Gov. Kathy Hochul was in Irving, New York to apologize for the "historical atrocities committed" there "and the enduring trauma."

New York’s governor plans to visit the Seneca Nation on Tuesday to formally apologize for the state’s role in running an upstate boarding school that separated Native American students from their families with the goal of assimilating them into American society.

Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus Territory to apologize for New York State’s involvement in the operation of the Thomas Indian School on Tuesday. Tuesday’s apology by Governor Hochul is the most recent action to atone for impacted Indigenous children of the Thomas Indian School.