Blakeman amps up gubernational bid with three NYC stops, jabs Mamdani-Hochul alliance

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Calder, R., Poznansky, S., & Balaban, A. (2026, October 24). Blakeman amps up gubernational bid with three NYC stops, jabs Mamdani-Hochul alliance. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/24/us-news/blakeman-amps-up-gubernational-bid-with-three-nyc-stops/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-24 · by Rich Calder, Sofia Poznansky, Andrew Balaban

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Republican Bruce Blakeman visited three locations in New York City on Saturday as part of his gubernatorial campaign, criticizing both Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul. At stops in Staten Island and Brooklyn, he pledged to end sanctuary city status and lower taxes for New Yorkers while branding Mamdani as an “anti-American” who is unsuitable for office due to alleged antisemitism and anti-Christian sentiment. Blakeman also mocked the brief appearance of Mamdani with Hochul at a previous event in Brooklyn.
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Rich Calder
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🔮 Republican Bruce Blakeman hit three corners of NYC to deliver his affordability message Saturday as his gubernatorial bid reached the final stretch, jabbing opponent Gov. Kathy Hochul and “anti-American” Mayor Zohran Mamdani along the way.
🔮 The socialist mayor – who has been campaigning heavily to get Gov. Kathy Hochul re-elected in a race against Republican Bruce Blakeman – showed up at the Upper East Side site around 10 a.m. Hizzoner brought donuts for poll workers and was greeted by at least one heckler, who yelled “Communist! You suck!,” according to video posted on X. Early voting will continue for more than a week before Nov. 3 on Election Day.
🔮 The ballot questions before NYC voters in the Nov. 3 general election – which include measures to fast-track how City Hall approves controversial outdoor dining sheds and anti-car, so-called street-safety projects — were selected by a 15-member Charter Revision Commission appointed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
🔮 A big chunk of the money came from former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg; the Greater New York Hospital Association Management Corp.; and Leadership for New York, a super PAC run by Jay Martin, a political strategist and former executive director at the New York Apartment Association.
🔮 Adding insult to injury, the socialist mayor then ditched a fresh Gracie Mansion tradition launched by his predecessor Eric Adams — pulling the plug on the annual breakfast reception at Gracie Mansion honoring Polish heritage.
🔮 But the decisions that I make will be decisions made solely in what I feel is in the best interest of New Yorkers.
🔮 And now they’re teaming up with other homeowners and a New York City co-op in the latest lawsuit contesting the legality of a new state-imposed tax that was initially pitched by Gov. Kathy Hochul and socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani as targeting billionaires — but also hits owners of less expensive second homes.
🔮 McLaughlin joined a growing chorus of critics who agreed with President Trump, who predicted Friday the Cornell Seven won’t get a “fair shake” with James on the case — because the attorney general is a “corrupt person.”
🔮 The Republican gubernatorial candidate told the newspaper his “Protect Our Daughters” plan would also prohibit biological males who transition to female from rooming with girls on overnight school trips.
🔮 In a guide published by its foundation, the organization notes puberty-blocking drugs can be given to adolescents and that “some trans youth may benefit from gender-affirming surgery, which is rarely an option under the age of 17.”
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Sofia Poznansky
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🔮 Republican Bruce Blakeman hit three corners of NYC to deliver his affordability message Saturday as his gubernatorial bid reached the final stretch, jabbing opponent Gov. Kathy Hochul and “anti-American” Mayor Zohran Mamdani along the way.
🔮 Pichardo, 61, said her nephew would pick up shifts as a security guard whenever he could and lived with his father, Tony, who suffered a stroke and struggles to speak.
🔮 Hochul, who is up for re-election next month, said she will “work with the New York State legislature” to change current state law, which shields predators who take advantage of a victim who has voluntarily consumed drugs or alcohol.
🔮 “Getting drunk should not be an invitation to getting raped but in the current law, it pretty much is,” state Assemblyman Jeffery Dinowitz — who has backed a bill that would change the law since 2019 — told The Post.
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Andrew Balaban
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🔮 Republican Bruce Blakeman hit three corners of NYC to deliver his affordability message Saturday as his gubernatorial bid reached the final stretch, jabbing opponent Gov. Kathy Hochul and “anti-American” Mayor Zohran Mamdani along the way.
🔮 The building’s owner, William “Zac” Zaccari, said that Russo was killed right in front of the property and that Zisopoulos lived upstairs.
🔮 “With designs like these logos, what would make it cool would be the specificness of New York.
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Brooklyn NYC New Yorkers Republican anti-American

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Blakeman PERSON · 2× Brooklyn GPE · 2× NYC GPE · 2× New Yorkers NORP · 2× Zohran Mamdani PERSON · 2× anti-American NORP · 2× Bruce Blakeman PERSON · 1× Kathy Hochul PERSON · 1× Nassau County GPE · 1× Republican NORP · 1×

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The Nassau County executive made an early pitstop at the Staten Island Republican Party headquarters in New Dorp where supporters greeted him before he schlepped across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to the Brooklyn GOP’s office in Dyker Heights.
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🔮 Republican Bruce Blakeman hit three corners of NYC to deliver his affordability message Saturday as his gubernatorial bid reached the final stretch, jabbing opponent Gov. Kathy Hochul and “anti-American” Mayor Zohran Mamdani along the way.

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Republican Bruce Blakeman hit three corners of NYC to deliver his affordability message Saturday as his gubernatorial bid reached the final stretch, jabbing opponent Gov. Kathy Hochul and “anti-American” Mayor Zohran Mamdani along the way. asserted
bid → hit → way
The Nassau County executive made an early pitstop at the Staten Island Republican Party headquarters in New Dorp where supporters greeted him before he schlepped across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to the Brooklyn GOP’s office in Dyker Heights. asserted
he → make → Heights
In Brooklyn, Blakeman vowed to end NYC’s sanctuary city status and help put more money in New Yorkers’ pockets by lowering taxes. asserted
Blakeman → vow → taxes
He said he’s best qualified to save New Yorkers from Mamdani’s “communist” regime and continued his campaign push of branding the mayor as an “antisemite,” “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American.” asserted
he → say → antisemite
He mocked the brevity of the socialist mayor’s campaign appearance in Brooklyn on Friday with opponent Hochul, suggesting it had to do with her likeability. “They were only here for 15 minutes. asserted
They → mock → minutes
Even Zohran Mamdani can’t stand to be with her for more than 15 minutes,” he quipped. asserted
he → stand → minutes
“Let’s deliver this victory for the United States of America,” said Malliotakis, who is heavily favored to be re-elected in her race against Dem Mike DeCillis. asserted
who → deliver → DeCillis
“We will never allow a socialist takeover of our state or our country! asserted
We → allow → state
As Frank Sinatra said, ‘It’s up to you, New York.’ asserted
It → say → you
So let’s do this.” asserted
’s → let → this
Blakeman was scheduled to later head to Queens for a rally outside the Flushing Public Library. asserted
Blakeman → schedule → Library
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