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Rep. Ritchie Torres rips Hochul for sidestepping push for controversial NY mask ban in State of the State speech
Gov. Kathy Hochul ducked any mention of a clamored-for ban on wearing masks in public during her State of the State Tuesday — a notable omission that drew condemnation from a potential election rival.
Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres, who’s eyeing a Democratic primary run against Hochul next year, noted Hochul didn’t mention “antisemitism” either during her speech or in a 140-page policy booklet for 2025.
“Not one mention of ‘antisemitism’ in a 140-page document,” Torres said. “Not one mention of ‘antisemitism’ in an hour long speech.”
Civil rights leaders and Jewish activists have been looking to reinstate a ban that was lifted during COVID-19, saying the lack of a ban allows criminals and hate mongers to mask their identities — an issue that was became a talking point during a series of anti-Israel protests in the days since the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attacks on the Jewish State.
“The scandal is not that Kathy Hochul is failing to combat antisemitism. The scandal is that she is not even trying,” Torres said in a statement on X.
The in-toll-erable Kathy Hochul owes New Yorkers an apology for her MTA malpractice – which has cost the city billions
Gov. Hochul owes New Yorkers an apology.
For months she’s been promising to put “money back in your pockets.”
It turns out she actually meant to say she’s determined to take more money out of your pockets and give it to the MTA.
And why?
Because the MTA has big holes in its pockets and the more money she puts in there, the more money the agency needs.
So pay up, suckers.