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Hochul to become NY's first female governor as Cuomo exits

by Marina Villeneuve
| August 23, 2021 3:27 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kathy Hochul was set to become the first female governor of New York at the stroke of midnight, taking control of a state government desperate to get back to business after months of distractions over sexual harassment allegations against Andrew Cuomo.

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