Not only has he established the Buffalo Billion and installed Zemsky atop the ESDC, but he selected former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul — a native of the Western New York city —
as his lieutenant governor when running for re-election in 2014.
Not exact matches
Duffy served
as lieutenant governor under Cuomo until last year,
when he declined to run for re-election and was replaced on the ticket by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.
He's been mentioned
as a congressional candidate, and was reportedly on Cuomo's shortlist
when he had to pick a new
lieutenant governor last summer.
Mahoney,
as you'll recall, was mentioned
as a potential
lieutenant governor candidate — perhaps
as a running mate for Rudy Giuliani, back
when we still thought he might run for something this fall.
Paterson at the time was the highest - ranking black elected official in New York history, but he rose still higher
when he was tapped to serve
as Gov. Eliot Spitzer's
lieutenant govenror, and then ascended to the
governor's office in 2008
when Spitzer was forced to resign in the wake of a prostitution scandal.
Schneiderman hoped to succeed Paterson
when he left the Senate to serve
as lieutenant governor under Eliot Spitzer, but he lacked support among his fellow members, and by the time Democrats actually won the majority in the Senate in 2008, he was more or less on his way out.
Ravitch recalled during his brief tenure
as lieutenant governor taking note of the numerous lobbyists who came to town
when the legislature was in session.
New York history buffs will recall that Mario Cuomo was stuck with Al DelBello
as his
lieutenant governor back in 1983,
when he really wanted Carl McCall.
But
when asked at the University at Buffalo Medical School about whether she would continue
as his
lieutenant governor, Cuomo was less enthusiastic.
In July, Richard Ravitch was working his way through a steak dinner at Peter Luger's
when an aide to Gov. David A. Paterson unexpectedly arrived to swear in Mr. Ravitch
as lieutenant governor.
That's
when New York's
lieutenant governor stepped in with a public response: «@Delta,
as one of your most frequent flyers, know that the NY LG admires your principled stance.
The
lieutenant governor of Indiana serves
as acting
governor when the
governor becomes incapacitated or, in the state's early history,
when the
governor was away from the capitol.
Old - timers will recall the 1986 gubernatorial race
when Ulster County DA Mike Kavanagh ran
as candidate for
lieutenant governor with Westchester County executive Andy O'Rourke.