Senate #2 Joins Mounting Opposition to Hochul’s Pick for Top Financial Regulator
Adrienne Harris has worked for over a dozen financial technology firms that Hochul would put her in charge of regulating.
Sam Mellins · September 14, 2021
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Governor Hochul nominated financial technology professional and former Obama advisor Adrienne Harris to the post of superintendent of the Department of Financial Services | Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
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Sam Mellins is senior reporter at New York Focus, which he has been a part of since launch day. His reporting has also appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, The Intercept, THE CITY, and The Nation.
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