One wing of government slams an industry, then another moves to subsidize it: Such is the way of New York.

The latest example is the effort of Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Queens) to have the state spend $3 million in help for struggling nail salons and dry cleaners.

He got the measure passed by both chambers of the Legislature last year, only to see Gov. Cuomo veto it. This year, he already has the Assembly on board and is working on the state Senate.

Kim even hints at why the help is needed, noting, “This funding is meant to help thousands of small family-owned businesses struggling to keep up with unreachable mandates or pay exorbitant fines.”

Dry cleaners have been hit by a host of environmental rules in recent years. But the nail salons got slammed by Cuomo — rushing to “do something” in the wake of bogus reporting by The New York Times.

Back in May 2015, the Times ran a two-part front-page series accusing salons of “rampant exploitation,” alleging that manicurists earned as little as $10 per day, among other exploitative practices. Cuomo pounced, with a major multiagency crackdown of inspections and new regulations, including a mandate to buy a new kind of insurance to protect employees from wage theft.

Meanwhile, critics were finding huge flaws in the Times’ reporting. Notably, it claimed there were many Chinese-language ads promising workers a $10-per-day starting wage — which proved completely untrue.

More, it ignored the fact that manicurists were earning more than $9 an hour — plus tips, which actually account for more of most workers’ income. And its suggestions that working in a salon increases risks of cancer and miscarriages contradicts multiple studies of the question.

Years later, the industry is still hurting. It would surely prefer a rollback of Cuomo’s actions to Kim’s proposed assistance. Too bad that’s not the way New York government works.