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Kathy Hochul: “Vetting takes a long time. I'll just say that there's a lot…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

Governor Hochul Participates in a Times Union Fireside Chat with Dan Clark

Published February 3, 2026 | Video Starts at 01:41

I'm announcing it right now. Just joking. That's what you get for benching the Buffalo Bills. Have you made the pick? We're down the home stretch. Vetting takes a long time. I'll just say that there's a lot of people interested and the vetting process is something that's pretty intense. And so we'll know very soon. Friday. You're announcing it at the convention, right Thereabouts. (01:41–01:49)

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Asserts that the vetting process for selecting a lieutenant governor is lengthy and intense.

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“Up on Lake Ontario we have four nuclear reactors that are actually one of them is the oldest in the nation.”
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“When Indian Point shut down... It cut off 25% of power for New York City without a plan B.”
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“The legislature before my time put in place a measurement standard that is only used by one other state.”
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“We'll be building more nuclear in New York than the entire country has in 30 years.”
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“50,000 good paying jobs plus $100 billion of investment on [Micron's] end.”
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“For someone who understands the levers of government and how if anything happens to me, this is the role of a lieutenant Governor, something…”
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“This is my political super bowl, and I get really up for it. And I'm better in, in game mode than not.”
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“I just want people to have their confidence in government restored again. And especially when I came in as governor very unexpectedly, I did…”
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“I've always governed from this middle place that says, hey, that's a good idea over here. This idea is good over here, and I can pull it…”
Governor Hochul Participates in a Times Union Fireside Chat with Dan Clark | Uploaded February 3, 2026 | 06:46-06:54
“Legislature didn't want to do it. I proposed it, thought it was a good idea, and they didn't want to do it.”
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“We have mostly renewable clean energy upstate New York because of hydroelectric power.”
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“We put $83 million into our budget to help people find ways to reduce their energy consumption at home.”
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“We have very ambitious climate goals and Donald Trump has been standing in the way.”
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“I'm bringing down hydroelectric power. I launched that back my first few months as governor in 2021 and we'll be powering a million homes.”
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“Our emissions are so much higher downstate than upstate because of that decision [to shut down Indian Point].”
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“When Donald Trump shut down Empire win not once, but twice... Thousands of jobs, $5 billion investment, 10 year project, and will power half…”
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“We spent money with offshore wind institutes believing in this, committing the dollars, being able to train good paying jobs.”
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“We met our goals a year early for community solar.”
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“We literally came this close to having a blackout in New York... we had to spend a lot more to get this power from other states.”
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“We don't have a shortage of power upstate because of [hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls and nuclear power on Lake Ontario].”
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“Investing $500 million in the city of Syracuse to help train young people.”
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“We would have lost [Micron] to Texas.”
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“About $10 billion we lost from the federal government.”
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“Investing $1.7 billion more than we anticipated into child care.”
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“We had about $3 billion in reserves. Almost nothing, negligible.”
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“We already know how that money's going to be spent. It's not just sitting there.”
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“When you lose $10 billion in federal money.”
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“We had an extra couple billion dollars. Like, do we have extra $3 billion? And we took two.”
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“We had to offset the loss of money or the expenses from the prison strike.”
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“We are having so much trouble filling those [corrections officer] jobs.”
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“I reduced the age for [corrections officer positions].”
Governor Hochul Participates in a Times Union Fireside Chat with Dan Clark | Uploaded February 3, 2026 | 30:35-30:38
“We're saying you should not be able to go into sensitive locations. Houses of worship, hospitals, daycare centers, schools.”
Governor Hochul Participates in a Times Union Fireside Chat with Dan Clark | Uploaded February 3, 2026 | 33:00-33:08
“You cannot go those places without a judicial warrant.”
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“We're going to give you a right of action, a private right of action.”
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“What we did with the 287G says, my police officers are busy enough.”
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“State police, locally, we will help any agent, any level of federal government help remove people who are criminals that have committed…”
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“The act of crossing the border is a civil offense.”
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“I don't want our police officers and our sheriff's offices being distracted with this [civil offense of crossing the border].”
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“The head of the New York State Sheriff's association stood with me.”
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“The Commissioner of Police in New York City stood with me.”
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“Police officer from Albany, the Captain or commissioner from Albany came and stood with me.”
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“This is about how we can protect our communities and keep them safe.”
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“Law enforcement doesn't want this [involvement in civil immigration enforcement].”
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“In our state, not just Minneapolis. Okay? This is New York. We're better than that.”
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“People that are committing crimes, they've got to go.”
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