new laws<\/a> going into effect restricting local police from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It was also a prime opportunity to bash Blakeman, whose Nassau County police will now have to curtail their close relationship with immigration agents.<\/p>\n“I expect him, like everybody else in this state, to follow the laws of New York. And there are consequences if you do not,” Hochul said. “And again, someone like that will intentionally misrepresent, which is a nice way of saying lie.”<\/p>\n
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani also used the issue to back Hochul and bash Blakeman.<\/p>\n
“If they want a leader who looks at the cruelty of ICE and sees a playbook of what to deliver at an even greater extent in New York state, then that’s Bruce Blakeman,” Mamdani said. “And I know what choice I would make.”<\/p>\n
That unwittingly played into Blakeman’s hands. The Nassau County executive has made a concerted effort to liken the more-moderate Hochul to the democratic socialist mayor.<\/p>\n
“She’s completely controlled by Mamdani, and he’s running the Democratic Party now,” Blakeman said. “She’s subservient to him, and everybody is calling her by her rightful name, Comrade Kathy.”<\/p>\n
Polanco said Hochul’s connection to Mamdani could hurt her among more moderate Democrats, independents and Republicans. For example, in the poll, 82% of Republicans and 57% of independents say they have an unfavorable view of The Democratic Socialists of America, which Mamdani belongs to.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, there’s a question of whether Blakeman could be hurt by his connection to President Trump, who will be campaigning with him on Friday.<\/p>\n
The president is deeply unpopular in New York. Voters in the poll gave him a 38% approval rating, and 60% have an unfavorable view of him. The question is really going to be whether Mr. Trump helps Blakeman in certain pockets of the state, like on Long Island where there’s a larger Republican vote, or if it hurts him in places like New York City.<\/p>\n
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