Mark interviews Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman.

About this episode

Bruce Blakeman discusses his gubernatorial campaign and key issues affecting New Yorkers.

Bruce provides an update on his campaign. He also emphasizes his commitment to lowering taxes and electric bills and criticizes Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul for raising taxes. Governor Hochul’s restrictions on purchasing gas from certain areas are causing difficulties for many New Yorkers. Bruce discusses his actions as Nassau County Executive to remove violent migrants with ICE. He also addresses how driving billionaires out of certain cities can impact tax rates and job creation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Simone

Guest: Bruce Blakeman

Topics covered

• campaign update
• taxes
• energy costs
• immigration
• economic impact
• New York politics

Keywords

• Bruce Blakeman
• taxes
• electric bills
• Kathy Hochul
• Zohran Mamdani
• Nassau County
• ICE
• New York

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ICE, Nassau County

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