Political support for Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is gaining momentum as calls for Gov. Cuomo to resign over sexual-harassment allegations mount.
In a twist of poetic justice, Hochul would become the state’s first female governor and 57th overall.
Hochul, 62, has largely stayed out of the public eyesince she was elected alongside Cuomo starting with his second term in office. In fact, she wasn’t mentioned at all in his public schedules last spring during the height of the pandemic, and his book on the COVID-19 crisis did not include her.
But on Friday she took center stage getting the vaccine alongside the president of the NAACP in her hometown of Buffalo, in what could be seen as a counter to Cuomo’s appearance at the Javits Center on Monday, flanked by Black clergy. Hochul posed for the cameras inside Catholic Health, flexing her bicep muscle a la Rosie the Riveter.
In a departure from tradition — and a sign she may already be distancing herself from Cuomo — the media was informed of the appearance via Hochul’s own press office. Typically, the governor’s office sends schedules for both.
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