Hochul deflected questions about New Yorkers’ crime concerns while zeroing in on what she dubbed GOP failures.
as too “simplistic” during a Friday morning TV interview — during which she also haughtily declared: “I’m the governor, he’s not.”race just four days before Tuesday’s election, was asked by “CNN This Morning” co-host Don Lemon about combating crime, which polls show is a key issue for voters, but one that Hochul has largely focused on tightening gun laws.“That is such a simplistic approach,” the Democratic incumbent responded.
, in part by giving judges the power to lock up dangerous defendants, as is the rule in all 49 other states and the federal court system. Lemon also didn’t bring up The Post’s exclusive interview with an upstate police chief who publicly pleaded with her to strengthen the state’s bail reform law in the wake of Buffalo mom Keaira Bennefield’s shocking murder last month.“My message to the governor would be: Please, show us some support in law enforcement,” Cheektowaga Police Chief Brian Gould said in remarks
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