At least Willie Sutton was being humble when he declared, “I rob banks because that’s where the money is”; Gov. Kathy Hochul is now boasting about her version of the same insight.
That is, the gov’s congratulating herself for raking in big bucks from her “congestion” tolls — hundreds of millions as the scheme hits the six-month mark, on track to hit $500 million by year’s end.
Hochul’s PR blast over the weekend called this a “huge success”; Willie could’ve claimed the same about most of his capers, smirking much as she does in the social-media-campaign part of her “victory tour.”
Sorry: Forcing middle- and working-class New Yorkers to pay an exorbitant amount of their income just to get to work — to drive on roads their taxes already funded — is neither a genius nor a heroic one.
And the bragging only adds insult to the injury.
The tolls help