachment by the State Legislature.
