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Gov.Hochul has done “nothing” to evacuate New Yorkers stranded in Israel as missiles from Iran rain down on the country — while Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis has helped get hundreds of people to safety, angry families told The Post.Frantic calls to Hochul’s office this week went unanswered, according to those trying to get their relatives home.“It wouldn’t even occur to Hochul to help constituents stranded in a war zone,” fumed one Long Islander with a teen relative studying in Israel.“She’s doing nothing.”Meanwhile, DeSantis contracted with the nonprofit Grey Bull Rescue to help about 1,500 Americans from multiple states get home.With Israel’s airspace almost completely shut down, about 5,000 Americans have sought help, with the number of requests “skyrocketing,” according to the rescue group.Desperate, they’re taking ships from Israel to Lanarca in Cyprus, or traveling by land to Amman, Jordan and flying to Cyprus in a bid to get to America — all with the help of DeSantis’ operation, which arranged for four wide-bodied chartered planes to collect them.So far DeSantis has welcomed two flights.“She should be doing what DeSantis did — partner with private contractors to get your citizens out,” the frantic relative, who did not want to be named for fear of retaliation, said of Hochul.“She should have organized this already,” the relative added.
“There’s no excuse to sit on her hands as she heads the state with the most Jews in the country.”Erika Reichelscheimer said she felt “completely abandoned” after calling the governor every day to no avail about her elderly parents, who were on a week’s vacation in Israel when the conflict erupted June 13.“We cannot even get a call back,” said Reichelscheimer.“Disappointed is an understatement.”“I haven’t even seen Hochul say anything,” said Reichelscheimer, 34,Her dad is running out of his heart medication.
Meanwhile her brother, in Israel separately, w...