New York Governor Kathy Hochul is easily one of the least appealing elected officials in the country, and that is the least of her problems.
She’s a nightmare governor, with barely anything going for her intellectually that I have seen displayed, and an amazing propensity for stepping in it.
She looked like a deer in the headlights with clown makeup during her time in the hot seat in D.C. last week.
NY congresswoman Elise Stefanik literally ate the chief executive of New York State alive for the cameras as said chief could only blink waxenly and utter ‘I do not recalls’ or some such sad idiocies.
Rep. Elise Stefanik ends Gov. Kathy Hochul’s career by stunning her with the crimes committed by illegals in New York that Hochul let happen.
Hochul wasn’t even aware of the crimes.
Amazing political takedown. pic.twitter.com/abfeeaV2OE
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 12, 2025
And this was all over the illegal aliens in her state. She had no answer and no recollection.
Rep. Elise Stefanik grills Kathy Hochul about crimes committed by illegal immigrants and tells her:
“You are not advocating on behalf of these victims—you are shielding illegals. Even in your opening statement you prioritized putting illegals first.” pic.twitter.com/2kmyFa626D
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 12, 2025
But, boy. What a difference being on her home turf makes.
This same mute and ignorant governor could hotfoot it out in front of cameras to announce she’d dropped all the charges against the New York City comptroller who’d charged ICE agents ike a Padillasaurus at the federal courthouse.
NY AG Letitia James assisted Kathy Hochul in having all charges dropped against Brad Lander.
These people are dangerously corrupt.
— Dapper Detective (@Dapper_Det) June 17, 2025
Yeah. She’s all full of piss and vinger when it comes to defending this guy.
NO ONE is above the LAW ! Not even self-righteous politicians!
I Voted for This 👏
NYC Comptroller and mayoral hopeful Brad Lander ARRESTED by feds at immigration court for meddling in ICE operations!
Fox 5 reports Lander tried to sneak a man out to dodge detention.… pic.twitter.com/DyVqC9gbQf
— Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence) June 17, 2025
Lander, who is trailing basically an imported nut-job jihadi and a disgraced former governor so badly that he had to pull a pathetic campaign stunt just to get cameras to cover him.
Brad Lander was released from ICE custody and had the charges against him dismissed.
He was greeted by a cheering crowd.
So his campaign gimmick worked.
No accountability for assault.
There is no justice.pic.twitter.com/ZHUuGrPgwN
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 17, 2025
Who is now making virtue-signaling campaign hay out of his attacking Federal officers.
Brad: “ Edgardo!!!!! No!!!!” … as his arm was ripped from him. Eyes locked. Tear shed.😥
Ummm Brad … your bestie, Edgardo, was in a court, receiving “due process.” pic.twitter.com/18g8v9ALJ7
— Bluesky Libs (@BlueskyLibs) June 18, 2025
And Hochul goes *checks notes* after the federal officers doing their duty at the courthouse.
Governor Kathy Hochul expressed her dismay over the arrest of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, calling it “a sorry day for New York and our country.” Speaking at a press conference, Hochul recounted receiving the news while visiting Little Haiti, a community grappling with a travel ban and the loss of legal status.
Hochul said,
This is a sorry day for New York and our country. I was literally walking the streets of Little Haiti, to try and bring some comfort to a community that’s under siege with a travel ban and losing their legal status. The streets were empty, people were scared, businesses are concerned about their future, and that’s when I got word of what happened to my colleague in government, our comptroller Brad Lander.
She described the video of Lander’s arrest as “shocking” and confirmed that the charges against him have been dropped.
PAGING TOM HOMAN
Wow. Here is NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander assisting migrants as they leave court to shield them from getting arrested by ICE.
If they’re here legally, they have nothing to worry about, so why would he escort them?
Someone should investigate this. Did he… pic.twitter.com/TQzuMvpdWT
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 17, 2025
And not only did Hochul spring Lander out of the hoosgow free and clear after assaulting federal law enforcement, and stand by him as he assailed federal immigration officials for enforcing the law, she doubled down on supporting illegals over residents and against the feds.
Governor Hochul announced that the financially challenged State of New York (and it is broke, mind you, with their cheeriest reassessment ASSuming quite a lot of good news) –
The recently released FY 2025 budget for New York State signals a degree of optimism, with caveats. The budget reports that the state’s financial situation is not as dire as the comptroller predicted just last year. However, revised expectations of accelerated economic growth, even combined with stop-gap tax policies that could potentially raise far more tax revenues, still fail to eliminate the budget gap.
Against a cumulative deficit of $27.1 billion predicted in the previous year’s Enacted Budget Mid-Year Financial Plan Update (released in October 2023, for the three-year period of SFY 2025-26 through SFY 2027-28), the FY 2025 budget predicts a $13.9 billion gap, a substantial reduction. This assumes a strong economy that is expected to grow at 2.4 percent from 2024 to 2025, leading to job growth of 1.7 percent and an optimistic wage growth of 3.7 percent (nominal). This growth, combined with temporary tax increases on the highest earners in the state, has led to an optimistic projection of $236 billion dollars of increased tax revenue this year, compared to the $222.4 billion FY 2024 forecast from last year. Notably, the previous year’s enacted budget assumed a GDP growth rate of 0.9 percent for 2024.
– would be spending fifty million dollars they don’t have for?
Providing free legal services for illegals.
Cut 50 Mil in fed $ to NY right now. We can play this game too. You have extra 50M the actual citizens dont need? Cool we’ll pay down the national debt.
— FlyNavyDawg (@HereForFootbal5) June 18, 2025
Oh, yes, she did.
This leads to a number of interesting hypotheticals.
Does the administration find a way to reduce federal funds to New York by a commensurate amount?
Are the feds going to press assault charges on Lander as they should? I can’t imagine that Hochul’s actions relieving this douche of any responsibility for his actions will do anything but encourage more violent theatrics.
Someone is eventually going to get really hurt.
Will a similar announcement of increased focus on enforcement now be made for New York and the city, as the governor only seems to find her memory and her courage when she’s safe in the confines of her own state borders?
What a revolting situation.
