Gov. Hochul, NYs biggest climate-change booster, has spent $415K on private jets: Its very wasteful
She’s taking a tough line on fossil fuels — except the ones she’s spewing.Gov.Hochul — who recently approved a controversial law that will force oil, natural-gas and coal companies to pony up $75 billion for carbon emissions allegedly contributing to global warming — has taken at least 30 flights aboard private jets since 2021, state Board of Elections records show.
The $415,000 tab was picked up by her campaign committee, records show.“It’s very wasteful, especially for an elected official.
There is no reason why any elected official in New York should be taking a private jet.Nearly everywhere in New York or upstate has a [commercial] airport that will take you anywhere in the country.
New York is one of the most well-connected places on the planet,” said a local pilot experienced in private aviation.Hochul flew with two private-airline companies, Zephyr Jets and Apollo Jets, in the last four years.
It is unclear what the destinations were, but no flight cost less than $5,000 while her most expensive was trip was billed Jan.17 for $38,594.00, records show.
A medium-sized private jet from Albany to New York City would burn about 320 gallons of fuel, according to industry experts — about 55 times more than a car.The majority of flights took place in 2022 when Hochul was in the midst of her nail-biter re-election campaign against former GOP Rep.Lee Zeldin, BOE disclosures show.But Hochul’s official schedule offered few clues about her exact whereabouts.
In May 2022, she recorded the use of “private flights” after participating in a slew of events — which were almost certainly fundraisers.Her April 2022 schedule mentions four private flights, all to airports in New York and New Jersey to attend “private events.” In May 2022 a private plane whisked her to the Hamptons.In August she was in Montauk.
Hochul also jetted off to Washington D.C.and New Orleans, records show.
“My guess is she raises so much money, she’s probably in C...