a post on X<\/a>. \u201cI, for one, am a Brooklyn Democrat who supports the renomination of our Democratic governor, @KathyHochul.\u201d<\/p>\nBichotte Hermelyn has shown a willingness to change loyalties as political circumstances. She defended then-Mayor Eric Adams, even as he faced calls to resign or be removed following his 2024 federal indictment. When former Gov. Andrew Cuomo entered the race to push out Adams, she endorsed him instead, and was a prominent campaign surrogate. After Mayor Zohran Mamdani won the primary, she threw her support behind him, even as Cuomo continued his campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
People on the call earlier Wednesday said Bichotte Hermelyn expressed anger that Hochul tapped Adams without consulting party leaders, arguing that Adams as speaker \u201cwas bad for Brooklyn.\u201d<\/p>\n
At least three Brooklynites\u2019 names had been in the mix as potential picks for LG: Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Assembly Member Brian Cunningham and Secretary of State Walter Mosley. Hochul instead went with a surprising pick from the rival borough. Adams had previously been reported as a contender for the job, but few political observers considered her to be the likely choice as the convention approached. Adams finished fourth in last year\u2019s crowded Democratic mayoral primary.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was extremely upsetting that the governor didn\u2019t at least provide the chair and the executive committee with the opportunity to have a conversation about this,\u201d district leader Joey Cohen Saban told City & State. \u201cShe should have at least given us a heads up before she announced it.\u201d<\/p>\n
People on the call said several party leaders opposed Adams,a moderate Democrat, becoming the governor\u2019s second-in-command, and that they were unimpressed with her four-year tenure leading the City Council.<\/p>\n
Assembly Member Kalman Yeger was vocal about his grievances with the former speaker, who he served under on the City Council.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t understand it \u2013 I don\u2019t understand the choice,\u201d said Yeger, who\u2019s also a democratic district leader in Brooklyn.. \u201cThe most important job of the lieutenant governor is to be ready to be governor, if God forbid that happens. I wish the governor nothing but good health, but you have to be prepared for these things. There is no one who can say with a straight face that Adrienne Adams is ready to be governor on day one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hochul\u2019s campaign declined to comment, but referred City & State to statements from political allies, including Attorney General Letitia James \u2013 who was quick to endorse Adams as the governor\u2019s running mate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAdrienne Adams is a fighter for New Yorkers and a true friend of working people,\u201d James said in a post on X. \u201cShe\u2019ll be a great partner for Kathy Hochul in this campaign and the years ahead. I am thrilled for her and our state!\u201d<\/p>\n
Assembly Member Brian Cunningham, who endorsed Adams in her mayoral bid, was vetted to be Hochul\u2019s lieutenant governor, but was not chosen. Cunningham, who represents central Brooklyn, said he was not rescinding his endorsement of Hochul, and congratulated Adams on X.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a historic all-women ticket, and her leadership, steadiness and deep commitment to New Yorkers will serve our state well,\u201d Cunningham wrote. \u201cWishing her continued success as this next chapter begins.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Democratic Party has rescinded its endorsement of Gov. Kathy Hochul \u2013 enraged by the governor\u2019s selection…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123168,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[19220,446,19092,18390,10332,426,53839,9,24,55,54,56,17961],"class_list":["post-123167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-2026-new-york-gubernatorial-election","tag-adrienne-adams","tag-antonio-delgado","tag-brooklyn-democratic-party","tag-endorsements","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-lieutenant-governor","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-rodneyse-bichotte-hermelyn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}