IN, STUART.
STUART: ALEXIS, THANKS VERY
MUCH.
NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN AND
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE LEE
ZELDIN IS WITH ME NOW.
THANKS FOR COMING INTO THE
STUDIO.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
STUART: YES, SIR.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT
THIS CRIME SURGE IN NEW YORK
STATE?
>> WE NEED TO REPEAL CASHLESS
BAIL, FIRE ROGUE DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS LIKE ALVIN BRAGG.
WE HAVE SEEN TIME AND AGAIN
CRIMES BEING COMMITTED BECAUSE
OF PRO-CRIMINAL LAWS.
PEOPLE ARE ON THE STREETS AND
THEY SHOULDN’T BE.
THE PERSON WHO HAD ATTACKED A
WOMAN IN A BROOKLYN SUBWAY JUST
LAST WEEK, THE WOMAN IS BATTLING
FOR HER VISION RIGHT NOW, THAT
PERSON HAD MURDERED HER
GRANDMOTHER, GRANDFATHER.
THAT PERSON WAS ARE RELEASED
BACK ONTO THE STREET BECAUSE OF
A LAW CALLED LESS IS MORE WHICH
KATHY HOCHUL SIGNED ABOUT 13
MONTHS AGO.
WE HAVE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS,
PRISON STAFF AND INNATE MATES
BEING -- INMATES BEING ASSAULTED
MORE BECAUSE OF THE HALT ACT.
THAT NEEDS TO BE REPEALED.
WE NEED TO REMOVE THOSE WHO
REFUSE TO ENFORCE THE LAW AND
START UNAPOLOGETICALLY BACKING
OUR SELF-INGLESS MEN AND WOMEN
IN BLUE.
STUART: IF YOU WERE ELECTED
GOVERNOR, DO YOU HAVE THE POWER
TO SAY END THIS CASHLESS BAIL
NONSENSE, BUT YOU DON’T HAVE THE
POWER TO LEGISLATE CHANGE?
>> THAT’S PLAN A, IS GOING
THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.
THIS IS A CHANGE OF LAW.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT VOTERS IN
NEW YORK, THEY DON’T JUST GO TO
THE BALLOT BOX TO PICK A NEW
GOVERNOR NOVEMBER IF 8TH,
THEY’RE ALSO ELECTING ALL THE
STATE ASSEMBLYMEN AND STATE
SENATORS.
EVEN NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC
ADAM SAYS JUDGES SHOULD HAVE
DISCRETION.
SO WE NEED TO PUT TOGETHER THE
VOTES TO CHANGE THIS LAW.
WHAT THE GOVERNOR DOES HAVE THE
POWER TO DO, IT’S IN THE NEW
YORK STATE CONSTITUTION, IS
REMOVE A D.A. WHO REFUSES TO DO
THEIR JOB.
IT’S A CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY.
WE DO NOT HAVE RECALL ELECTIONS
IN NEW YORK, BUT THE GOVERNOR
DOES HAVE THE POWER TO REMOVE A
D.A. LIKE ALVIN BRAGG.
STUART: GOVERNOR HOCHUL IS
MOVING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO
MOVE MIGRANTS FROM THEIR TENT
CITY ENCAMPMENT IN THE BRONX,
MOVING THEM TO RANDALLS ISLAND.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THE
MIGRANTS ARRIVING IN NEW YORK
ALL THE TIME?
>> THE REALITY IS IT’S GOING TO
GET WORSE TOMORROW BECAUSE WE
HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS ON OUR
SOUTHERN BORDER.
THE GOVERNOR SHOULD BE PUTTING
PRESSURE ON THIS PRESIDENT OF
HER OWN PARTY, WHO SHE’LL BE
WITH TODAY IN POUGHKEEPSIE,
MAYBE SHE SHOULD SAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
PRESIDENT BIDEN, YOU SHOULD
FINISH IF BORDER WALL, SUPPORT
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL
AGENTS, STOP INCENTIVIZING AND
REWARDING ILLEGAL ENTRY.
