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NY Governor Mocked For Touting Subway Safety With Selfies on Same Day Passenger Was Burned Alive: 'Tone-Deaf'

New York Governor Kathy Hochul in the subway (Credit: Gov. Kathy Hochul)

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is being criticized for boasting about making the subway "safer" and posting pictures with passengers and law enforcement on the same day a woman was burned alive and two other people were stabbed in the system.

"Since deploying the National Guard to support the NYPD and MTA safety efforts and adding cameras to all subway cars, crime is going down, and ridership is going up," Hochul said in a publication on X.

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