How the Decline of Western NY Defined Kathy Hochul’s Politics

Posted Friday, October 23, 2026 3:00 am

Benjamin Oreskes (via The New York Times - Region)

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s vision for New York has been largely shaped by her upbringing in a failing western New York town and her family’s move up from a trailer park to affluence.

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