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New York Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term, making history as the first woman elected to the position in the state. Hochul initially took over after former Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned amid scandal. Hochul defeated challenger Lee Zeldin, former Congressman from Suffolk County, in the closest gubernatorial election New York has seen in decades. The Democrat, launching her term as the 57th governor of New York, said her goals were to increase public safety and to make the state more affordable, two pillars of the Zeldin campaign. “Right now, there are some fights we have to take on,” Hochul said after taking the oath of office at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. “First, we must and will make our streets safer.”

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Recap: Libby is offered a job at a small school and part of the job involves subbing for a second-grade class that has already gone through three teachers.

A pandemic ended, gas prices hit new highs, and the stock market tumbled down. The year 2022 was full of surprises and pitfalls. While most year-in-review articles will talk about Ukraine, Roe v. Wade, and Donald Trump, here is a list of some of the more underreported stories of 2022.

NEW YORK NEWS

New York State Legislators voted to give themselves a 29% pay raise, making them the highest paid state lawmakers in the country.  Members of the Assembly and State Senate will now be making a base salary of $142,000, a sizable increase over the $110,000 they were making.  That would send them racing ahead of state lawmakers in California, who are now the nation’s best-paid legislators with a yearly base pay of about $119,000, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. New York State Senator George Borello said in a statement that “[The Democratic majorities’] attempt to buy political cover by instituting a ban on outside income won’t make Albany better, it will make it worse. With this ban, we will be discouraging enterprising, accomplished individuals with real-world experience from entering public service and moving closer to eradicating the ‘citizen legislator’ – that individual who serves, not for a hefty salary, but because they want to contribute to their state. The end result will be more ‘professional politicians’ and more out-of-touch policies that hurt New Yorkers.”  

I coined a term a few years into private practice: Weight Loss Maintainer.