Commuters at Union Station in Washington, D.C., have been confronted in recent days by an image of Lady Liberty with her finger pointed at them. “New York Wants You!” she says.
Were she not donning her standard robe and crown, she could be mistaken for Uncle Sam.
The ad, appearing on a station kiosk, is part of a campaign by Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York to recruit federal employees who have been fired by the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency. “DOGE said you’re fired?” the ad asks. “We say: You’re hired!”
The governor’s ads have appeared in major transit hubs in Washington and New York, including at Moynihan Train Hall in Manhattan, and the state has been promoting the hiring effort online.
There are more than 7,000 job openings available across the state, according to Ms. Hochul’s office, who said it was looking for lawyers, health care workers, teachers, public policy experts and more.
Roughly 100 people have signed up to attend information sessions hosted by New York’s Department of Labor since the campaign rolled out about four days ago, according to the governor’s office. The webinars are meant to help former federal workers develop their resumes, find jobs and, if they live in New York, apply for unemployment.
The governor’s campaign comes as DOGE, Elon Musk’s cost-cutting effort, has pushed mass firings and layoffs across a host of government agencies.
“Come work in the greatest state in the nation,” Ms. Hochul said in a statement on Monday. “We won’t denigrate you, we will treat you with dignity and respect that you deserve because in New York, we know it’s not the demagogues and the technocrats who make America great, it’s public servants.”
Since President Trump took office in January, his administration has cut thousands of government jobs across a range of vital agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.
The layoffs are just one component of the president’s crusade against the federal bureaucracy. The administration has purged the Pentagon of several senior officials, called for the end of birthright citizenship and attempted to shut down the Agency for International Development. It has also rescinded funding for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Many of Mr. Trump’s orders have been challenged in court, with judges temporarily stopping them, but the administration has actively defied some of the legal limits placed on it.
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