OneLegUpAlex Message to Kathy Hochul - Pardoning A Killer and An Arsonist But Charging Disabled New Yorkers Makes No Sense 8-18-25

Why Gov. Hochul pardoning an arsonist and killer but continually keeps New Yorkers with disabiliies paying their way absolutely fires me up on One Leg Up With Alex Garrett! Full list of pardon's https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-grants-clemency-thirteen-individuals-2

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The one thing that I was going to think of
before this summit gets underway is what's happening with Governor Hokel.
So I don't know. Just the news picked up on
this story that Hochel, and even the Times has admitted this.
Hochel pardoned an illegal who was convicted of manslaughter as

(00:25):
a teenager, as reported on by the New York Times,
and Homeland Security took to X this weekend to criticize her.
Rightfully so and I actually got a list of all
the clemencies that she offered this weekend. But the Department

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of Homeland Security said, Governor Kathy Hochel, your shameful secret
is out. Rather than putting New York to New Yorkers first,
you're protecting a criminal illegal alien their words, killer with
a rap sheet including convictions for manslaughter and criminal possession
of a firearm. According to The New York Times The
New York Times, Hlkal partoned an illegal who was convicted

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of manslaughter as a teenager and now fifty two. He
was partoned just last month, some chiff Vadevang said that
he was shooting in self defense in a pool hall

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in Brooklyn. He got pardoned and It's not the only
person that got pardoned. By the way, there were thirteen individuals. Now,
some of them I could see being pardoned, like I

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can live with Theodore Gudman forty three, convicted of criminal
possession of controlled substance in the fifth degree in two
thousand and three. A lot of these were criminal possessions
of controlled substances or criminal sales of controlled substances with
weed being legal. Can I can deal with this? But

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she also let someone go who was committed of arson
in the fourth degree in two thousand and eight. You
gave clemency to someone who committed arson, burned down an
establishment or a home, and that guy gets clemency. Well,

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if people who burned down buildings are allowed to be
clement granting clemency, Governor Hockle, you run the MTA, people
disabilities should be allowed to run, to ride the rails,
and ride the MTA subways for free. Because if you're
gonna allow a killer and an arsonist to be free,

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why are the disabled having to pay their way? It
doesn't make sense. We are contributing to society. We shouldn't
be punished for that. While killers and arsonists are set
free in New York State. I cannot wait for the

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LR and I have these proposed changes where the ADA
fares all day. I would love that. I think all
of us would love that, But for now we have
to deal with a thirteen dollars fare because if someone
wrote to me from the LR, we only thought the
disabled go out for medical purposes and leisure. We're also
working a working class people disabilities are working class. So

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if an arsonist and a killer can be set free
by the governor who also runs the MT, hey the
empta ser just let the doors open for people's disabilities,
no questions asked, no questions asked. That's the way we
make it right. Because in this weekend alone an artionist,
a killer, where two of thirteen let out given clemency, pardoned,

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but keep locking the ADA door because we're the real
threat here, right nonsense. So I'm glad I read through
that because just a couple names in and I'm already
fired up about who was given clemency because it's disgusting

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attempted robbery. Let go Giovannio Duniez, Let go given pardons
assault in the third degree, Let go oh, Susannah Morgan
Thomas clemency and then Sammy van and Avang fifty two,

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convicted of manslaughter in the first degree in nineteen ninety
a legal criminal or not. You let a murder out,
you gave them a pardon. So part of me when
I say people with disabilities should now have free ride
because you just let out a killer, an arsonist, and

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robbers and assaulters. But we the people disabilities are a
real threat, right Think again, Governor Hockel, Think again.