{"id":464671,"date":"2022-06-18T03:46:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T00:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-will-have-no-one-to-blame-but-themselves-for-ny\/"},"modified":"2022-06-18T03:46:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T00:46:20","slug":"democrats-will-have-no-one-to-blame-but-themselves-for-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-will-have-no-one-to-blame-but-themselves-for-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats will have no one to blame but themselves for NY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 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-6a422afa09ae4\" 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-6a422afa09ae4\" 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\/democrats-will-have-no-one-to-blame-but-themselves-for-ny\/#%E2%80%9CDemocrats_will_have_no_one_to_blame_but_themselves_for_NY%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Democrats will have no one to blame but themselves for NY&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CDemocrats_will_have_no_one_to_blame_but_themselves_for_NY%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Democrats will have no one to blame but themselves for NY&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nicole-gelinas.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Nicole Gelinas\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nicole-gelinas.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/nicole-gelinas.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Just as in last year\u2019s mayoral race, New Yorkers can\u2019t complain about a lack of solid choices in the governor\u2019s race this year. If Democratic primary voters, in particular, are secretly as upset about crime, economic distress and population loss as the rest of the state is, they have a chance to show their ire now, or they might end up with \u2014 gasp \u2014 a Trump-sympathetic Republican governor in the fall.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The nation is in a \u201cThrow the bums\u201d out mood, with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/2022-generic-congressional-vote-7361.html\">polls<\/a>\u00a0showing a GOP takeover in the House this fall, as well as the recent successful booting from office of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul, running for a term in her own right, isn\u2019t a bum \u2014 she is a nice lady.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of state Democrats think so, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scri.siena.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SNY0622-Crosstabs.pdf\">the latest<\/a> Siena College poll. And no wonder: Twice on the debate stage against primary opponents Tom Suozzi, a Long Island congressman, and Jumaane Williams, the city\u2019s public advocate, Hochul has shown a serene, unrufflable demeanor of competence and calm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But how is she performing in office, after nearly a year? On both crime and the budget, she\u2019s shown herself unable to corral the Legislature. Despite a couple welcome tweaks, most of New York state\u2019s 2019-era bail \u201creform\u201d law still stands; the governor was unable to persuade lawmakers to allow judges to consider public danger in keeping a suspect behind bars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No, bail reform isn\u2019t the sole culprit behind soaring crime. But the governor has also thrown herself behind Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 subway-safety plan \u2014 one light, so far, on arrests for small infractions before they become big ones and heavy on voluntary <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> services.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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\/suozzi-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Congressman Tom Suozzi\" class=\"wp-image-22713334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/suozzi-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/suozzi-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/suozzi-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Congressman Tom Suozzi is a Long Island politician running against Hochul. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Craig Ruttle\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nothing wrong with trying more of the latter \u2014 but eventually, the public will desire results. City transit crime is still rising, up by nearly one-third over the past month, compared with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/assets\/nypd\/downloads\/pdf\/crime_statistics\/cs-en-us-city.pdf\">last year<\/a>. And no, that\u2019s not because crime underground was low last year; it soared in March 2020 and has stayed high since.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Economy? New York state is still missing 322,800 private-sector jobs compared with May 2019, or nearly 4% of the total back then. The nation, by contrast, has 1.3 million more private-sector jobs than it did in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d think that Hochul would be working to make New York more economically competitive, including, yes, by cutting income taxes on the wealthier New Yorkers most able and willing to relocate to Florida and other low-tax climes.<\/p>\n<p>Population? The state lost more than 300,000 people from mid-2020 through mid-2021, the highest drop nationwide.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No wonder 51% of New York state voters of any party think the state is going in the wrong direction.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Democrats who hold this view, the primary offers two alternatives, who usefully fit into neat categories. Suozzi wants to cut taxes, including income taxes, and try harder to get the Legislature to adopt a dangerousness standard for bail. He says he\u2019ll remove any DA who won\u2019t uphold the laws as the Legislature wrote them, such as failing to treat high-value theft as a serious felony.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If, by contrast, you don\u2019t think the state is left-wing enough, you can vote for Williams, who wants even higher taxes on the wealthy, more social spending and less policing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet there\u2019s no indication that Democrats are carefully mulling over their choices. Prospective Democratic primary voters are in a far sunnier mood than voters overall: 52% think the state is on the right track.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Democrats vote accordingly and send Hochul to the polls to face a GOP candidate in November, they may be in for a surprise when it comes to how independents feel. Independent voters make up a quarter of the electorate statewide \u2014 and fewer than one-third <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>rove of Hochul; 59% think the state is on the wrong track.\u00a0<\/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\/williams.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams \" class=\"wp-image-22713335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/williams.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/williams.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/williams.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, a progressive candidate, faces off against Hochul and Suozzi. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Craig Ruttle\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moderate Democrats, too, on Long Island and in Westchester County closely track the city\u2019s crime problems. As long as the eventual Republican nominee doesn\u2019t sound too crazy on abortion and guns, the GOP will peel off a few of those voters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Democrats are satisfied and complacent now, good for them \u2014 somebody should feel good about the state of the state. But they may be feeling less satisfied and complacent come November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Nicole Gelinas is a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute\u2019s City Journal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\n                        <\/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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