New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is facing controversy after an incident that occurred during the wake of slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller on Friday. While attending the wake, she was confronted by a member of the officer’s family over her support of the state’s bail reform laws that resulted in the officer’s death.
While speaking at a Saturday Easter event at the governor’s mansion, she defended her decision to attend the wake and insisted that she was not kicked out of the venue. “No one told me to leave,” she said, insisting that her attendance “was the right thing to do.”
The governor affirmed that she “would do it again” and asserted that her job “is to be there when people need me.”
However, other reports contradict Hochul’s claims about being ejected from the proceedings.
On Friday afternoon, during the second day of the wake held for fallen NYPD officer…
