Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) celebrated efforts to combat crime in New York City’s subway system on the same weekend several “barbaric” crimes occurred there.
Two people were stabbed at a transit station in Queens, with one of them dying, and a woman was set on fire and died on a subway car in Brooklyn. On the same day, Hochul posted on social media about how “crime is going down” on the subway.
In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who take the trains each day.
Since deploying the @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDnews and @MTA safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars, crime is going down, and ridership is going up. pic.twitter.com/T7uRxx9nIO
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) December 22, 2024
“In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who take the trains each day. Since deploying the @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDnews and @MTA safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars, crime is going down, and ridership is going up,” Hochul said in a post on X.
Hochul’s post, which was still up as of Monday afternoon, was blasted by multiple New York City officials.
Democratic New York City Councilman Robert Holden said the governor’s “incompetence is costing lives” in a scathing rebuke of Hochul.
Unbelievable timing: just hours after a woman was senselessly burned alive, and two people were stabbed, one fatally.
Kathy Hochul’s incompetence is costing lives—she needs to leave public office immediately before more New Yorkers suffer. https://t.co/P9LPIT9C0c
— Robert Holden (@BobHoldenNYC) December 22, 2024
“Unbelievable timing: just hours after a woman was senselessly burned alive, and two people were stabbed, one fatally. Kathy Hochul’s incompetence is costing lives—she needs to leave public office immediately before more New Yorkers suffer,” Holden said in a post on X.
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) also slammed Hochul over her post for being “tone-deaf” and that she “took a victory lap” despite the crime on the transit system that day.
Two hours ago, Kathy Hochul took a victory lap for making subways “safer.” She congratulates herself on the same day two subway riders were stabbed in Queens (one in the face and one in the chest) and another was barbarically burned alive.
Has there ever been a more tone-deaf… pic.twitter.com/KIPujqpKa3
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) December 22, 2024
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“Two hours ago, Kathy Hochul took a victory lap for making subways ‘safer.’ She congratulates herself on the same day two subway riders were stabbed in Queens (one in the face and one in the chest) and another was barbarically burned alive. Has there ever been a more tone-deaf Governor in the history of New York?” Torres said in a post on X.
Torres has been consistently critical of Hochul and has not ruled out a gubernatorial primary challenge to her in 2026.