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<\/p>\nThe solution is simple: fire Hochul, hire Blakeman, Save New York.<\/p>\n
By South Shore Press Editorial Board\u00b7October 12, 2026<\/p>\n
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File PhotoCredit: SSP Endorsement<\/p>\n
Kathy Hochul is the Worst Governor in America. We encourage voters to kick her to the curb and vote for Bruce Blakeman for Governor.<\/p>\n
Spending is up. Taxes are up. Your utility bills are skyrocketing. Our state is unaffordable, and Hochul cares more about illegal immigrants than your family.<\/p>\n
Since Kathy Hochul’s first enacted budget in 2022, New York State spending has exploded from $220.5 billion to $277 billion. That’s a staggering $56.5 billion increase, or nearly 26%, in just four years. State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli now warns of $31.8 billion in projected cumulative budget gaps.<\/p>\n
The state also committed $4.4 billion for illegal immigrants, including emergency shelter and related assistance.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 134,913 taxpayers hit the road and left New York in 2024.<\/p>\n
An Empire Center survey found 67% of respondents believed New York taxpayers weren’t receiving good value. Another 64% supported eliminating the state income tax.<\/p>\n
Those findings should alarm anyone responsible for Albany’s finances. The buck stops with Governor Hochul.<\/p>\n
Enter Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.<\/p>\n
In addition to his pledge to cut taxes, our neighboring County Executive promised on “Day One” to end New York’s Sanctuary State status.<\/p>\n
Blakeman’s proposed $35 billion income tax reduction would eliminate state income taxes on the first $50,000 of individual earnings and $100,000 for married couples filing jointly.<\/p>\n
He proposes cutting property taxes 10%, returning $2.4 billion in unspent energy funds to ratepayers and expanding natural gas and nuclear energy production.<\/p>\n
His promise to cut utility bills in half is ambitious and welcomed compared to Kathy Hochul’s ill-guided mission to ban gas stoves in newly constructed homes and businesses.<\/p>\n
Blakeman also points to Nassau County’s public safety ranking as being the “Safest County in America,” expanded police hiring and his opposition to sanctuary policies.<\/p>\n
New York families are being squeezed between rising bills, higher taxes, devotion to illegal immigrants, and a Governor that keeps spending more and more.<\/p>\n
On her failed watch, illegal immigrants live like kings while Suffolk County taxpayers who foot the bill are treated like paupers.<\/p>\n
Parents shouldn’t have to watch their children leave the state to afford a future. You shouldn’t be forced to FaceTime or hop on a plane to see your kids or grandkids.<\/p>\n
Seniors shouldn’t fear losing the homes they worked a lifetime to own.<\/p>\n
New York State is on the precipice of prosperity over peril.<\/p>\n
The solution is simple: fire Hochul, hire Blakeman, Save New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The solution is simple: fire Hochul, hire Blakeman, Save New York. By South Shore Press Editorial Board\u00b7October 12,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371675,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-371674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}