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Hochul’s ban on cops working with ICE is an attack on public safety

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Gov. Kathy Hochul raced to gaslight New York on Tuesday by falsely claiming her new anti-ICE law will boost public safety, when it will do the reverse.

Yes: the Local Cops, Local Crimes Act undermines public safety — and good for her GOP gubernatorial rival, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, for standing up to her on it.

The law “ensures that law enforcement resources are directed toward local public safety priorities,” fibbed a Hochul press release, also claiming it’ll “keep New Yorkers safe from federal overreach.”

Utter baloney. The measure bars cops from cooperating with federal agents who are working primarily to get criminals off the streets and out of the country.

It also bans the use of local jails to temporarily hold illegal immigrants for ICE.

“Any police department or sheriff’s office that disobeys this law,” huffed Hochul, “will face........

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