Gov. Kathy Hochul ripped for ‘tone-deaf’ tweet about improved subway security after sleeping straphanger fatally lit on fireplace

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was ripped for a “tone-deaf” tweet bragging about her subway security enhancements mere hours after a sleeping straphanger was killed when she was set on fireplace aboard a Brooklyn practice Sunday.

The Democratic chief was blasted from either side of the aisle after her workplace put out a social media put up celebrating a lower in subway crime even within the wake of the horrific immolation and a double-stabbing on 7 practice in Queens that left one rider useless.

“In March, I took motion to make our subways safer for the hundreds of thousands of people that take the trains every day,” Hochul wote on X Sunday afternoon alongside images of her within the transit system with regulation enforcement and riders.

“Since deploying the @NationalGuardNY to help @NYPDnews and @MTA security efforts and including cameras to all subway vehicles, crime goes down, and ridership goes up.”

The tweet was shortly blasted, together with by Rep. Ritchie Torres, who has been important of his fellow Democrat in current weeks and is eyeing a attainable run for governor in 2026.

“Two hours in the past, Kathy Hochul took a victory lap for making subways ‘safer.’ She congratulates herself on the identical day two subway riders had been stabbed in Queens (one within the face and one within the chest) and one other was barbarically burned alive,” he wrote on X.

“Has there ever been a extra tone-deaf Governor within the historical past of New York?”

One other Democrat, Councilman Robert Holden, chided Hochul’s tweet as “unbelievable timing.”

“Kathy Hochul’s incompetence is costing lives—she wants to depart public workplace instantly earlier than extra New Yorkers undergo,” he wrote on X.

Republicans additionally expressed outrage over the stunning social media snafu.

“Are you kidding me??? You might be actually posting this after a girl was set on fireplace & died on a Brooklyn practice this morning and two individuals had been stabbed (one killed) on a Queens practice yesterday,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis posted on-line.

The 2 deadly incidents on the transit system occurred simply hours aside Sunday morning.

Within the first, a 37-year-old man was killed and a 26-year-old man was injured throughout a stabbing on a southbound 7 practice on the 61 Road-Woodside station round 12:30 a.m. after getting right into a dispute with one other rider, in line with cops.

An individual of curiosity, who additionally suffered slash wounds, was taken into custody, police stated. No fees have been filed up to now.

Then round 7:30 a.m., a Guatemalan migrant allegedly lit a sleeping subway rider on fireplace on an idling F practice on the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station, in line with police.

The sufferer was pronounced useless on the scene and a suspect was arrested hours later.

The governor’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to an e mail Sunday evening looking for remark in regards to the criticized tweet.

However she appeared to handle the outrage in a pair of posts Sunday night, insisting any transit crime is “one too many.”

“A suspect is now in custody for the horrific incident on the F practice. Our brand-new safety cameras helped regulation enforcement discover the suspect and arrest him. Grateful to @NYPDnews and @mtapd for his or her aggressive response,” she wrote.

“Make no mistake: any crime is one too many, even with subway crime happening. We’re persevering with to surge personnel and sources to make our subways safer.”