Hochul also said she would get rid of any remaining Cuomo staff who were involved in “unethical” conduct or retaliation against the women who accused the now-disgraced governor of sexual harassment.
“The governor and I have not been close,” Hochul told reporters.
Hochul’s term as governor will expire in late 2022. She says she is already holding meetings with New York legislators, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York. And with former Sen. Hillary Clinton, along with business and faith leaders, and governors from surrounding states.
“I’ll build out my senior staff. And I’ll do what I’ve always done. I will travel the state to meet New Yorkers, to listen to them, to assure them that I’ve got their backs.” Hochul expects to pick her own lieutenant governor, before becoming governor herself.
Picking up the pieces
The NY Attorney General’s scathing report said Cuomo broke federal and state laws by touching without consent and sexually suggestive comments. Several district attorneys’ offices are probing whether the governor’s sexual harassment was criminal.
