Who is advising NY Gov. Kathy Hochul? She is projecting an air of hysteria this week. The optics are bad enough: border czar Tom Homan meeting with Eric Adams to figure out illegal alien extraction from New York City, and Hochul hours away in frigid Albany. Ignoring Louisiana law to support interstate abortion. A top prosecutor "resigning".
Now add juicy bits from the governor's appearance on Rachel Maddow last night: Hochul is reportedly not even speaking to Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado after he remarked that Adams should step down.
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Without marching orders to follow, puppet @GovKathyHochul is lost. Within 2 days she has two different positions. So weak. Zero leadership.
— Steve McLaughlin (@SteveMcNY) February 14, 2025
Things seem to be going great in the administration! Gov and Lt Gov don’t even speak at this point. https://t.co/lAHL07ltFi
A Hochul spokesman commented tersely on the matter: “Governor Hochul is carefully reviewing these new allegations,” he said via text. “Lieutenant Governor Delgado does not now and has not ever spoken on behalf of this administration.”
In remarks that should be concerning to her inner circle, Hochul sees herself as the lone normal person amidst a sea of crazies. She told Maddow last night that she is the "one sane person in the state who can cut through all the crap".
In psychological circles, this is known as a delusion of reference, a schizophrenic disorder whereby the afflicted imagines that they are normal, and everyone else is insane.
Maddow pushed Hochul for answers on her intentions regarding Eric Adams' future, as the governor has the right under provisions of the NY State Constitution to dismiss the mayor.
Hochul was guarded, stating that “To suggest that at this point in time, just use my powers, say, ‘Despite what the voters said when you ran three-and-a-half years ago, I’m overturning that election,’ that doesn’t seem very democratic".
She also didn't explicitly rule out the nuclear option of removing Adams.
Predictably, other New York politicians have weighed in on the negative side of the trade, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
NEW: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for the forced removal of New York City Mayor Eric Adams after he cooperates with the Trump administration's deportations.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 14, 2025
AOC: "We cannot be governed under coercion. If Adams won’t resign, he must be removed." pic.twitter.com/3CQcxUqbWK
As if Hochul didn't have enough on her plate, U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, who was prosecuting the case against Adams, resigned from her Southern District post yesterday after the Trump administration pardoned Adams. It is Sassoon's contention that Adams engaged in a quid pro quo with the DOJ: drop corruption charges in exchange for cooperation with ICE.
Trump framed Sassoon's departure differently.
"I don't know if he or she resigned," the president told reporters yesterday, "but that U.S. attorney was fired."
