Hochul demanded White House appointment to be replaced as Cuomo’s No. 2: sources
District of Columbia, New York | October 8, 2021
Gov. Kathy Hochul demanded a plum job as a US ambassador or undersecretary of commerce in exchange for being replaced as Andrew Cuomo’s 2022 running mate — before he was forced to resign as governor over sexual harassment allegations, sources told The Post on Thursday. Top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa reached out to the White House in January to try score then-Lt. Gov. Hochul a diplomatic posting to her ancestral homeland of Ireland or to Canada. The US Embassy to Canada is located in Ottawa, which is less than a six-hour drive from Hochul’s hometown of Buffalo. The White House made a counter-offer of “an undersecretary role” for Hochul and she agreed to work in the Commerce Department, the source said….(Excerpts from the New York Post)