in... other news...
NY AG Tish James dropped out of the gubernatorial race against Hochul today and is running for reelection instead. She never fully engaged in the campaign and consistently trailed in the polls (though as a strong second). Hochul has a much clearer runway to a full term.
Though in cleaning up the gubernatorial race, it mucked up the AG race as now all the announced AG candidates have to decide whether to defer and drop out, or now run against an incumbent.
Edit: unsubstantiated rumor is that they were also afraid Cuomo could walk into the open AG race with $18m in the bank and a bench of weak opponents