Hochul Promises New Era of Collaborative Government in New York
- Predecessor, Andrew Cuomo, resigned in sex-harassment scandal
- ‘I want people to believe in their government again,’ she says
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Kathy Hochul, New York’s newly sworn-in governor, said Tuesday that her first task is to restore the credibility of government after a wrenching sexual-harassment scandal ended the term of her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.
“I want people to believe in their government again. It’s important to me that people have faith,” said Hochul, a 62-year-old Democrat. She became the state’s first female leader at midnight, but held a ceremonial swearing-in later in the morning.