12 AUGUST 19, 2021 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Hope for Hochul
Not since the days when Franklin
D. Roosevelt ran the Empire
State in 1932 has New York been
led by a governor situated far outside
of New York City.
Roosevelt lived in upstate Hyde Park,
and aft er he was elected president of
the United States, the men who’ve
occupied the Governor’s Mansion in
Albany have all had strong ties to the
New York City metropolitan area. The
closest thing New York has had to an
upstate governor was George Pataki of
Peekskill in Westchester County, who
succeeded Mario Cuomo in 1995.
In less than a fortnight, New York
will be led by its fi rst female governor,
Kathy Hochul, who succeeds the
outgoing Andrew Cuomo. She hails
from Buff alo, which is about 372 miles
northwest of the Big Apple.
The geographic and cultural diff erences
between these cities might give
some city dwellers pause as to what
kind of leadership they can expect
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Hochul seems to champion a message of New York being not upstate or downstate, but one state — something
that should encourage every New Yorker. Photo by Cindy Schultz/REUTERS
from soon-to-be Governor Hochul.
We know that Mayor Bill de Blasio
oft en clashed with the outgoing governor,
on squabbles that ranged from
the gravely serious to the utterly
petty. What kind of relationship will
develop between Hochul and a mayor
with only months left in his term, but
with so much work still yet to be done?
We have confi dence that Hochul
will rise to meet the moment — one
that calls for an experienced, skilled
leader willing to give the Empire
State a fresh start and a new approach
toward governing its way out of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Hochul seems to champion a message
of New York being not upstate or
downstate, but one state — something
that should encourage every New
Yorker. She’s made it her mission to
spend time in every single county
across the state every year during her
time as lieutenant governor — getting
to know the diff erent leaders, people
and way of life in every region.
It’s our hope that Hochul will stick
with that mission going forward and
treat New York with the respect it
deserves. It’s our hope she can fi nd a
way to work with the current mayor,
and the next mayor, to fulfi ll the fi ve
boroughs’ needs to help both the
state and city recover from the brutal
health crisis we’ve faced.
New York City could use a good relationship
with Albany again. Here’s
hoping Hochul will help establish one.
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