Kathy Hochul in 2022 NY Governor's race
On Civil Rights:
In Congress supported same-sex marriage & abortion rights
A former member of Congress, Hochul
supported abortion rights and same-sex marriage in one of the state's more conservative congressional districts.
Source: LoHud Journal News on 2022 New York gubernatorial race
Mar 2, 2021
On Civil Rights:
Supported same-sex marriage & abortion rights
A former member of Congress,
Hochul supported abortion rights and same-sex marriage in one of the state's more conservative congressional districts.
Source: Journal News LoHud.com on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race
Mar 2, 2021
On Civil Rights:
If men don't change attitudes there will be consequences
Q: Is there anything that you can speak to in terms of your personal experience with the #MeToo movement?KH: I've endured comments. People getting far too close, inappropriately close, but nothing that rises to the magnitude of what they endured.
Q: You called the #MeToo movement a "seismic cultural shift" that's needed to shift the balance of power to keep women from being vulnerable in the workplace. If you could change one thing to shift that balance of power in favor of women, what would
that be?
KH: How could I change men's attitude towards women? How can I get inside a man's head and say how can you possibly treat your coworker in such a degrading way? She's an equal to you. She does not deserve to be commented on. Physically
touched. Propositioned in the workplace. That's not a policy, that's a request and a hope that we can change male attitudes, and if they don't change then there will have to be consequences.
Source: CityAndStateNY.com on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race
Mar 25, 2018
On Crime:
Spearheaded campaign against college sexual assaults
Hochul became Cuomo's running mate in 2014, when he won his second term. She's been lieutenant governor ever since, warding off primary challenges that year and in 2018.
As lieutenant governor, she has spearheaded a campaign to combat sexual assault on college campuses.
Source: LoHud Journal News on 2022 New York gubernatorial race
Mar 2, 2021
On Education:
Make state schools tuition-free for middle-class families
In the age of advanced technology, access to higher education has become increasingly more difficult. With the belief that education is a human right,
Kathy and the Governor fought hard to make SUNY and CUNY schools tuition-free for every middle-class family.
Source: 2022 New York gubernatorial campaign website KathyHochul.com
Mar 3, 2021
On Families & Children:
Fought for Paid Family Leave & $15 minimum wage
As Lieutenant Governor, she continues to fight for working families. Kathy was a strong voice in the successful fight for a $15 minimum wage and Paid Family Leave.
Every day, Kathy is working with the Governor and state legislature to prioritize making lives better for all New York families--because no one working full-time should live in poverty.
Source: 2022 New York gubernatorial campaign website KathyHochul.com
Mar 3, 2021
On Gun Control:
State senate too afraid of NRA to vote on "red flag" bill
Hochul ratcheted up the pressure on the state Senate, claiming legislators were too "afraid" of the NRA to vote on a proposed gun control bill. The bill, dubbed the "red flag" bill, will give teachers, school officials, family members and police
officers the right to petition judges if they believe someone who has access to guns is dangerous. "It's a simple common-sense measure that will save the lives of students," Hochul said.
Source: N.Y. Daily News on 2022 New York gubernatorial race
Jun 19, 2018
On Health Care:
Support for ACA contraception mandate cost her re-election
When I was in Congress, in the minority, we spent time, at least 35 times, maybe 40 debating whether we should repeal the Affordable Care Act. If I voted once to repeal that, I'd still be a member of Congress. Absolutely, that became a defining issue
in my narrow loss, as well as my support for the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act. That is what I was--and I will use the term--crucified. As a Catholic, I can say that.
Source: City & State NY on 2022 New York gubernatorial race
Mar 25, 2018
On Immigration:
Once opposed driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants
As Erie County clerk, Hochul garnered attention for opposing then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer's proposal to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses without producing a Social Security card. When later asked about the issue, Hochul
said her decision at the time was based on what her constituents wanted. "Fast forward to today, I realize that this is something that fits in with my earlier work to ensure the rights of citizenship to everyone who is here," she told the publication.
Source: LoHud Journal News on 2022 New York gubernatorial race
Mar 2, 2021
On Jobs:
She believes in equal pay for equal work
She joined her mother and aunt in establishing the Kathleen Mary House in 2006, a transitional home for victims of domestic violence. Kathy has consistently placed issues that are important to women on the top of her agenda. Traveling the state,
she has leveraged her position as the highest ranking female official in state government to encourage women to be an active voice for change. Kathy wants women to dream big and take risks--and she believes in equal pay for equal work.
Source: 2022 New York gubernatorial campaign website KathyHochul.com
Mar 3, 2021
On Principles & Values:
Not strongly ideological; more practical
As for her political philosophy? "She's not easy to pigeonhole that way," said Livingston County Democratic Chair Judith Hunter. "She sees it as important to judge each issue as it comes along."
