Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that flags on all state government buildings be flown at half-staff in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died Monday.

Flags were ordered to be flown at half-staff immediately through the day of interment, a statement said.

"I am directing flags across New York State to be lowered in honor of Dick Cheney, our former Vice President and lifelong public servant," said Hochul, a Democrat. "I extend my deepest sympathies to the Cheney family as we remember his life, leadership and patriotism."

Republican President Donald Trump has yet to comment on Cheney’s death. The White House lowered flags to half-staff in remembrance of him, but without the usual announcement or proclamation that would typically be issued after a vice president's death.

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