I was happy to serve as the photographer for this Long Island Advocate story….
By Damali Ramirez and Hunter Spears
Gov. Kathy Hochul landed at Kennedy Memorial Park in Hempstead April 19 to promote a $1 billion plan to repair New York’s broken roads as part of what she is calling “Operation Pave Our Potholes,” along with a host of other initiatives passed recently in the state’s $221 billion budget for 2023.
In her speech, Hochul, who faces a Democratic primary June 28, highlighted how the spending plan would improve infrastructure and education in Nassau and Suffolk counties, saying the budget was larger than usual because it was bolstered by one-time federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds. She said the state’s increased spending would help usher in a “new era for New York.”
Assemblywoman Taylor Darling, a Democrat who represents the 18th District, which includes Hempstead, has advocated strongly for pothole repair, the governor said. Darling joked that her lobbying has earned her the nickname “Pothole Princess.”
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