Democrats control all parts of New York’s state government, and Ms. Hochul is starting her year with an intraparty clash. More than a dozen Democratic senators, including many from the party’s progressive flank, objected to the governor’s nomination of Justice Hector LaSalle to lead the New York State Court of Appeals.
Kathleen Courtney was the eldest daughter of six children in a devoutly Catholic household. She was born in a trailer park near the Bethlehem Steel mill outside Buffalo. She recalled watching her siblings while her father worked or went to night school and her mother volunteered on various social causes, including civil rights.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said she met voters on the campaign trail who told her they wouldn’t support her because ‘they weren’t sure a woman had the toughness that it takes to do this job.’“That was my wake-up moment,” she said. Though she didn’t run for the seat at that point, she thought she was more qualified and had greater standing in the town. In 1994, she was appointed to a vacant board seat and later elected.
Bring back the model T for New York drivers, make it electric or Gas or Propane. Make it with lighter materials like Titanium. It only goes 45 mph. Classy look.
New York has a knack for electing some real whizbang governors
Wow, absolutely transparent puff piece. Did the Governor's staff let you edit their work at all?