BUFFALO, N.Y. — More than a century after women in New York won the right to vote, they’re now holding some of the most powerful positions in state government.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Lt. Gov.-elect Adrienne Adams made history this week as the first all-woman gubernatorial ticket elected in New York.
But women’s growing political influence extends well beyond the governor’s office.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins leads the upper chamber, while Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes of Buffalo prepares to retire. Political analyst Jack O’Donnell says Syracuse Assemblymember Pamela Hunter is among the potential successors.
The gains extend to Washington,
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