Those aren’t the bills they’re looking for.
Gov. Kathy Hochul bizarrely tried to run interference on the embarrassing “tax the rich” chants she was heckled with at Zohran Mamdani‘s rally — claiming Monday she thought it was a pro-Buffalo Bills chorus.
“I thought they were saying ‘Let’s go Bills,’” she said when pressed by a Post reporter over the anti-fat cat chant.
Zorhan Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul speak at the “New York Is Not For Sale” Rally Erik Pendzich/Shutterstock
“I wasn’t sure… I heard some noise, I heard a lot of cheers. But later on it became clear to me, I know there is a passion for that.”
The Democratic governor’s appearance Sunday at the “New York is Not For Sale” rally at Forest Hills stadium – which featured lefty superstars Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders drumming up support for Mamdani – highlighted an uncomfortable divide in the party.
Hochul endorsed the democratic socialist Mamdani as New York City’s next mayor despite her concerns about his tax-the-rich policies.
She attempted to spin the chants as a sign of enthusiasm among Dems.
Gov. Hochul claims she didn’t know what the crowd was chanting last night. Steven Vago/NY Post
A crowd of rally attendees seen at the NYC event on OCt. 26, 2025. Aristide Economopoulos
“I love the energy out there, I told them that,” she said during the unrelated press conference Monday.
“What I want to do is bottle all that up and use it in a few days.”