She is not upset about this.
Governor Kathy Hawkle has promised that the price of a glass of milk at the annual New York State Fair will remain constant as long as she is in the Governor's Office, regardless of outside cost pressures or inflation.
“As long as I’m governor, those numbers will never go up,” Hochle told The Post on Wednesday while deftly pouring several glasses of Moo Juice at the Syracuse Fair’s famed Rainbow Dairy Bar.
The state has been subsidizing dairy bars for nearly a decade, ever since the nonprofit that distributes chilled 7-ounce servings of white and chocolate milk announced it needed to double its price to $0.50.
But the rising lactose prices were too much for then-Governor Andrew Cuomo to bear, and in 2015 he said the state would contribute $90,000 to keep lactose prices at the same level they had been since 1983, when his father, Mario, was governor.
According to the New York State Dairy Exhibitors, which operates the dairy bars, attendees drink between 350,000 and 400,000 glasses of beer each year. He told Syracuse.com.
A budget department spokesman could not immediately say how much the state will spend on milk bar subsidies this year.
Hoekl made his pledge to freeze prices as he walked around the fair surrounded by reporters, staff and cabinet ministers, stopping occasionally to chat with other visitors.
“Take advantage of all the programs you can,” said Hokl as she held up a freshly poured cup of cold chocolate milk to a young girl participating in 4-H, “involve yourself in everything you can, because with 4-H you never know where you're going to end up.”
The Governor also spoke at a women's breakfast, then stopped by the horticulture facility where he signed an exciting bill that will allow future sugar cane growers to lease state land for up to 10 years instead of the current five to produce maple syrup.
After mingling with a group of mounted police and meeting one of their horses, James Bond, Hawkle ran into Republican Reps. Brandon Williams and Nicole Malliotakis, who yelled at Hawkle, a Democrat, “Staten Island is in the House!”
She then shared some Basilio's sausage with Syracuse's independent mayor, Ben Walsh, in keeping with fair tradition.
