BUT HOLLAND TUNNEL 15 TO
MAY 20 MINUTE DELAY.
ROSANNA: WE HAVE NOT EVEN HIT
THE 2021 MAYORAL ELECTION, THE
CANDIDATES ARE LINING UP FOR NEW
YORK'S 2022 GUBERNATORIAL RACE
SPURRED ON BY SEVERAL SCANDALS,
ENVELOPING GOVERNOR CUOMO
INCLUDING ALLEGATIONS OF
SEXUAL-HARASSMENT AND MISLEADING
COVID NURSING HOME DEATH DATA.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
LEE ZELDIN SAYS HE'S
GOING TO RUN FOR
GOVERNOR AND HE'S
JOINING US THIS MORNING.
NICE TO HAVE YOU ON
"GOOD DAY NEW YORK",
CONGRESSMAN.
GREAT TO BE WITH YOU.
ROSANNA: WHAT IS THE REACTION?
YOU ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY
THAT YOU WANT TO BE
GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK
STATE, WHAT KIND OF
REACTION DID YOU GET?
YESTERDAY WAS AMAZING
AND I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE
THIS MORNING THAT
YESTERDAY WE RAISED OVER
$1 MILLION ON DAY ONE OF
THE CAMPAIGN.
WE LOST ABOUT 24 HOURS
AGO AND OUR WEBSITE WITH
PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF
LIFE THROUGHOUT NEW YORK
ARE UPSET ABOUT THE
DIRECTION OF THE STATE.
OF THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT THEIR BREAKING
POINT, THEY ARE TALKING
ABOUT HOW FAMILY MEMBERS
HAVE ALREADY LEFT.
THE TAXES, WE JUST SAW
ANOTHER TAX HIKE THIS
WEEK OUT OF ALBANY IN
NEW YORK NOW HAS THE
HIGHEST INCOME TAX RATE
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT
PUBLIC SAFETY WITH
RISING CRIME AND
CASHLESS BUT THEY'LL AND
KIDS NOT FULLY BACK IN
SCHOOL IN PLACES OR
MAYBE THEIR FAVORITE
RESTAURANT IS AN OPEN SO
THERE'S A LOT OF
FRUSTRATIONS RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE ONE PARTY,
DEMOCRAT RULE IN NEW
YORK CITY, ALBANY AND DC
AND PEOPLE WANT A
POLITICAL BALANCE AND
ALSO A GEOGRAPHIC
BALANCE BECAUSE EVERY
NEW YORKER DESERVES A
VOICE.
ROSANNA: YOU WILL HAVE AN UPHILL
BATTLE, YOU KNOW THAT.
A REPUBLICAN HAS NOT ONE
NEW YORK STATE IN ABOUT
20 YEARS.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO
OVERCOME THAT?
WHEN I WAS TALKING
ABOUT THE ISSUES AND
FEEDBACK I RECEIVED
YESTERDAY, IT'S NOT A
READ ON BLUE DISCUSSION.
IT'S NOT A DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN EMOTION.
PEOPLE ARE PASSIONATE,
EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE
DIRECTION OF THIS STATE
AND IT'S FROM
CONSERVATIVES AND
LIBERALS, REPUBLICANS
AND DEMOCRATS FROM ALL
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
STATE.
THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE A
TAX ON SAFETY AND
FREEDOMS THEY WANT TO
SEE NEW YORK RESTORED TO
ITS FORMER GLORY, SO IF
WE CONTINUE TO TALK
ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT
MATTER MOST TO NEW
YORKERS FROM DAY ONE OF
THIS CAMPAIGN STRAIGHT
THROUGH NOVEMBER, 2022,
THERE IS A LOT OF
SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE WHO
THEY MAY NOT BE
REPUBLICAN, THEY MIGHT
BE MORE INDEPENDENT,
THERE ARE SOME DEMOCRATS
WHO WILL SPEAK UP, THEY
DON'T LIKE THE RISING
VIOLENCE IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD OR NOT
SUPPORTING LAW
ENFORCEMENT ENOUGH.
ROSANNA: DO YOU THINK YOUR
SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL
HURT YOU?
I'M FOCUSING ON THE
ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST
TO NEW YORKERS AND
THAT'S WAS KEY FOR THAT
VOTER.
