Gov. Hochul calls on Secretary Duffy to resign after ground stop creates travel mess

Sean Duffy's 'reality show' antics amid airspace meltdown spark demand that Trump fire him

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is facing sharp criticism and a blunt demand from an enraged blue-state governor as he deals with an airspace crisis.In a Saturday post on X, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) went after Duffy in a tirade that called on President Donald Trump to cut him from his post. "Sean Duffy must resign, or President Trump must remove him immediately," Hochul wrote. Flights halted nationwide on Friday, and Hochul's frustrations came …

Gov. Hochul calls on Duffy to resign after FAA meltdown grounds nation's flights

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Kathryn Garcia, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Gov. Kathy Hochul and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy at LaGuardia Airport on March 23, 2026. "Serious lapses in our aviation system have become a pattern on Sean Duffy’s watch." [ more › ]

Gov. Hochul calls on Secretary Duffy to resign after ground stop creates travel mess

After a nationwide air traffic system failure stranded travelers and disrupted flights across the U.S., New York Governor Kathy Hochul is calling for Sean Duffy's resignation and a full investigation.

Hochul Calls on Duffy to Resign After Rare Nationwide Ground Stop Halts Flights

The Governor blames Trump's transport secretary for an outage that disrupted 20,000 flights, citing a pattern of lapses at the FAA