New York Governor Kathy Hochul has faced criticism for a tone-deaf post. showing subway safety in New York City, which came hours after an illegal immigrant allegedly set a woman on fire and watched her burn to death die.
“Governor Hochul, shame on you. Nothing you can say is going to fix this in New York,” Trump's border czar nominee Tom Homan said Monday on “Fox & Friends,” as he criticize a Democratic official for support. the state of the sanctuary in the Empire State.
In an X post on Sunday, about eight hours after the incident, Hochul said crime has decreased in the NYC subways since he sent in the National Guard to reduce the problem earlier this year. Hochul sent 750 members of the National Guard on the subways last week in an effort to curb holiday crime.
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Trump's incoming border agent Tom Homan attacked Gov. Hochul and the Biden administration for sanctuary policies and inconsistent border regulations. (Getty Images)
“In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who ride the trains every day,” Hochul's post read. “Since using @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDnews and @MTA safety efforts and adding cameras to all subways, crime is down, ridership is up, ” he wrote.
Fox News Digital earlier he arrived at Hochul's office for comment on the criticism, but did not immediately respond.
Homan, who recently visited the Big Apple to discuss illegal immigration with New York Mayor Eric Adams, placed some of the blame on the Biden administration for lax immigration policies.
“Here's another example of an illegal immigrant killing an American citizen. It's happening almost every day now, because a historic number of criminal immigrants are walking the streets, because of this administration policy in places of sanctuary and lax immigration enforcement,” he said.
NYPD ARRESTS MAN FOR BURNING WOMAN ON TRAIN TRAIN, WAITING AS SHE BURNS TO DEATH.
New York City police are searching for a man who set a woman on fire while she slept on a Brooklyn subway on December 22, 2024. (NYPD)
“ICE's hands are tied,” he continued. “Secretary Mayokas has given them priority, so they will no longer arrest illegal immigrants unless they have been convicted of a serious crime. maybe they can catch them, so this is in this system.”
Sources identified the suspect as 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta. While not identifying a suspect, a high-level NYPD source he told Fox News Digital he entered the US legally from Guatemala during Trump's first term in 2018.
The person of interest will not be arrested before New York City and alone before Arizona, the source added.
The crime happened at the Stillwell Avenue subway station in Coney Island around 7:30 a.m. when an illegal immigrant approached a woman who had fallen asleep while sitting on the subway and he used a lamp to light his clothes, which were completely filled. seconds, according to Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
Hochul aired on X Sunday night to declare that any crime on the subway is “too much” and praised the swift action taken by NYPD officers.
Officers investigated the situation after seeing and smelling smoke, to find a woman standing in a car completely engulfed in flames. The flames were extinguished with the help of an MTA worker and a fire extinguisher and the victim was pronounced dead.
The suspect, who was found with a flashlight in his pocket, is now in police custody.
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Fox News' Greg Wehner and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.