THINK ABOUT THE
UNDECIDED VOTER FALL,
2022, AND YOU SHOW UP AT
THE FRONT DOOR AND SAY
WHAT HE SURE TOP THREE
ISSUES, WHICH ARE TOP 20
ISSUES AND WHEN YOU ARE
FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMY
AND IT JOBS, COST OF
LIVING, TALK ABOUT
QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE
QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR
THEIR KIDS, BATS-- THOSE
ARE THE BREAD AND BUTTER
ISSUES THAT MATTER MOST.
SAVING OUR STATE, THAT
IS HOW YOU GET TO THE
HEART OF HOW TO WIN OVER
THAT UNDECIDED VOTER AND
GET OVER THE TOP.
THAT'S THE KEY TOWARDS
WINNING.
ROSANNA: WHAT'S YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNOR CUOMO
RIGHT NOW?
AS YOU KNOW, THIS
BIG-BUDGET WAS PASSED A
FEW DAYS AGO, USUALLY
THE GOVERNOR WILL KIND
OF HOLD OFF MAJOR TAXES,
DO YOU THINK THAT HE WAS
IN A BAD POSITION AND
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ALL
THESE TAXES COMING OUR
WAY?
YOU ARE SO CORRECT.
HUGHES IN THIS WEEKEND
POSITION AS YOU HAVE SO
MANY MEMBERS OF THE
ASSEMBLY AND SENATE WERE
CALLING FOR RESIGNATION,
CALLING FOR IMPEACHMENT,
THERE'S SUPPOSEDLY IN
THE ASSEMBLY AND
IMPEACHMENT
INVESTIGATION THAT'S
GOING.
HE'S CLEARLY WEAKENED
AND HIS POLL NUMBERS
CONTINUE TO GET WORSE.
I FEEL SIMPLY THE FATAL
NURSING HOME ORDER AND
COVER-UP WAS ENOUGH
ENOUGH WHERE GOVERNOR
CUOMO SHOULD RESIGN.
ROSANNA: FINISH AND THEN YOU ADD
I WAS GOING TO SAY
THAT THEN YOU HAD THESE
OTHER ALLEGATIONS OF
ABUSE THAT FOLLOWED AND
WE MOST RECENTLY HEARD
ABOUT THIS COVID-19
TESTING PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT FOR FAMILY
NUMBERS AT PRIVATE
RESIDENCE DONE BY STATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS AND SAMPLES
WERE MOVED TO THE FRONT
OF THE LINE AT THE STATE
LABORATORY, SO THAT
ABUSE, HARASSMENT,
INTIMIDATION IS ALL
PILED UP TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTION, I THINK, WHEN
YOU GET TO THE END OF
THE BUDGET PROCESS IT
RESULTED INTO A WEAKENED
GOVERNOR WHO ENDS UP
SIGNING OFF ON THE
LARGEST INCOME TAX RATE
IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
ROSANNA: I KNOW YOU SAID YOU
RAISED A MILLION DOLLARS IN A
DAY AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT
OF MONEY, BUT WE ARE ALSO
HEARING THAT THE GOVERNOR WAR
CHEST IS PRECISELY AND HE STILL
IS CONSIDERING MAKING ANOTHER
RUN.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE
FOCUSED ON RUNNING, NOT
ONLY AGAINST GOVERNOR
CUOMO OR THE POLICIES
COMING OUT OF ALBANY, WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT BOTH
BECAUSE GOVERNOR CUOMO
SAYS HE'S NOT GOING
ANYWHERE.
THERE WAS APPOINTED
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
WHERE A LOT OF NEW
YORKERS THOUGHT HE WAS
GOING TO RESIGN WITHIN
HOURS BUT HE SAYS HE'S
NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
THERE'S MULTIPLE
INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON
BY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT, FROM A
PROSECUTION STANDPOINT
YOU HAVE THE
INVESTIGATION WE JUST
REFERENCED IN THE STATE
LEGISLATURE AND THE
CALLS FROM MANY WITHIN
HIS OWN PARTY FOR HIM TO
RESIGN AND IF HE WANTS
TO TRY TO MIRACLE
HIMSELF ON THE NOVEMBER,
22, DEMOCRATIC PARTY
BALLOT, THEN WE WILL
HAVE TO BE RUNNING
AGAINST GOVERNOR CUOMO
TO THE FINISH LINE AND
IF AT SOME POINT HE
RESIGNS OR HE'S NOT OUR
OPPONENT FOR THE FALL,
2022, THEN WE WILL SEE
WHO OUR OPPONENT IS AN
ENGAGE ON THOSE ISSUES
THAT MATTER.
ROSANNA: CONGRESSMAN AND
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR, LEE ZELDIN, THANK YOU
FOR BEING WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME.