Ms. Bennett is a contributing editor in Opinion who writes on gender, politics and culture.
ALBANY — Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, was seated at the center of an ornate dining table, nursing her throat with honey and lemon. It was late March, the height of New York’s contentious budget season, and she had been working the phones since sunrise. The governor was being pummeled in the press over proposed changes to a bail reform policyin the budget and was trying to find common ground. She’d consulted with Al Sharpton; she’d sought advice from Melinda Katz, the Queens district attorney. Twelve hours later, and with much else on her plate, she’d decided to convene a working dinner with top
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