Public service sure is paying off for New York Governor Kathy Hochul and her husband Bill. Full disclosure, I know both personally.
When I was an investigative reporter at an NBC television station Bill was a federal prosecutor with the United States Attorney's Office. I covered the case of the “Lackawanna Six,” where an Al-Qaeda sleeper cell was accused of operating in Western New York during the time close to 9/11. Bill was the lead prosecutor of that case.
I once lived in Kathy Hochul’s hometown as well. She was the Erie County clerk while I was also a reporter. Yours truly then served for nine years as the Erie County Comptroller while Kathy Hochul ascended to Lieutenant Governor and Governor.
With that out of the way, both just released their 2023 tax returns and the Hochuls are officially millionaires. As a matter of fact, their combined income is almost $2 million.
“Just your average former Erie County Clerk,” posted former New York Post political reporter Fred Dicker on Twitter.
Kathy Hochul made approximately $249,815 as Governor. Because of his time on the federal payroll, Bill Hochul raked in $40,000 in a pension payment. He earned almost $1.5 million working as a lawyer at Delaware North, a Buffalo based food service company that sells concessions mostly at professional sports stadiums.
He also drew over $80,579 in deferred payments from the company, as well as over $45,000 in pension funds thanks to his former role as a federal prosecutor in the Western District of New York. Bill Hochul also received bonuses after he quit that company last summer.“I know many phony socialists,” shared child victims advocate and former New York State Senate candidate Gary Greenberg on Twitter.