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Hochul flies on NY’s dime as everyone struggles to fill gas tanks
nypost.com ^ | 7/18/22 | Zach Williams

Posted on 07/18/2022 10:02:37 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU

While New Yorkers are reeling from sky-high gas prices that force them to choose between driving to work, a trip to the store or a family vacation, Gov. Kathy Hochul has been hitching rides on their dime and avoiding traffic altogether by flying to most places.

The governor hit the friendly skies, either on a state helicopter or airplane, a whopping 140 times in the first seven months since she took office last August — with costs to taxpayers estimated at upwards of $170,000, records reviewed by The Post show.

“The governor’s personal frequent-flyer program is immune to things like rising gas prices, cancellations, delays and lost luggage,” Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay (R-Oswego) told The Post.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: carbon; green; hochul; ny
Rules for thee but not for me.
1 posted on 07/18/2022 10:02:37 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU
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To: AbolishCSEU

Is she still recruiting apostles?


2 posted on 07/18/2022 10:06:08 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Luke21

Yes. She will be replacing the conservative leaning Judge DiFiore on the NYS appellate court with a KBJ type.


3 posted on 07/18/2022 10:07:31 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
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To: AbolishCSEU
"...140 times in the first seven months ..."

Oh heck - that's only 20 times a month.
Not even every day, for goodness sake...

/DS - Disgusted Sarcasm

4 posted on 07/18/2022 10:11:44 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: AbolishCSEU

Wait ‘till New Yorkers see her bar tab.


5 posted on 07/18/2022 10:30:40 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: AbolishCSEU
That's not all she does...

Hochul defends move that paid $637M to campaign donor, citing at-home COVID test shortage

6 posted on 07/20/2022 4:56:59 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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