Larry Schwartz, an MTA board member and close ally of disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo, won’t get a post in Governor Kathy Hochul’s administration, she said Wednesday, Sept. 8.
“Larry Schwartz is not part of my administration,” Hochul told reporters during a press conference when asked about future appointments.
Hochul has been in office for just over two weeks after her predecessor stepped down due to a slew of sexual harassment allegations, and she has given herself a 45-day timeframe to decide on which Cuomo-era officials to keep and which to ditch at several state agencies.
Schwartz has served on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s board since 2015 and up until April volunteered as Cuomo’s “vaccine czar,” tasked with distributing the life-saving shots to local governments across the Empire State.
