The following editorial was posted early Tuesday morning by The New York Post editorial board. The New York City paper is asking New Yorkers to get out and vote for GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin to save the state from rising crime.
From The New York Post:
It’s crunch time: New York’s fate will be decided today.
To save the state — cap its bloody crime surge, reverse the endless tax hikes and stop the exodus to other states — you need to get out and vote for Rep. Lee Zeldin.
It’s the last chance to stop the insanity and end the one-party rule that has monopolized power, put special interests and lefty ideology ahead of the public’s needs and left New Yorkers poorer, less safe and more taxed.
Democrats rail about the “threat to democracy,” but what kind of democracy operates with just one party that has no check on its power? That’s what’s happened to New York.
This year offers the best shot in a long time to bring back a competitive, two-party system. But it won’t happen unless New Yorkers get to the polls and cast their votes for Zeldin and other Republicans all the way down the ballot.
If you believe Gov. Kathy Hochul’s claim — and not the statistics — that New York crime is just a myth spread by a “conspiracy” of “media manipulators,” vote for her.
If you’re delighted with failing schools, soaring utility bills, vanishing jobs and disgusting pay-to-play corruption, feel free to back Hochul.
But then, don’t dare complain about crime later, if she wins. Blame only yourself for the state’s continued downward spiral.
If, on the other hand, you want a safer, healthier, saner New York, you need to get out and vote for Zeldin & Co.
Zeldin has solid plans to make the state safe and affordable — so you don’t have to flee, as so many New Yorkers already have.
He’ll declare a “crime emergency” and suspend the state’s disastrous criminal-justice laws (cashless bail, etc.).
He’ll immediately fire criminal-coddling Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for not enforcing the law.
Zeldin will give Mayor Adams the vital backup he needs against Albany radicals, who stand in the way of glaringly obvious common-sense solutions to crime.
Read more over at The New York Post:
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— NY Post Opinion (@NYPostOpinion) November 8, 2022
