For near 25 years — from the late Nineteen Sixties by the early Nineteen Nineties — I used to be proud to have labored with among the most interesting Democratic officers that New York state and New York Metropolis have ever identified.
It was my nice pleasure to have joined Mayor Ed Koch in serving to stabilize town’s financial situation after the fiscal disaster within the mid-Nineteen Seventies, to have assisted Gov. Hugh Carey in investigating corruption within the nursing-home trade and the state authorities and to have labored with Gov. Mario Cuomo, a pricey private household good friend, whose ethical and moral management set the usual for New York management.
All through these 25 years, it was my sense that we — New York Democrats — had been in a position to accomplish a unprecedented quantity vis-à-vis stabilizing our state’s funds, combating crime and strengthening the criminal-justice system. We had been additionally in a position to — when it manifested itself — root out corruption in state authorities and assault the challenges going through our state in a scientific means, regularly on a bipartisan foundation.
Sadly, that has all modified.
A whole bunch of 1000's of New Yorkers have left the state, taking billions of dollars in tax income with them, placing our state vulnerable to a fiscal disaster.
Simply as critical, and much more seen, there’s demonstrable proof of the rise in violent crime on daily basis, in addition to the absolute failure of regulation enforcement in our metropolis and state to do something about it.
Put straight, regardless of the very best efforts of Mayor Eric Adams (whom I supported), the Legislature and quite a few prosecutors — together with however not restricted to Manhattan District Lawyer Alvin Bragg — have created a turnstile justice system that’s been singularly answerable for an unprecedented enhance in violent crime over the previous couple of years.
We should do one thing about this.
Accordingly, I'm supporting Rep. Lee Zeldin,the Republican nominee for governor, towards Gov. Kathy Hochul this November.
The outrageous taxation and anti-business insurance policies Hochul and Democrats within the Legislature imposed have led to the mass exodus of the state’s rich residents — and in flip, for this impending financial disaster.
Zeldin has pledged to work to make New York extra inexpensive on daily basis by enacting sweeping tax cuts, ending job-killing laws, fostering a job-friendly atmosphere, together with well-paid vitality jobs, and eliminating wasteful spending, amongst different priorities. That is precisely what New York must revitalize our weakening economic system.
It’s not simply the excessive value of residing that’s driving New Yorkers from the state — residents additionally really feel unsafe amid rampant violent crime. This menace to public security is straight attributable to Democrats’ sweeping police-budget cuts and reckless bail-reform insurance policies, which permit harmful criminals to go free.
As a substitute of addressing this problem head-on as violent crime terrorizes our state and metropolis, Hochul has determined to kick the problem down the highway till after November’s election.
However, Lee Zeldin — who has private expertise coping with assault after which seeing the perpetrator launched the very subsequent day — has a plan to finish this disastrous revolving-door-justice system.
Zeldin has pledged to repeal Democrats’ disastrous cashless-bail coverage, give judges extra discretion in setting bail, enhance penalties for sure crimes and rent extra cops statewide. He’s additionally vowed to fireside district attorneys who present a sample of letting violent and harmful criminals go free.
Simply as vital as his strategy to financial revitalization and crime discount, Zeldin is dedicated to ending the corrupt tradition in our state authorities, which has sadly grow to be the signature marker of the 2 most up-to-date Democratic administrations.
Zeldin helps establishing time period limits, overhauling the Joint Fee on Public Ethics and dealing to carry accountability and transparency again to state authorities — one thing New York desperately wants.
In the end, it’s clear that Lee Zeldin is the one candidate powerful sufficient — bear in mind he was within the famed 82nd Airborne — to save lots of New York from full and whole smash. And that’s why he has my vote.
Andrew Stein is a former New York Metropolis Council president and state Meeting member.
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