Kathy Hochul

Kathleen Hochul (born August 27, 1958) is an American politician serving as the 57th governor of New York since August 24, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, she is New York's first female governor, as well as the first governor from upstate New York since the 1930s.

Kathy Hochul in 2017

Quotes

• We're fighting to bring the government back to the people and out of the hands of dictators. And we're here to say that the era of Trump and Zeldin and Molinaro – just jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong, okay? Get outta town, get OUTTA town, 'cause you don’t represent our values.
  You are not New yorkers, you're not New Yorkers.
  Because we come from a long line of people who fought for women's rights that happened here first.
  We fought for environmental justice that happened here first.
  We fought for labor rights that happened here first. We fought for the LGBTQ rights that happened here first.
  • 22 August 2022 per NY post and Spectrum and Jon Campbell

• Anyone who commits a crime under our laws...has consequences...I don't know why that's so important to you.
  • 25 October 2022 in debate with Zeldin [1]

• "These projects help us turn the face of New York city's long-standing dependence on fossil fuels, ensuring millions of New Yorkers-especially those living in our most vulnerable communities-can have the promise of cleaner air and a healthier future"
  • [2]

• "I will have no distractions in my administration because we focused on doing what's best for the people of the state"
  • [3] on her administration

• "I want to get money out to people. We have way too much money sitting there that should be going to renters and to landlords who are suffering"
  • [4] Kathy on helping people

• "I want by the end of my administration, for every woman to say there are no barriers, there is no longer a ceiling"
  • [5] Kathy at the end of her administration

• "I'm a mother. You're hard-wired to care about your children and your family's safety. So voters need to know that we have a plan"
  • [6]on sincere worries among the voters who will decide her political fate next week

• "I have felt a weight on my shoulders to make sure that every little girl and all the women of the state who’ve had to bang up against glass ceilings everywhere they turn, to know that a woman could be elected in her own right and successfully govern a state as rough and tumble as New York"
  • [7] when she was elected as governor

• "If Canada someday ever attacked Buffalo, I’m sorry, my friends, there would be no Canada the next day. That is a natural reaction."
  • New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Regrets Implying Israel’s Right To Destroy Gaza on destroying and killing everyone in Canada if it ever attacked New York

Quotes about Kathy Hochul

• "I think the end result will be a somewhat more moderate Kathy Hochul, which I think squares with where she actually is, which is a bit of a common sense, moderate Democrat"
  • [8] said Chris Coffey, a Democratic political strategist