Kathy Hochul sworn in as 1st female New York governor

Kathy Hochul was sworn in as first female New York governor, replacing Andrew Cuomo.

Former Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul was sworn in as New York's first female governor at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. "Honored to be officially sworn in as New York's 57th Governor," Hochul tweeted from her new official governor account. The website for the governor of New York was also updated shortly after midnight. Hochul was sworn in by the state's chief judge, Janet DiFiore, in a private ceremony at the state capitol in Albany. A public swearing-in ceremony will be held for Hochul at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Red Room of the state capitol building, though she wasted no time in announcing the first two appointments of her administration, picking Karen Persichilli Keogh, a former senior aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton, as secretary to the governor and Elizabeth Fine, executive vice president and general counsel of Empire State Development (New York's economic development agency), as counsel to the governor. "I'm excited about this," Hochul said last week during a visit to New York City's Queens borough. "I'm excited about this opportunity. I'm very prepared for this."