>> WELCOME BACK TO
CHAIRS NEWS NEW YORK
OFFICIALLY HAS A NEW GOVERNOR
KATHY HOCHUL SWORN IN AS
GOVERNOR AT A PRIVATE CEREMONY
EARLIER TODAY MAKING HISTORY AS
THE EMPIRE STATE'S FIRST EVER
FEMALE GOVERNOR AND WON JUST 9
FEMALE GOVERNORS IN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. WELL
EARLIER HOPEFULLY ADDRESS, NEW
YORKERS ON WHAT SHE PLANS TO
TACKLE DURING THEIR FIRST DAYS
AS GOVERNOR.
>> THE HIGHEST PARTIES OF MY
ADMINISTRATION IN ITS FIRST
BASE. COM
BETTY DELTA. GETTING DIRECT
DATA NEW YORKERS MORE QUICKLY.
AND BEGINNING TO CHANGE THE
CULTURE IN ALBANY.
>> NOW GOVERNOR HOCHUL
REPLACING FORMER NEW YORK
GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO AFTER HE
RESIGNED FOLLOWING 11
ALLEGATIONS OF
SEXUAL HARASSMENT. WELL JOINING
ME NOW IS REPORTER FOR POLITICO
NEW YORK AND THE COAUTHOR OF
THE NEW YORK PLAYBOOK
ERIN DURKIN ERIN THANKS SO MUCH
FOR JOINING THIS EVENING.
A BIG MOMENT FOR THE STATE OF
NEW YORK FOR KATHY HOCHUL
AS WELL AND CERTAINLY A LOT OF
CHALLENGES AHEAD WHAT IS THE
ACTION THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR
BY THE NEW GOVERNOR.
>> YEAH THAT'S RIGHT SO SHE
LAID OUT 3 VERY SPECIFIC.
>> AREAS WHERE SHE PLANS TO
FOCUS
HER EFFORTS. ONE IS JUST
CHANGING THE CULTURE IN ALBANY
AND THAT'S A PRETTY
ISSUE BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S A
REACTION TO THE RESIGNATION OF
HER PREDECESSOR ANDREW CUOMO
WHO IS
ACCUSED OF OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
BUT ALSO OF A LITANY OF OTHER
MISDEEDS. AS YOU SAY THERE'S
GOING TO BE AT THAT OVERHEAD
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE AN
OVERHAUL OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT POLICY. YOU KNOW
THERE'S ONLY ONE REAL SPECIFIC
IN THERE WHICH WAS A SEXUAL
HARASSMENT TRAINING.
IS NO I'M GOING TO BE ONLINE
YOU CAN JUST CLICK THROUGH THE
SLIDES, EVERYONE'S GOING TO
HAVE TO DO IT LIVE.
>> SHE ALSO
IS SAYING THIS IS GOING TO
INSTITUTE CHANGES GIVEN THE
ORDER IS TO THE STATEWIDE MASK
MANDATE FOR US.
>> SCHOOLS.
>> WHICH CUOMO HAD SORT OF
PLANTED ON IN HIS CLOSING DAYS
IN OFFICE. AND SHE WANTS TO
INSTITUTE A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL
TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL
TO EITHER BE VACCINATED OR BE
TESTED WEEKLY. SHE'S NOT
ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED THAT SHE
INTENDS TO PURSUE AND THEN
THE 3RD.
>> AUTHORITY AREA IS YOU KNOW
NEW YORK'S ADDICTION MORATORIUM
IS EXPIRING AT THE END OF THE
MONTH.
>> AND THE STATE IS REALLY LAND
AND DISTRIBUTING THE RENTAL AID
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING
PEOPLE PAY OFF THEIR RENT
DEVOID OF ACTION HONESTLY TO
TURN THAT SITUATION AROUND IS
ONE OF HER TOP PRIORITIES AND
IT WAS IT WAS PROBABLY THE LEAD
ITEM DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW HER
MEETING TODAY, HER FIRST
MEETING AFTER BECOMING GOVERNOR
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS.
>> I ALSO THOUGHT IT
WAS INTERESTING. AARON THAT
IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT SHE
DOESN'T AND WHILE SHE'S
ADDRESSING THESE VERY HERNDON
ISSUE SHE DOES INTEND
TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR AND IN 2022
ANY FURTHER THOUGHT SO ON THAT
AS WE KNOW JUST IN ABOUT A
YEAR'S TIME AND WE WILL GO TO
THE POLLS HERE IN NEW YORK.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW ACTUALLY I
DIDN'T EVEN A LITTLE LESS THAN
THAT BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THE
DEMOCRATIC RIGHT YOU KNOW
NEXT JUNE.
>> YOU KNOW.
>> SHE WERE SHE NOT RUNNING SHE
WOULD SORT OF BE A LAME DUCK
RIGHT OFF THE BAT SOMEONE WHO
HAS ONLY SERVED AS
GOVERNOR FOR.
>> ABOUT A YEAR A LITTLE OVER A
BUT YES SHE WILL BE RUNNING FOR
A
FULL TORMENT.
