‘Hypocrisy’ Hochul fried after her gas stoves were discovered amid ban plans

Gov. Hochul needs to get rid of her gas stoves before pushing regular Empire Staters to go electric, the Democrat’s outspoken critics said Monday.

On Sunday, The Post reported exclusively that Hochul has gas stoves at both her private residence in Buffalo and her Albany mansion, undermining the environmentalist image she cultivated in her post.

“This is Hochul hypocrisy at its finest,” House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said in response. “She made it very clear that in New York, Cathy Hochul “rules for you, but not for me.” New Yorkers see her politics as ridiculously out of touch with reality.”

Hochul’s critics say the discrepancy between what she says and what she does is particularly annoying as she puts forward a controversial government budget proposal that would require new single-family homes and small buildings to be all-electric starting from 2025 and larger buildings will be covered three years later.

“Just like George Santos,” City Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) said, accusing his Democratic colleague of acting like a pathologically deceitful GOP congressman. “You must not be a hypocrite. So don’t go around in your soap box and preach that we should do this and that and that if you don’t follow it, and that’s what a lot of politicians do.”

Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, who was just a few points away from defeating Hochul last November, drew a connection between her gas stoves and her habit of questionable flying around New York City on state jets.

“She wants gasoline cars banned from cross-state flights on a taxpayer-funded plane,” Zeldin said. “Hokul even spent $2,500 in taxes to take a helicopter for a campaign photo shoot at a gas station in Queens. Her hypocrisy knows no bounds. She even calls for a ban on your gas stoves, but still use her own.

Other former rivals of the governor also criticized Hochul for not leading by example.

“In terms of crime, taxes, education and the environment, she constantly promotes policies that harm workers but plays with narrow and out of touch political marginalization only to strengthen her base. It should do the opposite: develop smart policies that help workers and lead by example,” said former GOP gubernatorial candidate Harry Wilson.

Former Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, another former 2022 contender, said the governor should focus on other battles if she is to succeed in addressing the upstate population loss she promised to address in her address. to the state on January 10.

“The ban on gas stoves is another reason why normal people will leave this progressive hellhole unless things change quickly and I don’t see how it will be with people like Hochul who think it’s a top priority and not our suffocating taxes, bad economy. and dangerous criminals who own our streets,” he said.

Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor (R-East Fishkill) said “the left never follows its own rules on the climate targets they claim are so important” which he claimed were in fact related to the accumulation of “power to control the lives of ordinary people.”

The state-level fight over the future of gas stoves comes amid federal controversy following proposals by the Biden administration that it could take action to limit the work of methane-powered rangers over concerns they could spread toxins and pollutants into houses.

The Hohul administration said there could be exceptions to any restrictions on gas connections in new buildings in the future, including for restaurants that want to continue cooking on fire.

New Yorkers have a “moral duty to protect our environment and our climate in the future,” Hochul told reporters in Rochester on Monday, noting that her proposal would not directly affect the device they currently use to cook.

“Nobody is taking gas stoves away from anyone,” Hochul spokeswoman Hazel Crampton-Hayes told The Post on Monday.

“The governor’s proposals will not affect existing gas stoves in homes and businesses,” she added. “We are focused on continuing to advance the nation’s boldest climate policy to protect the health and safety of our children and the planet, while lowering energy bills and prioritizing energy availability and reliability.”

While the newly elected governor is seeking to limit future sales of gas-fired heating systems, such actions are currently not being considered for stoves – although they will be effectively banned in new buildings that will not have methane connections.

The proposal will only affect new buildings, but that doesn’t mean Hochul shouldn’t lead by example when it comes to protecting electrical appliances, said former Republican gubernatorial candidate Andrew Giuliani.

“If you’re a leader and truly believe in the cause you’re proposing, I think the least you can do is show the world that you’re leading by example,” said Giuliani, who is starting a new run as a radio host on WABC.

“She’s doing the exact opposite of what she preaches.”

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