Democratic Rep. Antonio Delgado will be appointed as New York’s next lieutenant governor, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday.
“New Yorkers deserve a Lieutenant Governor who’s working day and night to make lives better for working people and their families,” Delgado said in a press release. “Upstate, downstate, doesn’t matter. We all want the same things, security, family, and opportunity. The key is to listen to New Yorkers from all walks of life and then be their voice to get the job done.”
The two-term Democrat likely faced a more difficult reelection after New York’s highest state court threw out the state’s congressional maps last week. That decision denied Democrats one of their most likely spots to pick up seats in this year’s elections after the state lost a seat in reapportionment.
