Kathy Courtney Hochul is the first female governor of New York State, and she is Irish through and through. The NY Governor talks about her pride, strong Irish background, her commitment since childhood to helping others, and her hopes for New York.
Kathy Courtney Hochul is in many ways an accidental governor. The first female in the history of New York State to become governor, she inherited the position when the former occupant, Andrew Cuomo, was forced to step down in the middle of his third term due to multiple allegations of sexual harassment.
Hours after spring arrived Sunday, pipes and drums and a sea of green flanked Delaware Avenue from Niagara Square in downtown Buffalo. Cancelled due to COVID-19 the past two years, the St. Patrick's Parade was back.