It’s getting harder to be a protester in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s New York.
The Democratic governor recently signed a new law creating buffer zones that restricts demonstrations around houses of worship. Last year, she created a new criminal charge aimed at protesters who wear masks.
And now, longtime activists who recently staged sit-ins at the state Capitol say they were hit with misdemeanor charges — higher than the traditional disorderly conduct violations that the State Police dispense to Capitol demonstrators…