NY Guv Skips Firefighter’s Funeral To Do Bridge Opening Photo Op – IOTW Report

NY Guv Skips Firefighter’s Funeral To Do Bridge Opening Photo Op

What a creep.

I’m beginning to hate the Cuomos as much as the Clintons or the Kennedys.

NY Post-

Gov. Andrew Cuomo skipped the funeral for firefighter William Tolley for a photo op on the new Kosciuszko Bridge, drawing ire from New York’s Bravest who say the self-serving spectacle was in terrible taste.

“I just took the first drive over the new Kosciuszko bridge in FDR’s 1932 Packard,” Cuomo gleefully tweeted at the same time that thousands of mourners — including rival Mayor Bill de Blasio — bade Tolley a tearful farewell on Long Island. “A beautiful car for a beautiful bridge.”

Firefighters pounced on the governor for taking a joyride while so many grieved a fallen hero.

“The ultimate sacrifice, and he cant even come,” one fumed as he left the funeral. “I’ll never vote for him again.”

“He’s a disgrace,” said retired firefighter Mike Dorgan, 54. “He should have shown some respect for the family.”

“This is a slap in the face to the family — he should have been here,” said an FDNY captain. “I’m surprised and I’m upset.”

“It’s beyond insensitive,” a fourth said, wiping a tear from his eye. “He could have done that s–t yesterday, he could have done it tomorrow, this was once in a lifetime.”

The state is in the midst of replacing the aging Kosciuszko Bridge with two new spans. It recently completed one, and Cuomo was feting the new span Thursday morning — a full 12 hours before it would open to traffic at 11:30 p.m.

Cuomo’s office defended the decision, saying that the bridge opening had been planned weeks ahead of time and that he sent representatives, including state police superintendent George Beach II, to Tolley’s wake on Wednesday night.

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How dare the firefighter die and disrupt this very important planned event.

Hey Andrew, I really really hope your house catches fire and the fireman go to a bridge opening as you’re trapped in a room with no escape.

ht/ js

13 Comments on NY Guv Skips Firefighter’s Funeral To Do Bridge Opening Photo Op

  1. “I’m beginning to hate the Cuomos as much as the Clintons or the Kennedys”

    DO LIKE I DO – HATE THEM ALL EQUALLY!! THEY’RE ALL SHITHEADS INTENDING TO BRING DOWN OUR BEAUTIFUL LADY AMERICA!!!

  2. JustAl – As head of Bill Clinton’s HUD, with his push to fund unqualified folks buying homes, Cuomo had more culpability than maybe anyone in the country for the collapse of the housing market in 2007-08, but has gotten a free pass from the media and the New York voters.

  3. “The ultimate sacrifice, and he cant even come,” one fumed as he left the funeral. “I’ll never vote for him again.”

    You shouldn’t have voted for him in the first place.
    The Cuomo family is filled with a bunch of useless shitheads that need to have their feet placed in buckets of concrete, then get dumped in the east river.

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