STATEWIDE — NEW YORK’S REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP responded swiftly to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s endorsement of mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani . NY GOP Chair Ed Cox issued a brief statement alleging that Hochul “owns every radical proposal, whether it’s raising taxes, whether it’s government-run grocery stores and his antisemitism, which puts New York at risk and is a danger to the Jewish community in New York City. Kathy Hochul owns this, and the sad thing is that the majority of New York City residents have said they support anyone other than Zohran Mamdani.”

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-NY, during an interview with Fox & Friends, repeated Cox’s statement almost verbatim and blamed Hochul for New Yorkers’ migration out-of-state.

Stefanik also alleged that “the majority of New York City residents

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