"In your experience, she's not strongly ideological, she's a little more practical?" [the reporter] asked.
"That would be fair, that would be fair," Hunter replied.
Source: WLNY-2 CBS-TV on 2022 New York gubernatorial race
Mar 2, 2021
On Principles & Values:
Upbringing taught her to care for poor, imprisoned, homeless
Q: I've read that your Catholic faith and your Catholic upbringing continue to be important to you. Is that right?
KH: My Catholic upbringing taught me to live the teachings of Jesus Christ in terms of caring about people who are poor, in prison and homeless. I live by that. I don't follow the rest.
Source: City & State NY on 2022 New York gubernatorial race
Mar 25, 2018
On Principles & Values:
Catholic upbringing: care for poor, imprisoned, & homeless
Q: I've read that your Catholic faith and your Catholic upbringing continue to be important to you. Is that right?
KH: My Catholic upbringing taught me to live the teachings of Jesus Christ in terms of caring about people who are poor, in prison and homeless. I live by that. I don't follow the rest.
Source: CityAndStateNY.com on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race
Mar 25, 2018
On Tax Reform:
Tax cuts for low/middle incomes, not for billionaires
Kathy maintained true to her labor roots and consistently voted to support the working men and women of America.
She was a frequent critic of tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires and called for tax cuts for low and middle-income earners.
Source: 2022 New York gubernatorial campaign website KathyHochul.com
Mar 3, 2021
On Abortion:
Overturning Roe changed nothing in NY, because I'm governor
[Republican challenger Lee Zeldin] came under consistent attack over his anti-abortion policy views and celebration of the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Zeldin has argued the issue is moot: New York state has passed strict abortion
rights protections and, even if he wanted to, he could not change them.Still, he did not directly answer a question from the moderators asking whether he would sign off on new restrictions if Republicans took hold of the state legislature--something
Zeldin insisted was immaterial because "it's not happening."
Hochul returned to the issue frequently, touting the state law and promising to protect it from conservative politicians like Zeldin. "What we have in New York state is simply a codification
of Roe v. Wade," Hochul said, when asked if she would put any restrictions on abortion. She then added, "You know why nothing changed the day after the Dobbs decision? It's because I'm the governor of New York and he's not."
Source: CNN Politics on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race
Oct 25, 2022
On Corporations:
Social media companies should be vigilant about hate speech
Q: You have a number of media and social media companies in your state. What are you asking them to do?HOCHUL: We want them to be more vigilant and use the resources they have to hire more people, change their algorithms, be able to identify the
second that this hate speech appears, and let there be a determination by law enforcement quickly. We need a multifaceted approach. We need vigilance, not just law enforcement, but also from the platforms that are allowing this to spread.
Source: CBS Face the Nation on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race
Jun 26, 2022
On Gun Control:
Illegal guns are from out of state; need a national response
HOCHUL: In the state of New York, what he was able to buy was an AR-15, but he was able to enhance the magazine capacity. You can't have that many rounds purchased legally here in New York. But you just go over to Pennsylvania. Go to a gun show.
This is why I started a nine state gun interjection task force because we know most of the illegal guns being used on the streets of New York City and now on the streets of Buffalo are coming from out of state. We need a national response.
Source: Meet the Press on 2022 New York Governor race
May 15, 2022
On Principles & Values:
You don't protect hate speech or incendiary speech
HOCHUL: Any government leader that does not condemn this and condemn it today is a coward, and they're also partially responsible. What they need to be doing is calling this out and not coddling this behavior and saying that, "Well, that's just
young people and they're sharing their ideas." Yeah, I'll protect the First Amendment any day of the week. But you don't protect hate speech. You don't protect incendiary speech. There are limitations on speech.
Activist Al SHARPTON: We start by changing the tone nationally. President Biden needs to call a summit meeting of Black, Jewish, Asian leaders and talk about the growing problem of hate crimes, and that this government will not stand by and allow this
to happen. We need to have a tone where young guys like this understand the federal government will come down on them. They're monitoring what's going on, and they're not going to tolerate it.
Source: Meet the Press on 2022 New York Governor race
May 15, 2022
On Technology:
Make social media CEOs accountable for hate speech
The CEOs of those companies need to be held accountable and assure us that they're taking every step humanly possible to monitor this information. How these depraved ideas are fermenting on social media. The white supremacy concept of replacement
theory, motivated by this idea that immigrants and Jews and blacks are going to replace whites, and that is spreading through social media platforms that need to be monitored and shut down the second these words are espoused out there.
Source: ABC This Week on 2022 New York Gubernatorial race
May 15, 2022
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