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Today, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul was sworn in as Governor of the State of New York. The Buffalonian takes the reins after Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned, amid a storm of bipartisan criticism. Hochul will be the state’s 57th Governor and the first woman to hold the office.  

BNP President & CEO Dottie Gallagher sent Hochul a welcome letter today, offering her best wishes and suggesting issues Hochul should prioritize in the upcoming months. These issues include: 

• Distributing Emergency Rental Assistance Program funds immediately; 
• Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic without unnecessarily burdensome restrictions; 
• Stabilizing the Unemployment Insurance system; 
• Providing upstate-downstate parity in transportation & infrastructure funding; 
• Renewing the Brownfield Cleanup Program; 
• Securing a healthy public-private partnership to construct a new Bills stadium. 

Gallagher’s full letter can be found here. 

The BNP looks forward to working with Hochul and her administration to tackle our state’s numerous challenges and build a better Buffalo Niagara.