Hochul reacts to new polling, says Mamdani 'returned' favor by campaigning for her – Spectrum News

Hochul reacts to new polling, says Mamdani ‘returned’ favor by campaigning for her  Spectrum News

With two polls giving her double-digit leads over Republican Bruce Blakeman, Gov. Kathy Hochul spent her morning campaigning on the Upper East Side. With two polls giving her double-digit leads over Republican Bruce Blakeman, Gov. Kathy Hochul spent her morning campaigning on the Upper East Side today before signing two bills she says will help keep children safe from artificial intelligence in New York. The East 77th subway entrance is a favorite campaign stop for politicians. It’s also where commuters found Hochul Wednesday morning campaigning — but also at times getting in the way of busy New Yorkers hustling to work. “I run hard up to the last second. I’m hard wired to never take anything for granted, I’m honored to have the people who already said they voted for me all over the state,” the governor said.

She’s up by a comfortable margin according to two new polls released Wednesday. Marist University says she leads Blakeman in the governor’s race 53% to 42%, while a Siena College poll of likely voters put her 54% over the Nassau County executive at 40%. Although Hochul admits she’s encouraged by the poll results, she said it’s not over until Election Day. But Blakeman slammed the figures as “voter suppression,” arguing the polls are “designed to discourage Republicans and manipulate the outcome of