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Governor Nominates New Secretary of State

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Governor Kathy Hochul today has nominated Walter Mosley to serve as New York’s 69th Secretary of State. Mosley is a longtime community leader in Brooklyn who served for nearly a decade in the New York State Assembly.

“The Department of State plays a critical role in implementing a broad array of government services, from the Downtown Revitalization Initiative to the Office for New Americans,” Governor Hochul said. “Walter Mosley’s public service in the New York State Assembly and his years of leadership in his community have given him the skills and experience necessary to lead this Department into the future.”

New York Secretary of State Nominee Walter Mosley said, “I am deeply honored to be chosen by Governor Hochul to serve as Secretary of State. My career has been focused on finding ways to make government work for the people, and I am thrilled to take on this pivotal role in state government.”

Walter Mosley served in the New York State Assembly from 2013 to 2020, representing communities in central Brooklyn including the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights and parts of Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights. Mr. Mosley was a member of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus (BPHA), the Hispanic Task Force, and the Jewish Caucus. He also served as co-chair of BPHA’s Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Task Force on Cannabis. In his capacity as a BPHA Caucus member, Mr. Mosley served as Second Vice-chair and as the Budget Chair.

Mosley has had a long history of public service, serving as a Legislative Analyst and Oversight Investigator for the New York City Council, Senior Consultant to the New York State Assembly, and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly prior to becoming a member of the New York Legislature in 2013.

Mosley received a Bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University and received a law degree from Howard University. Mosley currently lives in the Capital Region.

Upon confirmation by the New York State Senate, Mosley will begin his tenure as New York’s next Secretary of State.

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