“No one will ever describe my administration as a toxic work environment,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters after Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation.
but have not been specifically named as complicit in any unethical behavior.
“But I don’t think that’s what she wants,“ the strategist said of Hochul. “And if you fire everyone, we have no government.” “Since day one, Governor Hochul has led swift, decisive action to cultivate a safe and respectful workplace, and we are exploring all ways to deliver accountability, transparency, and open, ethical governing that New Yorkers will trust,” she said.
Hochul’s pledge also sounds familiar to Blair Horner, the executive director of the good government organization New York Public Interest Research Group. The culture of the state Capitol has changed as leadership has, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse, Horner said. The accusations that ultimately felled Cuomo, for example, would likely not even have not been taken seriously just a decade earlier, he said.
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