Antonio Delgado – long before he launched a Democratic primary run against her this week. Delgado revealed he stopped speaking to Hochul months ago as public disagreements and private pettiness – including the governor stripping him of his state Capitol office and official email – escalated between the pair.

Lieutenant Governor of New York, Antonio Delgado, says he hasn’t spoken to New York Governor Kathy Hochul in months. PIX11 News asked when he realized his messaging didn’t align with Hochul. Delagado stated,

Mr. Delgado, New York’s lieutenant governor, said he would take on Gov. Kathy Hochul in next year’s Democratic primary because her tenure had lacked “bold, decisive” leadership.