Some NY Counties Defy Dem Gov. Hochul after she fired corrections cops

If there is a rake lying around somewhere, Democratic NY Governor Kathy Hochul will step on it. This time, she’s managed to tick off several New York counties by trying to ban about 2,000 correctional officers she recently canned from ever working for the state again. 

Talk about a power trip!

Hochul, a former "Miss Grinch" gave these officers the boot for daring to strike over the seriously dangerous conditions in New York’s understaffed prisons. Then, in a move that’s got everyone from county sheriffs to state senators crying foul, she signed an executive order the next day barring them from future jobs anywhere in the Empire State, even with county governments. 

Smooth move, Grinch.

But the counties aren’t taking this lying down. Chemung, Oneida, and Rensselaer Counties are either thumbing their noses at the order or gearing up for a legal smackdown to take back control of their hiring. Chemung’s already slapped the state with a lawsuit, with Sheriff William Schrom saying, “We are taking this action to protect our ability to staff our jail with experienced personnel and to stand against unconstitutional overreach.” 

Boom, lawyered!

Over in Oneida County, the Board of Legislators green-lit a resolution to sue the state, with County Executive Anthony Picente, not mincing words, called out Hochul’s order as “an abuse of the governor’s authority and discretion, and unlawfully intrudes upon the county’s powers of home rule.” 

And then there’s Rensselaer County’s Steve McLaughlin, who’s not messing around. He’s vowed to defy the order outright, slamming it as “reprehensible and vicious.” On X, he posted, “Just when you think Hochul can’t get worse, she finds a way,” adding, “Preventing Corrections Officers from seeking employment with counties is reprehensible and vicious but that’s exactly who Kathy Hochul is.” 

McLaughlin’s not stopping there, either. “Like I do with everything else regarding her idiotic statements and actions, I will ignore this as well,” he said. “I will hire as many as I can here in #RensselaerCounty and I dare you to sue me and the individual CO’s as they seek gainful employment Hochul.” 

Someone get this man a mic—he’s dropping truth bombs left and right!

Let’s not forget why this whole mess started: Hochul fired these officers amid a prison system already bleeding staff, with 2,000 vacant spots before the strike even kicked off. Her brilliant solution? Call in the National Guard—untrained, mind you—to play prison guard, with no end in sight. They’ve been crashing on gym floors and leaking pics of their lousy setup. 

Oh, and State Sen. Daniel Stec (R) points out these guardsmen are “activated on state orders,” so if they get hurt, they’re screwed out of VA care. 

Hochul’s doubling down on dumb here, and the counties are fighting back. Grab the popcorn—this showdown’s just getting started! And leave the Bud Lite alone.

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NY County Clerks in bi-partisan stance refuse to issue licenses to illegals: suing Cuomo

NY Gov. Cuomo demonstrates the size of
his brain

Erie County Clerk Michael "Mickey" Kearns, a Democrat, along with Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo, a Republican, are drafting a lawsuit against the execrable Governor Andrew "Duh" Cuomo. The suit comes after the controversial Green Light bill was passed into law, mandating county clerks to issue driver's licenses to illegal aliens.

As things currently stand, there's a heated debate as to which Cuomo brother is the dumber one, Andrew or Chris.

Anyway, Mickey sent a letter to Erie County Attorney Michael Siragusa on Tuesday, the day after the block of wood governor signed the Green Light bill, asking him for representation in a lawsuit over the new law in federal court, WIVB 4 reported.

"I will not be granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants," Kearns vowed. “As the duly elected Clerk of the County of Erie, I took an oath whereby I solemnly swore to ‘support’ the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of New York, and I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Erie County Clerk according to the best of my ability.’”

So put that in your pipe, Andy.

Dinolfo, bypassing Monroe County Clerk Adam Bello, announced on Wednesday that she would fight Cuomo’s Green Light law. “County Clerks on both sides of the aisle plan to sue to stop drivers’ licenses from being issued to illegal immigrants. Here at home, Clerk Bello has indicated he won’t stand up to Governor Cuomo [because he is a wuss]. If he won’t lead on this issue, I will. I intend to take the state to court,” the county executive announced said.

Dinolfo has bigger balls than Bello, a guy who is probably led by the ear when his wife demands he take her shopping at Woodbury Common.

“Back in 2007, when I served as County Clerk, I did everything in my power to prevent drivers’ licenses from being issued to illegal immigrants - including suing Governor Spitzer [the Democrat who got caught with prostitutes and his pants down, making him an excellent CNN contributor] to stop the policy in its tracks,” Dinolfo said in a statement, according to 13WHAM News. “This year, County Clerks on both sides of the aisle have said they are prepared to do the same. Yet here at home, Clerk (Adam) Bello has indicated he is not willing to stand up to Governor Cuomo.”

“Let me be clear: because this policy puts State Law at odds with Federal Law, endangers public safety, and rewards those who have not followed the rule of law in the first place, I will not allow drivers’ licenses to be issued to illegal immigrants here without a fight,” she continued. “I am preparing to introduce legislation in our County Legislature that would bring a lawsuit against the State to challenge the constitutionality of this policy, just as the Democrat County Clerk in Erie County has said he will do. If Clerk [Wussy] Bello will not lead on this issue, I will.”

[Bello was later found hiding under his bed, one thumb in his mouth, the other . . . well, you can guess.]

"The basis of the lawsuit is very clear,” the county executive told 13WHAM News. "There certainly is a discrepancy between state and federal law on immigration, and certainly unequal protection under the law for those who are here with without legal status and who have entered the country illegally, and those who are with full status as full American citizens. There is an issue of fairness at play here. There is also a significant issue of public safety that is at risk and at issue, and we'll be addressing those issues in our lawsuit as we go forward.”

Also, according to the Associated Press, county clerks in Niagara, Allegany, Rensselaer, and Erie County have said they will not issue licenses to illegals.

Let the sanity continue.

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