Kathy Hochul takes charge to regain New Yorkers' trust as she assumes governor's seat

With all of the challenges she'll face as governor, Kathy Hochul's most pressing task is to regain New Yorkers' trust, experts say.

As Kathy Hochul assumes office and becomes New York's first female governor, she will have several ongoing challenges facing the state. The still pressing COVID-19 pandemic, the state's economic recovery, gun violence in New York City and the rollout of the newly approved recreational marijuana rules are just some of the areas that the new governor will likely have to address in the near future. However, political experts say her most important task is regaining the trust of New Yorkers following Gov. Andrew Cuomo's exit. And they say Hochul's already showing she's up to the task with her rhetoric and actions over the last two weeks. "She has established some goodwill because she's been visiting people all over the district," Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University, told ABC News.