Kathy Air: Gov. Hochul leaves taxpayers with $250K tab for flights around NYBy Zach Williams
August 3, 2022
When Gov. Kathy Hochul headed home after a downstate campaign rally last April, she didn’t drive a car or call an Uber like ordinary New Yorkers.
Instead, she beckoned a Beechcraft King Air 200 from Albany to fly her 400 miles west to Buffalo — at taxpayer expense.
The flight was part of the high-flying travel habits Hochul has maintained that have cost the public more than $250,000 since she took office last year, according to an analysis of newly-released documents by The Post.
“Kathy Hochul’s extravagant flight plans, funded entirely by taxpayers, appear to be even more ridiculous as additional information becomes public,” said Assembly Minority Leader William Barclay (R-Pulaski).
Flights records obtained by The Post through the Freedom of Information Law show that state police added 60 more flights since April to the approximately 200 they have flown on behalf of Hochul since she replaced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo last August.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/08/03/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-flies-leaves-taxpayers-with-250000-tab/