>> AND SHE'S THE ONLY CANDIDATE
WHO IS OFFICIALLY DECLARED THAT
HE INTENDS TO DO THAT, BUT IT'S
VERY LIKELY
THAT THERE BE YOU KNOW A FULL
COMPETITIVE FIELD OF DEMOCRATS
RUNNING FOR
THAT NOMINATION. YOU KNOW NAMES
HAVE BEEN MENTIONED INCLUDING
ATTORNEY GENERAL TISH JAMES TOO
WHO CONDUCTED THIS
INVESTIGATION
AGAINST GOVERNOR. WELL, YOU
KNOW THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC
ADVOCATE JUMAANE WILLIAMS HAS
BEEN MENTIONED AND MANY
DIFFERENT LEGISLATORS HAVE BEEN
MENTIONED AS
POTENTIAL CANDIDATES. BUT
THAT'S ALL SPECULATION AT THIS
POINT MANY OF THE DOT MAKE
DECISIONS AS TO WHETHER THEY
PLAN
TO RUN. BUT WE KNOW THAT
HOPEFUL RIGHT OFF THE BAT WILL
BE LOOKING TO BUILD SUPPORT
BECAUSE SHE NEEDS TO
IN PRETTY QUICK ACTUALLY WIN A
RACE, YOU KNOW TO TO KEEP HER
OFFICE TO SERVE A FULL TERM.
>> WELL AS CERTAINLY AT LEAST 2
DAYS WARNING JUST AFTER
MIDNIGHT AT EARLIER THIS
MORNING IN THE WEE HOURS THE
VARIOUS
EARLIEST HOURS THIS MORNING IN
WHAT IS THE SUPPORT THAT YOU
THINK SHE'S GOING TO HAVE
WITHIN GOVERNMENT AS SHE NOW
TAKES THE HELM AT FOR THE NEXT
YEAR.
>> IF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE
SORT OF GIVING HER THE BENEFIT
OF THE DOUBT FOR GIVING HER A
LITTLE HONEYMOON PERIOD, YOU
KNOW
MAKING POSITIVE COMMENTS SAYING
FRANKLY IF NOTHING ELSE IS NOT
ANDREW CUOMO AND THEY THINK
THAT SHE'LL HAVE A MORE
COLLABORATIVE STYLE AND THAT
THAT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THIS
KIND OF
AGGRESSIVE AND YOU KNOW
BULLYING SORT OF TACTICS THAT
THEY HAVE CRITICIZED HIM.
WELL, YOU KNOW THE QUESTION IS
HOW LONG IT'S GOING
TO LAST YOU ALREADY HAVE FOLKS
PRESSURING HER ON VARIOUS
ISSUES TO MOVE ON TO YESTERDAY
PRICE INCREASES TO MOVE ON
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
EVERYONE SORT OF PRESSING THEIR
OWN ISSUE.
AND YOU KNOW TO THE EXTENT THAT
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE GOING
ON SOON
YOU KNOW HER HONEYMOON
PRESUMABLY IS GOING TO BE
PRETTY PRETTY BREAK BUT AT
LEAST FOR NOW EVERYONE IS IS
CREATING HER I YOU KNOW WITH
THE POSITIVE REACTION IN HERE.
>> ANY
INDICATION I AARON AS TO HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH NEW YORK CITY
MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO OF COURSE
WE SAW VERY PUBLICLY DURING THE
EARLIEST DAYS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS AND REALLY UP UNTIL
THE END THE CONTENTIOUS
RELATIONSHIP PUBLICLY THAT DE
BLASIO AND CUOMO HAD.
>> YEAH, YOU IS FRANKLY PRETTY
THRILLED TO HAVE WELL NOW OUT
OF OFFICE AND HE HASN'T MADE
ANY SECRET WE CALL NOW HAS
SORT OF I CAN AND TORMENTED AND
AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY OVER THE
PAST
8 YEARS AND YOU KNOW HIS
RELATIONSHIP WITH LOCAL THEY
HAVE NOT REALLY BEEN CLOSE
PREVIOUSLY BUT HE'S BEEN VERY
RECEPTIVE AND VERY POSITIVE
TOWARDS HER. YOU KNOW SENT HIM
CLEAR SHE WAS GOING TO BECOME
GOVERNOR THEY DID MEET LAST
WEEK IN THE CITY WITH THE MAYOR
SAID AT THE TIME WAS GOOD
AT THE SAME MEETING AND I'LL
EMPHASIZE THE WORD SAYING HE
SAID YOU KNOW US BY CONTRAST
WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE'S
HAD WITH CUOMO YOU KNOW HOPEFUL
SAID I'M I'M VERY HONORED THAT
THE MAYOR CALLED THE SAME SO IT
HAS BEEN AND A LOW BAR TO
CLEAR BUT YOU KNOW HE'S HE'S
HAPPY TO HAVE HER IN THERE AND
IT'S PREDICTING A BETTER
RELATIONSHIP I WOULD HURT
CERTAINLY THAT HE HAD WITH