ALBANY – Kathy Hochul turned New York’s 57th governor during a midnight swearing-in ceremony Tuesday at the Capitol, earning historical past as the 1st female to maintain the state’s prime office.

Hochul, a 62-year-aged Democrat, was sworn in as the state’s chief executive at the stroke of midnight, with Janet DiFiore, the state’s chief judge, administering the oath of business just as now-former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation took impact.

The overnight inauguration was followed by a smaller general public ceremony at 10 a.m. in the Capitol’s ornate Crimson Home, where Hochul’s partner, Invoice, held the Bible she placed her still left hand on and associates of her household — which include her father, Jack Courtney, and her two little ones — looked on.

Afterwards in the day, Hochul shipped a 12-moment, direct-to-digital camera deal with, laying out her early priorities — which include new COVID-19 mandates in educational facilities — and vowing to generally be “immediate, straight-conversing and decisive.”

“As I undertake the weighty responsibilities just before me, know that I have the self-confidence, the braveness and the potential to lead New Yorkers forward and make New York’s women very pleased,” she mentioned.

A Buffalo resident, Hochul had been New York’s lieutenant governor considering that 2015. Earlier, she was a congresswoman symbolizing a conservative-leaning district in western New York.

Hochul’s elevation comes two months just after Cuomo 1st announced his programs to stage down amid a number of scandals engulfing his administration, together with the release of a point