With only nine days to go before Election Day, Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday pulled out all the stops to get voters to the polls, while Republican challenger Lee Zeldin went to a major Black church in Brooklyn to woo parishioners. MKramerTV reports.
"Tell them you want someone who cares, who is not going to put more guns on the street, someone who is going to respect women's rights, and lift our people up, and does not support the overturning of Joe Biden's election," Hochul said.
Zeldin was also on the hunt for for votes. He went to the Christian Cultural Center, a Black church in East New York, Brooklyn, where, maybe playing to his audience, he softened his opposition to bail reform, at least in some cases. "If you make the argument that somebody committing their first offense, clean record, they're not a flight risk, they're not a danger, and the only reason they stay in prison is because they cannot afford $100 bail, well, that's why this person should not be stuck behind bars," Zeldin said."I served with Eric Adams in the New York State Senate for four years. We got along. We've stayed in touch since, and I want to write a story in 2023 of how well a Gov.