When crime came up during the recent New York gubernatorial debate, incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul told her Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, “I don’t know why that’s so important to you.” With murder, rape, and other violence plaguing the Big Apple under Hochul’s tenure, she made clear she does not want to talk about crime.
But the voters headed to the polls to cast their vote for New York’s governor today apparently care. In the Empire State, which has been a Democrat stronghold since the early ’80s, polling shows Zeldin has narrowed his once-19-point deficit to just 7 points. The latest
