: "Hochul was Cuomo's "upstate balance" running mate until Cuomo imploded. If you remember the opera buffa bit from The Power Broker in which Vincent Impellitteri fell into the Mayoralty, it's the same story but in Albany. But Impy was a bit too shy and self-effacing for Hochulesque stunts."

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Hochul was Cuomo's "upstate balance" running mate until Cuomo imploded. If you remember the opera buffa bit from The Power Broker in which Vincent Impellitteri fell into the Mayoralty, it's the same story but in Albany. But Impy was a bit too shy and self-effacing for Hochulesque stunts.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social
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The problem with having the media and business sector mostly HQ'd in NYC is it creates the worst kind of politicians. The same can be said of San Fran and Seattle due to the techbros there.

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