SHE WON’T DO ANY OF THAT.
AND, BY THE WAY, THE FLIGHTS ARE
STILL COMING IN TO THESE SMALL
AIRPORTS.
WE NEED TO TO WHO’S COMING,
WHERE THEY’RE GOING.
YOU’RE NEVER GOING TO GET
CONTROL IF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DOESN’T DO THEIR JOB.
STUART: AND IF YOU BECAME THE
GOVERNOR, YOU’VE GOT THE POWER
TO DO THIS, YOU’VE GOT TO TELL
US WHO’S COMING IN AND WHEN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
STUART: AND DO YOU HAVE THE
POWER TO SAY THAT FLIGHT’S NOT
GOING TO LAND?
OUT OF HERE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
AND THE STATE NEEDS TO STOP
INCENTIVIZING AND REWARDING
ILLEGAL ENTRY FROM THE STATE
LEVEL.
STUART: OKAY, ONE MORE.
TAXES.
WE SUFFER FROM SOME OF THE
HIGHEST TAXES IN THE LAND IN NEW
YORK STATE AND NEW YORK CITY IN
PARTICULAR.
WOULD YOU DO ANYTHING ABOUT
THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE ESTATE
TAX IN NEW YORK.
I HAPPEN TO BE SOMEONE WHO’S IN
FAVOR NO -- OF THERE NOT BEING
ANY INCOME TAX.
EVEN IF YOU REDUCED IT, THAT
WOULD BE BIG PROGRESS.
THERE SHOULD BE A STATEWIDE
SPENDING CAP.
THERE’S A WHOLE LOT OF
INEFFICIENCIES WITH THE MONEY,
THE WAY IT GETS SPENT --
STUART: YOU’RE A REAL RADICAL.
>> WE NEED TO STAVE OUR STATE --
SAVE OUR STATE.
STUART: AS SOMEBODY WHO DOESN’T
LIKE THE INCOME TAX, THAT’S A
RADICAL SUGGESTION, LOW LOWERING
IT DOWN TO 3 OR 4%.
>> I WOULD GO FURTHER IF I
COULD.
STUART: ABOLISH THE INCOME TAX?
>> I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF IT,
BUT EVEN IF WE WERE ABLE TO
REDUCE IT, THAT WOULD BE
PROGRESS.
MANY NEW YORKERS PAY THE HIGHEST
INCOME TAX RATE IN THE COUNTRY.
STUART: IF YOU MAKE GOOD MONEY
AND LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY,
YOU’RE GOING TO BE PAYING MORE,
A LOT MORE THAN HALF YOUR INCOME
IN CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL
INCOME TAX.
THAT’S JUST WRONG.
>> AND PEOPLE ARE MORE MOBILE
THAN EVER, SO WHY NOT JUST GO TO
ANOTHER STATE?
THAT GENIUS UP IN ALBANY WHO
THINKS YOU CAN MAKE THE WEALTHY
PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, THEY’RE
JUST GOING TO GO TO FLORIDA, AND
THEY’RE PAYING 0% INCOME TAX IN
FLORIDA.
STUART: THE LATEST POLL PUTS YOU
2 THE POINTS BEHIND GOVERNOR
HOCHUL.
>> WE FEEL IT ON THE STREETS.
WE’RE ON A PLANE HEADED UP TO
BUFFALO FROM HERE.
ALL ACROSS NEW YORK WHETHER
YOU’RE A ARE REPUBLICAN,
DEMOCRAT, INDEPENDENT, PEOPLE
FEEL LIKE THEY’RE AT THEIR
BREAKING POINT, THE STATE’S AT A
BREAKING POINT.
THE DIRECTION OF THE STATEMENT
CANNOT CONTINUE.
I’M IN THIS RACE TO SAVE NEW
YORK.
LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION.
STUART: I LIKE THE SOUND OF