At a procedural ceremony at midnight on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, Kathy Hochul was sworn in as the 57th Governor of the State of New York. The Legislative Gazette will provide full coverage of Hochul’s address to the people of New York, scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. Below are her comments […]

Below is the full transcript of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s statement of resignation, delivered on August 10, 2021. Cuomo said he intends to step down within 14 days. Good morning. Let me begin by thanking Rita Glavin for that powerful presentation. I’d like to address several issues today. First, I’ve always […]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday he will step down in 14 days and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul will become the first female governor of New York. The announcement came exactly one week after a damning report by the state Attorney General’s Office that detailed 11 cases of alleged sexual harassment […]

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie made the following remarks after a meeting of the Judiciary Committee regarding its impeachment investigation into Governor Andrew Cuomo. The statement was made August 9, 2021 in the Legislative Office Building, Albany. On March 1st, the attorney general was authorized to undertake an independent investigation into sexual […]

A video of the governor’s statement is available here. Below is a transcript of the governor’s statement made Tuesday, August 3: Over the past several months, you have heard a number of complaints brought against me. I called for an independent review, and I said at the beginning, I would […]

The independent investigators appointed by New York Attorney General Letitia James — led by Joon H. Kim and Anne L. Clark —  on August 3 released their report into the multiple allegations of sexual harassment by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. After nearly five months, the investigators concluded that Governor Cuomo […]