Gov. Kathy Hochul has not made major changes during her term compared to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
When Gov. Hochul took office a year ago this month, New Yorkers had high hopes that she would be something new and needed: Big majorities were glad to have a less combative leader who promised “open, ethical governing.”
Yet in addition to her poor performance on crime and the economy, Hochul has proved off-puttingly enthusiastic in embracing cronyism as usual — albeit less competently than Andrew Cuomo.
Crime: New York City sees no real sign of a turnaround in its nearly 2¹/₂-year-old crime scourge.
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Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal. Follow her on Twitter here.
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