Kathy Hochul

Like the Child Victims Act that was approved in 2019, the measure opens a one-year window of opportunity for survivors of sexual harassment and abuse who are past the statute of limitations to bring their case to court.

It’s a last-minute proposal, with just three scheduled days of this year’s legislative session left, but Hochul said she was confident the legislature would be willing to work with her on the change.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that she's putting together a team of independent experts to look into the state’s nursing home policies during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when thousands of elderly residents died.

Four days after the mass shooting at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo that killed 10 people and injured three, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced several steps to curb the growing number of extreme acts of violence motivated by racial hatred.

Gov. Kathy Hochul promised to advance new gun reform legislation following Saturday’s mass shooting at the Tops Market on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, in two national television appearances, said she’ll ask the federal government for aid to deal with the expected surge of people seeking abortions in New York if the Supreme Court acts on a draft opinion striking down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has chosen Hudson Valley Rep. Antonio Delgado to be her lieutenant governor, after former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned in disgrace last month.

One day after a leaked U.S. Supreme Court document indicated that the court is poised to strike down the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, Gov. Kathy Hochul strongly defended a woman’s right to choose abortion. She rallied with Planned Parenthood and supporters at the Capitol, delivering a warning to opponents.