ALBANY — What an eggs-aggeration.
Gov. Kathy Hochul complained she couldn’t spend eggs for an yearly Easter arena moreover though she and her hubby raked successful much than $1 cardinal past year, taxation returns show.
Hochul shelled retired nan bizarre declare during an question and reply connected Spectrum’s “Inside City Hall” connected Monday, wherever she bashed President Trump for skyrocketing prices for eggs and different goods.
“Heaven thief anybody who’s going to usage existent eggs connected Easter,” Hochul told big Errol Louis. “I person an Easter ovum rotation astatine nan Governor’s Residence, inviting kids from nan vicinity over. I can’t spend them.”
The comments whipped up a frenzy from lawmakers, who returned to nan superior Tuesday arsenic authorities fund negotiations dragged connected weeks aft an April 1 deadline.
“She should beryllium ashamed of herself,” North Country Assemblyman Chris Tague (R-Schoharie), a erstwhile dairy farmer, told The Post.
“The politician mightiness find it amusing to make a connection for illustration that aliases deliberation she’s immoderate benignant of comedian, but for millions of New Yorkers, not being capable to spend eggs aliases moreover nan basal necessities is nary joke,” Tague added.
Democrats besides recovered nan comments soft-boiled connected Tuesday, conscionable earlier location appeared to beryllium a breakthrough successful a stalemate astir revamping authorities find laws — which group rules for evidence-sharing successful criminal trials.
“She should beryllium much concerned astir whether mundane folks tin spend eggs and what is she going to do astir it,” Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes (D-Brooklyn) said.
State Sen. Gustavo Rivera (D-Bronx) fumed that nan politician was “boneheaded.”
“Every azygous point that happens, if group can’t spend to eat, if group tin spend their rent, if group are getting wounded arsenic consumers, if they’re losing their workers,” Rivera said. “All of it. The politician owns it. Every azygous goddamn thing.”
Hochul’s taxation return, which were made disposable to reporters to reappraisal Tuesday, shows she and her hubby Bill Hohcul made astir $1.3 cardinal past year.
Kathy Hochul is paid $250,000-a-year arsenic politician while Bill Hochul, a erstwhile US lawyer and partner astatine achromatic show rule patient Davis Polk, was paid astir $950,000 past year, according to nan filings. The 2 collected astir different $114,000 from dividends and finance income, nan documents show.
That’s successful summation to authorities perks for illustration nan governor’s mansion and transportation.
Still, nan talks of soaring prices were nary egg-scuse — nan governor’s agency is utilizing phony eggs for Saturday’s arena aft utilizing nan existent point successful years past.
There was nary contiguous remark from Hochul’s office.