New York spends like a country. Borrows like a country. And people are fleeing like it's a war-torn country that's been invaded.

New York spends like a country. Borrows like a country. And people are fleeing like it's a war-torn country that's been invaded. Albany's $277 billion budget is bigger than Norway's. Norway has a trillion-dollar oil fund. We have potholes. The State, NYC and the MTA owe $233 billion, and we're on the hook. That's Sweden-level debt, costing an estimated $1.8 billion a month. Sweden has free healthcare. We have a late $3 subway ride. Since 2020, over a million more New Yorkers have left than moved in. Proportionally, faster than Ukraine. Ukraine is in a war. Our only enemy is Albany. We have no army. No navy. Nobody's invading Poughkeepsie. So where's the money going? Interest payments. A bureaucracy that grows whether it works or not. Programs nobody audits and contracts nobody reads. And who signs off on all of it? The idiots running our government. They borrow through the back door, spend like it's someone else's credit card (it's yours), then act shocked when neighbors move to Florida. Run a company like Albany and you're fired. I've spent my career building companies and turning around balance sheets. This one's worse. Albany's had its chance. Fire them on November 3.

— Joseph Hernandez (@hernandezforny) October 30, 2026