Kathy Hochul assumed the governorship after Andrew Cuomo's resignation and has rebuilt statewide Democratic infrastructure while raising tens of millions of dollars. She has faced criticism from moderates over suburban housing initiatives and from progressives over efforts to weaken criminal-justice-reform laws, yet her approval ratings have remained respectable. Her administration funded Second Avenue Subway expansion and launched design and construction for the Interborough Express, and preserved congestion pricing against Trump. She pledged to pursue redistricting reforms similar to California, is preparing for federal budget cuts of roughly $750 million, and will face a likely reelection challenge from Elise Stefanik.
Just over four years ago, Andrew Cuomo resigned from office. Driven from the governorship over a cascading number of sexual-harassment allegations, he entered the political wilderness only to reemerge this year, when he decided to run for mayor. In the meantime, his little-known lieutenant, Kathy Hochul, became governor. A quiet political force in her own right - she has raised tens of millions of dollars and helped to resurrect a once-moribund statewide
On the policy and public-infrastructure front, Hochul has notched tangible successes, from funding an expansion of the Second Avenue Subway to kicking off the design and construction process for the Interborough Express, a rail line that will connect far-flung neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens. She has beaten back Trump to safeguard congestion pricing and thrilled Democrats of late with her promise to follow California in the redistricting wars.
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