May 3, 2025
| SARATOGA NY – Today, House Republican Leadership Chair Elise Stefanik issued the following statement in response to Kathy Hochul’s failed leadership and her ‘Criminal First Parole Board’ considering granting freedom for a murderer who threw a brave NYPD officer off a Times Square roof:
“Kathy Hochul’s criminal-first Parole Board is considering parole for a violent criminal thug who threw a brave NYPD cop off a Times Square roof. This is a disgusting betrayal of law enforcement and law-abiding New Yorkers. Only in Kathy Hochul’s New York would such a vile criminal get another shot at freedom. Hochul puts criminals first and brave law enforcement and New Yorkers dead last. Hochul’s failure to fire soft-on-crime Parole Board members fuels this outrage, letting dangerous felons threaten our streets. As Governor, Hochul has the power to remove these commissioners for cause yet she refuses to clean house. Her weak leadership emboldens criminals and endangers our communities. New Yorkers deserve a governor who backs our police and locks up violent offenders—not one who rolls out the red carpet for them.” |
