The governor made stops in voter-rich parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn while her Republican opponent Rep. Zeldin held a press conference in the Bronx touting his support for Mayor Eric Adams.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.Gov. Kathy Hochul and Rep. Lee Zeldin made their closing arguments to New Yorkers on Monday, seeking to energize voters on the eve of what is expected to be the state’s first competitive race for governor in more than a decade.
“When we win this election tomorrow, and that is when we win, I will come back and say this community has supported me more than any other,” Hochul told a crowd of Harlem residents at the Philip Randolph Senior Center on West 146th Street. “We’ve got to bring it home,” she continued, before invoking the historic nature of her bid to become the state’s first woman elected governor. “We're gonna make history. Wait, not history,The short appearance capped off a busy morning for Hochul, who made a string of campaign stops on the Upper West Side. In a sign of how worried Democrats are about the contest, President Joe BidenZeldin spent his morning in the Bronx, one of several recent visits to the borough.
Not surprisingly, Zeldin, a Donald Trump supporter who Hochul has portrayed as an extremist, made a last-minute appeal to moderate Democrats. He was joined at the event by Ruben Diaz Sr., the controversial former Democratic lawmaker who is his top Latino surrogate in the city.As he has on previous occasions, Zeldin invoked Mayor Eric Adams — a moderate Democrat — multiple times.
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