A Governor Stefanik Could Save New York by Removing Zohran Mamdani
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Rep. Elise Stefanik this morning officially kicked off her campaign for governor of New York.
Her launch video focuses on crime and affordability. With images of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, it also scores the incumbent governor, Democrat Kathy Hochul, for having “cozied up to a defund-the-police, tax-hiking antisemitic communist.”
Her website, eliseforgovernor.com says she is running “to make New York affordable and safe” and lists among her top priorities “cut taxes,” expand school choice,” and “lower energy and utility costs by expanding energy independence.”
People haven’t really yet focused on it yet, but because of a provision in the New York state constitution, a Governor Stefanik would have the power not only to help protect the state from the worst of Mamdani’s socialist or anti-Israel policies—she could actually formally remove him as mayor.
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