trying could convince they re the best choice for the election. governor hochul is looking at taking guns off the streets and vowing to protect women s rights. the governor it telling that she has focused on policy, not on sound bites. you have to have a real strategy to deal with this. you can t run tv ads and say on day one, that changes. that s what voters are understanding. i ve been in the trenches with mayor adams and giving resources and doubling, trippling the money given to law enforcement. but congressman zeldin says he s been in the trenching talking about crime since day one and that s what experts believe allowed him to close in on the democratic governor and he hopes to tie hochul s policies to the crime in new york. we want to secure our subways, we want to see leaders
say on day one it all changes. that s what voters are understanding. reporter: so congressman lee zeldin says he has been talking about crime since day one. it s the topic that experts really believe has allowed him to close in on the democratic governor in new york. zeldin has worked hard to tie hochul s policy to the rise in crime across the state. if elected, he says, he ll declare a statewide crime crisis. we want to secure our subways, we want to see leaders in government with a zero tolerance for crime. reporter: and it really is closer than a lot of people expected here with crime being the hot topic in this race. the latest quinnipiac poll shows hochul only has a 4-point lead over zeldin. the race is really tight in the suburbs, arthel. arthel: oh, boy. that s a very close and exciting race there. alexis mcadams, thank you. eric? eric: crime has become a major issue in the governor s race. zeldin hammering away at the
tough on crime but soft on guns and people in subways carrying guns, teachers in classrooms with loaded guns, churches, synagogues, other public places. alex: congressman lee zeldin he has been talking about crime since day one and experts believe is the topic that has allow today close in on the democratic governor. zeldin has worked hard to tie hochul s policy in rising crime across new york. he elected he will declare a statewide crisis. my first action as soon as i m sworn into office is to tell the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg he s being fired for refusal to enforce the law. we are going declare crime emergency here and suspend new york s cashless bail. alex: how close is this, the latest quinnipiac poll shows
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her opponent for being what she says is an election denier. will you stand with me when we stand up existence extremism and election deniers trying to thwart our democracy. reporter: congressman lee zeldin has been talking about crime though since day one and hammering that home for voters. it s a topic that experts believe has really allowed him to close in on the democratic governor. zeldin has worked to tie hochul s policy to the rise in crime. if elected, he ll declare a statewide crime crisis. unfortunately, kathy hochul doesn t want to be here talking about these issues. she wants to send her supporters to make sure that we aren t talking about fighting crime. they want to drown out the conversation. reporter: but, jon, governor hochul is really focused in on crime even launching that recent campaign ad saying every new yorker should feel safe. the latest quinnipiac poll shows only a 4-point difference, right