Rob Astorino is no stranger to politics. The former two-term Westchester County Executive was the Republican nominee for governor of New York in 2014, and of the three challengers to incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2010, 2014, and 2018, Astorino gave him the toughest race—losing by a margin of 13.4 percent. Following Cuomo’s resignation in 2021 amid a string of sexual harassment allegations, Astorino is running again this year. “New York is crumbling, and the fact that 320,000 people now call themselves ex-New Yorkers, from last year alone, means that they are deciding to leave this state because it’s completely broken and unlivable,” Astorino told The Epoch Times. “It’s the little things, like the quality of life, that matter; but also the big things like taxes, jobs, public safety, education—all of these things, now more than ever.” Astorino is a two-term county executive from deep-blue Westchester County who speaks Spanish and has …