State Police investigators are probing whether troopers in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s security detail have been cheating taxpayers by claiming they’re on the clock when they’re actually blowing off their shifts, The Post has learned.
The probe is focused on members of the governor’s detail stationed in New York City — and those troopers under scrutiny have already been removed from their post and could face disciplinary action if the allegations are confirmed, officials and law-enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.
The governor’s detail includes a rotating group of more than 40 troopers and supervisors, sources said.
The New York State Troopers’ Internal Affairs Bureau is probing claims that at least some of them had their records falsified so that they could still get paid even when they weren’t working, sources said.
Some of the troopers are specifically accused of having colleagues sign them in on timesheets and then simply not showing up for their shifts, sources said.
IAB investigators grilled several troopers in Hochul’s detail last week about the allegations, with more officers expected to be questioned later this week, according to sources.
The probers also are reviewing everyone’s timesheet, sources said.
In a statement Monday, state police spokesman William Duffy confirmed that the agency “has launched an administrative investigation into time and attendance issues involving members of the Protective Services Unit.
“Integrity is one of our core values and we thoroughly investigate any claims of wrongdoing,” Duffy said. “If our investigation determines that our policies were violated, the state police will take appropriate disciplinary action.”
Hochul, who was elected last year after taking office in 2021 to replace disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is assigned three different security details to protect her: in Albany, New York City and when she is at her home in Buffalo.
The sources said each of the Albany and New York City details consists of four troopers and one supervisor when they’re on duty, with the details drawn from the larger group.
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About one thirds of all public and private workers in this town do the same thing
I'm surprised no one blamed Trump.
And to all the morons that Voted for her HAHAHAHAHA.
Fire them !
Maybe they needed bread for their children ?
I miss being ignorant.
You can never trust a cop.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" - Romans 3:23
The NY'ers suffer but keep voting the same garbage back in!
Glad I live on Staten Island! The Only Republican NYC borough.
More Dem "Equity" that drags everyone down to the lowest common denominator.
These are the people entrusted with protecting our governor from crazy deranged Trumpanzees?
Welcome to NY Clown World !
This must be part of a bigger effort to defund the Troopers! Don't let the communists win!
Listen to me said...
American taxpayers, you are the losers.
Fire all of them now !
You can’t give in to them because they’ll always want more. Eventually you’ll have to deal with the temper tantrum.
I'm shocked it happened in The Democratic Socialist State of New York. sad...
It's only tax money !
Everytime you hear tax dollars going to Ukraine I want you to remember 10 percent for the big guy...
Same Albany story, different day.
I have zero faith in New York voters electing any decent politicians.
@“ "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" - Romans 3:23”
Who cares about the Romans, this is Queens!
Replace them with immigrant labor.
How could anyone vote for this moron…. But they will… reap what you sow.
They need a extra bonus looking at her face and empty soul all day !
This is how organized crime plays the game with tax payer money.
And, we don't think this happens with every Union where they aren't working on site? Billions every year from NYS/NYC taxpayers are stolen. And worse, from children and the poor. NYCHA is particular needs an FBI audit for organized crime.
That's what democrats do milk milk milk milk the system.
Imagine that……. Dems stealing from We The People. Hope you are enjoying what you allegedly voted for.
I'll bet Hochul's security team all have gas stoves.
If terminated, they can find work at LIRR. They already know the techniques
Weed , drugs, gambling, porn - govt will do a thing for $
She's a complete disaster and Adams continues to show very little leadership skills.
This is not illegal activity. It's called wealth redistribution.
The stench in that filthy, crime ridden Albany cesspool must be awful.
Well , someone has to insure the Governor 's safety at Fashion Week's front row with the editor of Vogue .
@"I'm surprised no one blamed Trump."
I'm even more surprised that you're still having wet dreams about Trump.
Biden voters have no shame, like their Prez.
If they’re thirsty, I’ve got some bottled water that’s been hanging around a warehouse for years. That should keep the serifs happy.
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Is that a Subaru she's getting out of? When did the state start buying foreign cars for State Electeds?
Most New Yorkers vote for this Crap because they are the ones doing it too !
Everyone in this whole N.Y. Administration appears to be on vacation when it comes to doing their jobs.
@"I'm surprised no one blamed Trump"
Kitara said... (She, He, It, They) is the Kweens Krap brainwashed #TDS winner of the day Ding Ding Ding.... Always showing blind hatred emotions towards Trump is sad very sad.
Trump OWNS the Biden Admin On the East Palestine Disaster !
Kitara said... Do you have any actual basis for that or is it just your opinion, or are you just making things up ! #TDS
@"The stench in that filthy, crime ridden Albany cesspool must be awful."
Yeah, it reminds me of some of the swamp states down south.
NY voters could have had Lee Zeldin for governor, but their brains have been deformed by liberalism for too long. And so they voted for this heartless coldblooded witch and more of the same corruption and incompetence they've experienced for so long. So long, that for them, it's normal, poor things. This is why NY, especially NYC, is circling the bowl. So glad I moved out a couple of years ago. Now I have a beautiful house in a quiet clean suburb.
@"Most New Yorkers vote for this Crap because they are the ones doing it too !"
Did you even bother to read the article? Are you able to read? No wonder you Q-Anon types believve everything youre told.
You'd think these people look under their beds at night for Orange Man. They're so afraid of him it's ridiculous.
@"When did the state start buying foreign cars for State Electeds?"
All major car manufacturers are foreign. They're owned by multinational corporations who can set up shop in any part of the world that they please. Theyre only beholden to their major shareholders. They never get prosecuted or put in jail, as they are corporations, not people. Oops, some TrumpTurds and Right Wing Supreme Court "Justices", and Q-Anon types, think that they really are people.
Here's the propaganda website for. Subaru Indiana USA.
Go figure...
She could have housed additional illegals in NY with all that money.
Important government jobs should go to those who are most qualified and knowledgeable in that particular field, like Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump!
This is what happens when you let identity politics overrule meritocracy.
There is no state income tax here in the Great Free State of Florida !
@Q-Anon creep, RE: "You'd think these people look under their beds at night for Orange Man. They're so afraid of him it's ridiculous."
You know it's very unhealthy to be having wet dreams about this Orange Man he/she/it Q-Anon creep.
@"Do you have any actual basis for that or is it just your opinion, or are you just making things up "
Who are You? Why should anyone respond to any Anonymous clown who's only contribution is a series of "#TDS" statements and other Q-Anon talking points? What makes your opinion so morally superior to anyone else's?
Typical brainwashed right-wing NPC_doofus clone.
Since the start of the Covid hoax almost all NYC and NYS public employees are being paid to stay home in their PJs. The state cops are a just doing the same thing.
Anonymous @ Kitara said...
You sound like the rest of the brainwashed sheeple I know and love. Sad, very sad...
"It's on TV it must be true"
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future !
Kitara please stop you are getting more and more pulled into the #BLUEANON world. Sad...
Good news for those of us who have logic - All 37 #BLUEANON Hoaxes Where Debunked !
Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd said it so it must be true !
@ Kitara said...Blaze a Fatty Girl and relax.
Same could be said about #brandon .
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