New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s top aide is married to a lobbyist who represent clients such as Verizon, Airbnb and Alphabet’s Google.
Hochul named Karen Persichilli Keogh, a veteran of Hillary Clinton’s U.S. Senate office and the wife of longtime lobbyist Mike Keogh, as secretary to the governor. Prior to taking her new job with Hochul, Karen Keogh was an executive at Wall Street giant J.P. Morgan Chase, where she once held a state lobbying position.
The secretary to the governor is a crucial position in New York’s state government. Melissa DeRosa held the job under Andrew Cuomo, who resigned this week due to a sexual harassment scandal. DeRosa was mentioned repeatedly in a report by the New York State Attorney General detailing alleged instances of Cuomo harassing at least 11 women. Cuomo has denied wrongdoing.
DeRosa was also tied to a major Albany lobbyist: her father Giorgio DeRosa, who is a leader at Bolton St. Johns. Mike Keogh is a partner at the same firm.
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Should she have chosen an aide who is married to a janitor, or to a homeless person?
Everyone has some sort of connections. Unless those interfere with, or unduly influence the governor, monitor them, and let the person do the job.
The way I understand this article, the aide herself is an ex-lobbyist (and maybe not so “ex” when one sees the track record of other “ex” lobbyists).
A three on one lobbyists who happens to be married to the Gov’s top aide? Now THAT’S efficient!
her lieutenant governor has campaign financing issues. She is not going to be an improvement – she will be the female version of the former governor without the touchy feely stuff