{"id":267893,"date":"2026-06-15T22:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/267893\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T22:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T22:05:11","slug":"hochul-speaks-at-brooklyn-childrens-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/267893\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul speaks at Brooklyn Children\u2019s Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>BEDFORD-STUYVESANT \u2014 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez were among the notable attendees who recently visited central Brooklyn the morning of June 5 to speak at the Brooklyn Children\u2019s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Gov.<\/a>Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rev. Dr. Robert Waterman. Photo: Wayne Daren Schneiderman\/Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

The event, which took place on the museum\u2019s rooftop, was hosted by the African American Clergy and Elected Officials, a Brooklyn-based civic and political organization.<\/p>\n

Hochul began her remarks by calling the United States \u201ca broken country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI truly feel like our country is broken, and it\u2019s become more so as of late,\u201d she said. \u201cMy plan is to take on Washington D.C. every single day alongside our great attorney general Tish James, because if we don\u2019t stand up, then who will?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hochul cited voting rights, including the dilution of congressional districts represented by Black members of Congress, as issues that need to be addressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"New<\/a>New York Secretary of State Walter T. Mosley. Photo: Wayne Daren Schneiderman\/Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThey\u2019re trying to take away the power that people fought for, and we cannot let that happen,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is really what we are up against. We must stand up to that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hochul spoke to affordability for all New Yorkers as well. \u201cWe know your utility bills are off the charts, and I\u2019ve been working with our leaders in the legislature and allocated $1 billion dollars to go back into your pockets to help you pay your bills,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hochul said she will \u201ckeep making investments in Brooklyn,\u201d and spoke about education and healthcare.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Pastor<\/a>Pastor A.R. Bernard speaks. Photo: Wayne Daren Schneiderman\/Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

\u201cAll those people who were thrown off their health insurance by Donald Trump and the Republicans will be saved,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to leave anybody behind here in the state of New York. With the power that I\u2019ve been given by God and all of the voters of the state of New York, I will continue to use it to lift people up, because that is what God intended for me to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hochul discussed her background, in addition to her entry into public service.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a child, growing up in a blue collar family, we didn\u2019t have much money,\u201d she explained. \u201cMy dad worked at a steel plant. My grandparents were very poor and off the boat from Ireland, trying to find a better life, like all the immigrants. But it was the power of education that lifted my dad out of that job and put his daughter on a path to where I am today. I\u2019ve truly been given a gift.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Former<\/a>Former Congressmember Edolphus \u201cEd\u201d Towns Jr. Photo: Wayne Daren Schneiderman\/Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

Gonzalez, who addressed the crowd next, said Brooklyn has never been safer in terms of crime. This year, 2,000 guns have been removed from city streets, \u201cand that is a big point of why our homicide rate, shootings and shooting victims are all at record lows,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t like that when I was growing up in Brooklyn in the \u201880s and \u201890s,\u201d Gonzalez recalled. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t even like that five years ago. That said, we always want to acknowledge the New York City Police Department for what they\u2019ve done to help bring crime down to record lows.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Gonzalez, New York is down 30% in homicides from last year\u2019s record low, and shootings are also down 22% from last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThose aren\u2019t just numbers,\u201d he said. \u201cThose are people\u2019s lives. We\u2019re on a very good path.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"New<\/a>New York Gov. Kathy Hochul addresses the audience. Photo: Wayne Daren Schneiderman\/Brooklyn EagleA bridge between government and neighborhoods<\/p>\n

In addition to the remarks from Hochul and Gonzalez, there was also a memorial tribute honoring AACEO member Marilyn Mosley, mother of New York Secretary of State Walter T. Mosley.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mosley served in the New York State Assembly from 2013 to 2020, representing parts of central Brooklyn including Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.<\/p>\n

Mosley thanked his mother for being \u201cthe woman she was to Brooklyn, New York City and New York State.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Brooklyn<\/a>Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Photo: Wayne Daren Schneiderman\/Brooklyn Eagle<\/p>\n

\u201cShe definitely left her mark on so many lives, and I\u2019m honored that she was my mother,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The AACEO\u2019s goal is to bring together religious leaders, elected officials and community leaders to advocate on community issues such as housing, public safety and education. The organization plays a role in local politics and endorsements by organizing events, forums and outreach efforts. It serves as a bridge between government and neighborhoods, especially in central Brooklyn. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEDFORD-STUYVESANT \u2014 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Attorney General Letitia James and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":267894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[87390,98,100,99,5533,18391,426,398,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-267893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-african-american-clergy-and-elected-officials-aaceo","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-eric-gonzalez","tag-in-public-service","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-letitia-james","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267893","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=267893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}