Exclusive | Hochul poses for LIRR photo-op while dispatching her security detail to pick her up from station
Gov.Kathy Hochul crowed about riding the LIRR on Friday — posting a photo of herself on the train and gushing about the “great ride” — all while having her taxpayer-funded motorcade drive in from Manhattan to pick her up at the station.The Democrat was blasted as a “phony” after she rode the train from Penn Station to Syosset, where her state police detail picked her up in her SUV and drove her about 15 minutes to the Crest Hollow Country Club for an event.“I was coming on the Long Island Railroad this morning.
It was a great ride, great ride.I encourage everybody to do it,” Hochul told the gathering of local officials and business leaders before waxing poetic about the “connectivity” of the train line’s corridor.“The Long Island Railroad is the link to all of it,” she said.Before her speech at the Long Island Association business trade group’s annual State of the Region event, Hochul posted a photo of herself editing her remarks on a tablet while riding the train.“Putting the finishing touches on my speech while riding the @LIRR.
The Long Island Rail Road had 95.65% on-time performance last year — one of the best in history!” she posted.But Hochul neglected to mention that at the same time as she was posing for the photo, her security detail was driving her SUV out the 30 miles from Manhattan to pick her up in Syosset and drive her to the country club and to other events throughout the day.“Kathy Hochul wants folks to ride the trains and subways that even she refuses to stay on to get to her taxpayer-funded propaganda events,” Hudson Valley Rep.Mike Lawler (R-NY), a frequent critic a potential 2026 challenger told The Post.“It’s no wonder her approval rating is in the dumps – she’s a total phony.”Long Island officials also slammed Hochul over the photo-op, noting that she’s been urging Long Islanders to ride the train if they want to avoid the new, $9 congestion pricing charge to drive into Manhattan below 60th S...