{"id":464226,"date":"2022-06-17T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T02:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-post-endorses-tom-suozzi-in-the-democratic-gov-primary\/"},"modified":"2022-06-17T05:00:39","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T02:00:39","slug":"the-post-endorses-tom-suozzi-in-the-democratic-gov-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-post-endorses-tom-suozzi-in-the-democratic-gov-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Post endorses Tom Suozzi in the Democratic gov primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28ce92373ed\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a28ce92373ed\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-post-endorses-tom-suozzi-in-the-democratic-gov-primary\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Post_endorses_Tom_Suozzi_in_the_Democratic_gov_primary%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Post endorses Tom Suozzi in the Democratic gov primary&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Post_endorses_Tom_Suozzi_in_the_Democratic_gov_primary%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Post endorses Tom Suozzi in the Democratic gov primary&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>For our many readers who are registered Democrats, here our thoughts on that party\u2019s race for the state\u2019s top office.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul took over from the disgraced Andrew Cuomo with New York in crisis . . . and promptly devoted her energies to winning the job on her own by pandering to the party\u2019s base and raising a huge war chest from the state\u2019s special interests.<\/p>\n<p>She left the state\u2019s remaining COVID restrictions in place for months longer than any <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> indicated was needed. She refused to push the Legislature for serious fixes to the recent criminal-justice \u201creforms\u201d that have crime surging, instead using her political capital to win an unprecedented state subsidy for the out-of-state billionaire owners of her hometown Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, she h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ily went along with yet another state-budget blowout, bringing annual outlays to $220 billion and ensuring big trouble when federal aid slows and the economy turns south.<\/p>\n<p>She tapped a hyperprogressive black state senator as her lieutenant governor, one of many moves that convinced Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Tish James, a strong potential challenger, to drop out of the race. But that LG\u2019s later indictment and resignation bring Hochul\u2019s own judgment into question.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Andrew-Cuomo.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reacts while attending a New York Hispanic Clergy Organization meeting, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in New York. \" class=\"wp-image-22696796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Andrew-Cuomo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Andrew-Cuomo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Andrew-Cuomo.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gov. Kathy Hochul took over for the disgraced Andrew Cuomo. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And for her new LG, she tapped a sitting congressman, risking the loss of a House seat that national Democrats desperately need. She also signed off on the outrageous bid to gerrymander New York Republicans into oblivion, and so shares in the blame for the mess Democrats face after the courts imposed a fair map.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, she\u2019s doubling and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ling down on New York\u2019s insane effort to go carbon-neutral within a few years, a plan that not only imposes hundreds of billions in new costs on the public but guarantees regular blackouts in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: If you\u2019re happy with how New York is doing, Hochul is your gal.<\/p>\n<p>Challenging her from the left is city Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, a smart and gifted politician who happens to believe in all the worst progressive nonsense, from crippling the police to curing all New York\u2019s housing woes with <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>ism. (He <em>is<\/em> sound on preserving race-blind competitive exams as the main entry to the city\u2019s top high schools, which shows an admirable independence of mind.)<\/p>\n<p>So if you think New York\u2019s not progressive enough, Williams is your guy.<\/p>\n<p>But if you\u2019re a registered Democratic voter who wants to save New York from disaster, your obvious pick is Rep. Tom Suozzi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jumaane-Williams-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks during a vigil and rally on the steps New York City Hall organized by jail reform advocates calling on the US federal government to take control of the city's Rikers Island Jail Complex in New York, New York, USA, 17 May 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-22696990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jumaane-Williams-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jumaane-Williams-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/Jumaane-Williams-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has pushed for defunding the NYPD.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/JUSTIN LANE<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Winning office in 2001 as Nassau County\u2019s first Democratic executive in decades, he cut spending, borrowing and debt, pulling Nassau out of a fiscal nosedive before losing in the national 2009 \u201cred wave\u201d election. In Congress since 2016, he\u2019s been a coalition-building moderate as vice-chair of the Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus (even as he has a perfect record of voting with President Joe Biden).<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, this self-proclaimed \u201cCommon Sense Democrat\u201d knows that New York needs to fix (and enforce) its laws to bring crime down, understands that tax-and-spend is no way to fix the state economy and realizes that environmental policy must be based on what\u2019s practical and affordable.<\/p>\n<p>For what it\u2019s worth, he\u2019s also Democrats\u2019 best bet to win the general election in a year when far-left madness looks likely to earn the party a historic drubbing.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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