Exclusive | Blakeman calls Hochul useful tool who takes orders from Mamdani in exclusive interview with The Post
Republican nominee for New York governor Bruce Blakeman savaged Gov.Kathy Hochul in an exclusive, 20-minute interview with The Post’s Rich Calder this week, branding her a Mamdani “tool.” The 71-year-old Nassau County Executive vowed to reverse the damage the left has done, using political muscle to force the state Legislature and City Hall to kill congestion pricing, flood the streets with cops, and slash income taxes.
He also revealed his behind-the-scenes play to bring the New York Jets back to Long Island.Here are the excerpts of the Q & A:Q: During Tuesday’s debate, Gov.
Hochul brought up President Trump’s name roughly 20 times ..
.trying to tie his unpopularity in Democratic New York State – especially NYC – to you.
What are you doing to ensure this “Trump the Boogeyman” strategy fails?A: Well, I have a history of not taking orders from anybody and bucking my party when I thought they were wrong.Donald Trump is my friend.
He has supported me, and I have supported him.But the decisions that I make will be decisions made solely in what I feel is in the best interest of New Yorkers.
Kathy Hochul has nothing else to talk about but Donald Trump because she has a record of failure and misery with high taxes, high utility bills, and lawlessness in our community.Q: So you feel she is using Trump to shift focus away from criticism she’s facing over her own policies?A: There’s no question about it.You don’t see anything that she puts out in this campaign about her record, and she doesn’t attack my record because it’s impossible to attack a record where I cut taxes, haven’t raised taxes one penny in five years, seven bond upgrades, four budget surpluses, and US News & World Report said I have the safest county in America.Q: You’ve repeatedly said you plan to cut New York’s utility bills in half, if governor.
I know you’ve accused Hochul of driving up bills through a “green energy scam” and vowed to let New York produ...