NYGOP Chair Ed Cox has criticized New York’s Democratic congressional delegation after all but one voted against a measure to reopen the federal government. In a statement, Cox said, “While Americans are feeling the pain from Democrats’ reckless government shutdown, nearly every New York Democrat in Congress chose to keep it going in order to appease their radical left base. Laura Gillen, Pat Ryan, Josh Riley, and John Mannion proved tonight that they lack the courage to put New Yorkers ahead of politics.”
Cox further stated, “All four stood with Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries and the extremists who would rather jeopardize airplane safety by not paying air traffic controllers and cut off SNAP benefits just before Thanksgiving than pay our troops and federal workers. New Yorkers will remember next November.”
The criticism comes amid heightened attention on political leadership in New York. The state’s current governor is Kathy Hochul, who became the first female governor of New York in 2021 and is a member of the Democratic Party (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Hochul).
