A local NBC affiliate issued a rare fact-check of Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul as she campaigns for the gubernatorial seat against Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) on Tuesday.
Zeldin, who himself was assaulted during a campaign stop earlier this year, has made addressing New York’s violent crime rate and tacking the state’s controversial bail-reform laws a priority. Zeldin said that if he’s elected, he’ll declare an emergency over crime in the state.
Hochul, formerly the lieutenant governor who took the governor’s chair last year following former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation, has asserted that crime isn’t a problem. She recently said during a CNN interview that cashless bail does not impact crime and added that if “you’re going to just change one part of the system,” it “shows a naiveté that is not going to be a real solution.”…