Kathy Hochul, Eric Adams are deaf to voters resounding message
Beyond their obvious role in separating winners from losers, elections also serve as teaching lessons to society in general.They give directions about what cultural trends and policies citizens favor and what they don’t like. That was especially the case with the presidential election.
The resounding victory by Donald Trump and congressional Republicans was a clear rejection not only of the Biden-Harris regime but also of the ultra-woke, anti-family, anti-common-sense radicalism that dominates the Democratic Party. Trump offered a course correction with his positions on public safety, parents’ rights, a secure border, lower taxes and less government spending, along with a strong military, and voters across the country responded with unmistakable support. Unfortunately, New York’s leaders missed the message.Eyes and ears closed, Gov.
Hochul and Mayor Adams are sticking to their failed approaches, voters be damned. Take Hochul, whose name is a synonym for “makes everything worse.” With the sky-high cost of living in the city and the state already driving historic numbers of middle-class and wealthy taxpayers to the exits, imposing the rapacious congestion tax would rank among the worst of all possible ideas. But Hochul not only did just that, she managed to compound the damage with false claims and the deceitful way she played with the timing. She suddenly and without a clear explanation “paused” the tax before the election to protect suburban Democratic candidates from voters’ wrath, then imposed the plan even before all the votes were counted. Her actions mark the height of cynicism, and she added insult to outrage by claiming that by reducing the planned daily tax from $15 to $9, she was saving drivers 40%.Or, as her office put it, the program “will save drivers up to $1,500 annually.” This is the government’s idea of saving: You’re now paying zero, but instead of paying the planned $75 a week for 50 weeks, or $3,750 annually...