Once the panorama has been clarified with the removal of charges to, now former Governor Andrew Cuomo, the political panorama in the State of New York is clarified and we wonder if this will be the year in which his successor Kathy Hochul would become a kind of “iron lady” as the first woman elected to “wear the skirts of the administration” in Albany.
The allegations of alleged groping against Cuomo are no longer a threat to the Democratic leader and The Justice Department’s investigation into deaths in nursing homes, due to the coronavirus, also did not materialize, but Cuomo has no other way than to let the waters calm down and wait quietly for an opportunity for an eventual return to the arena. politics. But we bet that he will never command the office he had in the state capital again.
Cuomo has already applied for the pension and in Republican sectors they comment that he could even try to dispute the state prosecutor’s office with his rival Letitia James. Although it is unlikely, such a campaign would be interesting, because it was she who put him in the dock and forced him to leave office due to the multiple complaints of alleged sexual harassment.
However, it is difficult the return of a figure like Cuomo after resigning in the second term, when we expected him to be reelected for the third term, as was the desire to follow in the footsteps of his father Mario Cuomo.
Looking ahead, whoever was Cuomo’s Lieutenant Governor among the 2015 and 2021 line up batteries to win the November elections, after prosecutor James gave up contesting his candidacy and decided to continue the investigation into former President Donald Trump.
Mrs. Hochul has been lining up focused on recovery after the pandemic, based on her experience in the Regional Economic Development Councils to take advantage of the strengths of the state and reactivate the productivity.
Let us remember that her promotion of the “Enough is enough” bill on sexual assault in universities or workplaces, as well as the norms against the gender wage gap, present her as a candidate for men and women.
She has shown that she can be the leader of the state where she took office last 24 August, as the governor number 57 and marked a milestone as the first president of the State of the Empire.
This race is beginning to bear fruit, because we are sure that it will have the support to execute the policies that get us out of the mess the pandemic got us into.
Sofía Villa prepares this column in her personal capacity. He works as a Producer Writer at Univision NY and his opinions do not represent Univision Communications Inc.