Who paid for Gov. Hochul’s Israel trip? Her office won’t say.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office won’t say who pledged to pay for the governor’s recent visit to Israel, an arrangement the state’s ethics board has not yet approved, despite her trip to the Middle East last week.

Hochul, a Democrat, spent last Wednesday and Thursday on the ground in Israel amid its ongoing war with Hamas, touring the country and meeting with dignitaries, along with victims and their families after flying commercial to Tel Aviv from John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Hochul’s spokesperson Avi Small said a “New York-based nonprofit that works with the Jewish community” committed to covering the cost of the governor’s portion of the trip, while Hochul said taxpayers are picking up the tab for the state police officers who provided security.

But Hochul and her office have repeatedly declined to identify that nonprofit, with Small saying the state Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government, or COELIG, is still “in the final stages of reviewing this arrangement to ensure it fully complies with state ethics law.”

For good-government advocates, the entire arrangement raises red flags — partly because Hochul’s office won’t identify the nonprofit, and because she didn’t receive approval for the arrangement before she went on the trip.

“Our recommendation would have been the governor should have cleaned this all up before wheels lifted off the tarmac,” said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

State ethics rules allow third parties to pay for travel, lodging and food for New York officials — including elected officials — in certain circumstances if the travel is “part of their official duties.”

But the rules set out specific conditions that, among other things, prohibit third parties from paying for travel if it can be interpreted as an attempt to influence the official’s actions or reward them for past actions.

For statewide elected officials, it’s up to COELIG to…