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Kathy Hochul: “I wanted to do something really significant as an upstate or…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Governor Hochul Makes an Announcement

Published | Video Starts at 34:07

But these iron workers have been working for a long time and all Their other partners. And it's truly making a difference. You know, when I first got elected, I wanted to do something really significant as an upstate or the first upstate governor in a long time, first governor from Buffalo since Grover Cleveland. I witnessed the decline of a region that was once proud. Upstate's legacy was built on manufacturing. We built things. We knew how to do this. (34:07–34:18)

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