New York Governor Kathy Hochul is being criticized for one thing “tone deaf” post Advertisement for subway security in New York City, which came just hours after an illegal immigrant allegedly set a woman on fire and watched her burn.
“Governor Hochul, shame on you. There’s nothing you can say to fix this in New York,” President-elect Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan said on “Fox & Friends” on Monday, criticizing the Democratic official for his support of protected status in the Empire State.
In an X post on Sunday, about eight hours after the incident, Hochul claimed that crime in New York’s subways has declined since she deployed the National Guard to curb the problem earlier this year. Hochul sent 750 National Guard members to the subway last week to keep holiday crime under control.
The new Trump border czar Tom Homan criticized Governor Hochul and the Biden administration for protective measures and lax border policies. (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 reads. “Since deploying the @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDnews and @MTA security efforts and installing cameras on all subway cars, crime has decreased and ridership has increased,” she wrote.
Previously Fox News Digital turned to Hochul’s office I asked for comment on the review but did not immediately receive a response.
Homan, who recently traveled to the Big Apple to discuss illegal migrant crime with New York Mayor Eric Adams, blamed the Biden administration for lax federal immigration policies.
“Here is another example of the killing of an American citizen by an illegal alien. This is now an almost daily occurrence because of historic numbers of criminal aliens walking the streets because of this administration’s sanctuary court policies and lax immigration enforcement,” he said.
NYPD arrests migrant woman who allegedly set woman on fire on subway and watched her burn
New York police are searching for a man who allegedly set a sleeping woman on fire in a Brooklyn subway on December 22, 2024. (NYPD)
“ICE’s hands are tied,” he continued. “Secretary Mayokas has prioritized them so that they can no longer even arrest illegal immigrants unless they are convicted of a serious crime.” Maybe they can arrest them, so that’s up to this government.”
Sources identified the person of interest as 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta. The suspect was not identified, but a senior NYPD source was said Fox News Digital He entered the United States illegally from Guatemala during Trump’s first term in 2018.
The individual in question has no prior arrests in New York City and one prior arrest in Arizona, the source added.
The crime occurred around 7:30 a.m. at the Stillwell Avenue subway station in Coney Island when an illegal immigrant allegedly approached a woman who had fallen asleep on a subway and used a lighter to set fire to her clothing completely sank into it in a matter of seconds, according to Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
Hochul posted on Sunday evening
Officers investigated the situation after seeing and smelling smoke and discovered a woman standing in the car, which was completely engulfed in flames. With the help of an MTA employee and a fire extinguisher, the flames were extinguished and the victim was pronounced dead.
The suspect, who was found with a lighter in his pocket, is currently in police custody.
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Fox News’ Greg Wehner and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
