National political conventions, even virtual affairs, always feature myriad side attractions that focus attention on favorite party topics. Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul joined the effort Monday on a panel on Zoom titled: “Women in Leadership in the States: A Conversation.”
Hochul focused on her partnership with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who led the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic – and stressed that it's an example of leadership that contrasts with that of President Trump.
"The recovery response in New York could be a model for other states on what it's like when you have leadership," she said. "We pull people together instead of dividing them."
She said that amid the peak of the pandemic in the spring, she gave nearly 400 interviews across the state "to try and get people to understand that their health is on the line, and not just that – there's the health of people in their community."
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Hochul also stressed that the Covid-19 pandemic has hit women particularly hard, given that two-thirds of essential workers are women.
At the event, Hochul was joined by fellow Lieutenant Governors Juliana Stratton of Illinois and Kate Marshall of Nevada, as well as Jacqueline Ayers of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which hosted the panel along with the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association, which Hochul chairs.
