Gov. Hochul’s endless weaseling is killing the Empire State

[Kamaji]

Gov. Hochul’s endless weaseling is killing the Empire State

By NY Post Editorial Board
August 20, 2022

Gov. Kathy Hochul never met a stand she didn’t take — on COVID, crime, education and New York’s flagging economy.

The first clear preview of this came during the pandemic. If ever there was a moment for a politician to unfold a bold new vision, it was then: The “accidental governor” took office on the heels of a disgraced predecessor during an unprecedented crisis.

Instead, New Yorkers got a watered-down version of Andrew Cuomo’s heavy-handed rules, one that pandered to teachers unions and the hard core of Dem public-health alarmists without satisfying them — while angering more sensible citizens (i.e. everyone else).

Time and again, Hochul insisted she needed more data before taking common-sense steps like ending school masking rules, and even then she fudged by letting individual schools keep them.

She’s Gov. Jello — just witness her refusal even now to lift her MTA mask mandate, a joke that’s utterly unenforced and utterly pointless and so only builds contempt for all public-health orders. Compliance is now well below 50%, with no outbreaks. What data is she waiting for there?

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/08/20/gov-hochuls-endless-weaseling-is-killing-the-empire-state/

[PeteS in CA]

Because so few pols have experience with business (outside of being a lawyer), they do not understand how poisonous uncertainty is for business.

[dfwgator]

They're getting what they voted for.  No sympathy.