Kathy Hochul’s Political Future Gets Complicated

Kathy Hochul was cruising. Suddenly propelled from obscurity into the New York governor’s office last August, she moved quickly and shrewdly to amass more than $20 million in campaign contributions toward winning a full term in the job, a show of force that helped push Hochul’s strongest rival, state attorney general Letitia James, out of the race, pretty much clearing the Democratic primary field. Hochul, a former congresswoman, seemed perfectly cast for the moment: a cheerful, outgoing woman replacing a raging, scheming man, Andrew Cuomo, who had resigned in disgrace because of a sexual harassment scandal(Cuomo has repeatedly denied any… Read Full Article