New York Gov. Kathy Hochul continued a fight with lawmakers within her party after Democrats in the state Senate voted down her nominee to the state’s highest court, an extraordinary rebuke that has emboldened her opponents
ALBANY, N.Y.—New York Gov. Kathy Hochul continued a fight with lawmakers within her party after Democrats in the state Senateto the state’s highest court, an extraordinary rebuke that has emboldened her opponents.
The result has left Ms. Hochul politically bruised, Democrats said, and some lawmakers and political observers said it could set a contentious tone in“We’ve only seen the first act,” said former Gov. David Paterson, a Democrat who supported Justice Hector LaSalle’s nomination as chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals. “For some of the people who went way beyond what dignity and civility would have called for, there may be a grand finale that they’re not going to like.
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