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<\/a>New York\u2019s Bruce Blakeman Vows to Protect Jews, Combat Anti-Israel Policies if Elected Governor<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\nCorey Walker<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman<\/a>, the Republican gubernatorial candidate in New York, is outlining an aggressive law-and-order platform centered in part on combating antisemitism and defending Israel as he surges in the polls with the campaign season heating up.<\/span><\/p>\n In responses to a series of policy questions presented by The Algemeiner<\/i>, Blakeman pointed to his record in Nassau County, home to a large Jewish population, as a model for how he would govern statewide. He argued that stricter enforcement and a tougher stance on protests have helped prevent unrest seen elsewhere in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn Nassau we have not permitted the lawless rioting that has threatened the safety and security of the Jewish community<\/a> in New York City and on college campuses,\u201d Blakeman said, adding that demonstrators who break the law must \u201cface arrest\u201d and that local policies banning face coverings during protests have helped deter violence.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAs the leader of Nassau County, home to 1.5 million people, of which almost 300,000 identify as Jewish, I have made protecting the Jewish community a priority,\u201d Blakeman told The Algemeiner<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThese professional paid agitators know that in Nassau they face arrest if they break the law,\u201d he said, adding that Nassau has \u201cmade it illegal for them to wear masks for them to hide their identities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Concealing one\u2019s identity with face masks became a common feature<\/a> of the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel demonstrations that erupted on college campuses across the US, as well as in the streets of New York, during the Gaza war.<\/span><\/p>\n Blakeman\u2019s comments come amid heightened concern over antisemitic incidents in New York and nationally, an issue that has become increasingly central in state and local political debates.<\/span><\/p>\n Blakeman, who was first elected Nassau County executive in 2021 and won reelection last year, has repeatedly taken aim at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, accusing him of promoting anti-Israel positions and rhetoric he described as dangerous to Jewish communities.<\/span><\/p>\n When asked whether he would use the governor\u2019s office to counter potential anti-Israel actions by New York City leadership, Blakeman pointed to his past support for anti-boycott measures targeting the Jewish state. As a former Hempstead councilman, he sponsored what he described as the nation\u2019s first anti-BDS law in 2016, using the acronym for the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement against the Jewish state.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAs governor, I will push for the New York State Legislature to pass similar legislation statewide,\u201d Blakeman said, criticizing Democrats \u2014 including incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul, who he is vying to unseat \u2014 for not advancing such measures into law.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCurrently, it is only an executive order because the left wing of the Democrat party will not allow a vote,\u201d Blakeman added. \u201cKathy Hochul lacks the political courage to push for the law. That will change with me as governor.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The BDS movement seeks to isolate Israel<\/a> on the international stage as the first step toward its elimination. Leaders of the movement have repeatedly stated their goal is to destroy the world\u2019s only Jewish state.<\/span><\/p>\n Blakeman dismissed the possibility that Mamdani, who has described Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a war criminal and vowed to arrest him if he visits New York, could take legal action against Israeli officials, stating unequivocally that the mayor \u201cwill not arrest\u201d Netanyahu. <\/span><\/p>\n Blakeman also weighed in on controversies involving academic and extensive business ties to Israel. He rejected calls by some activists to sever ties between New York City and the Cornell Tech campus, which was developed in partnership with Israel\u2019s Technion.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI believe that act would be illegal and it will not happen when I am governor,\u201d the candidate said. <\/span><\/p>\n Blakeman, who previously worked as a lawyer, argued that any attempt to remove or isolate the campus would be unlawful and contrary to principles of academic freedom. \u201cIsraeli technology is good for business and good for New York<\/a>,\u201d Blakeman said, adding that the state should embrace innovation from Israel\u2019s tech sector.<\/span><\/p>\n Similarly, Blakeman criticized efforts that, he said, push out companies with Israeli ties, referencing a drone manufacturer that recently departed the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He echoed comments from Democratic Assemblyman Kalman Yeger, who called such moves economically harmful.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBoycotting Israel or companies that do business with Israel is illegal in New York,\u201d Blakeman said, suggesting he would enforce those laws more aggressively as governor.<\/span><\/p>\n On the question of whether New York City could divest from Israel bonds<\/a>, Blakeman argued that such authority does not rest with city leadership. He did not outline specific steps he would take but indicated opposition to any such move.<\/span><\/p>\n Blakeman drew a direct line between criticism of Israel and antisemitism, saying that denying Israel\u2019s right to exist as a Jewish state constitutes a \u201cfundamentally antisemitic position.\u201d He said that Mamdani, an avowed anti-Zionist who has accused the Jewish state of enacting \u201capartheid\u201d and committing \u201cgenocide\u201d against the Palestinians, of holding such views and said that rhetoric targeting Israel can endanger Jewish communities more broadly.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMamdani denies Israel\u2019s right to exist<\/a> as a Jewish State. What he is saying is that other peoples have a right to a homeland but the Jewish people do not. That is a fundamentally antisemitic position,\u201d he said. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMamdani\u2019s continued hateful rhetoric against Israel endangers the Jewish community,\u201d Blakeman continued.<\/span><\/p>\n He also criticized Democrats for what he described as support for Mamdani, a democratic socialist, framing the issue as a broader divide within the party over policy toward Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt is shocking to me that Democrats like the governor support an antisemitic figure like Mamdani,\u201d he said, referring to Hochul\u2019s endorsement of Mamdani<\/a> during last year\u2019s mayoral election.<\/span><\/p>\n Jewish New Yorkers and supporters of Israel more broadly have worried that Mamdani will weaponize his power as mayor to enact anti-Israel and antisemitic policies. Spectators argue that the election of a pro-Israel governor could serve as a useful bulwark against a city government with an increasingly hostile posture against Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n Blakeman\u2019s comments to The Algemeiner<\/em> highlight a growing fault line in New York politics, where debates over Israel, antisemitism, and public safety are increasingly intersecting with partisan divides. As tensions continue to rise, candidates across the political spectrum are staking out positions that could shape the state\u2019s political landscape heading into the next election cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n Blakeman\u2019s comments also come at a time when he has been surging in the polls just over seventh months out from the Nov. 3 election.<\/span><\/p>\n In just the past month, Hochul\u2019s lead over Blakeman dropped 7 points, according to new Siena University poll<\/a> released on Tuesday. The data showed Hochul holding a 13-point lead over Blakeman, 47 percent to 34 percent, but in February the margin was much wider, 51 to 31 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n According to Siena pollster Steven Greenberg, independents are mainly responsible for the narrowing gap.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cInterestingly, Hochul\u2019s standing with New Yorkers is essentially the same as last month \u2013 a small plurality views her favorably, and a small majority approves of the job she\u2019s doing as governor \u2013 as is Blakeman\u2019s, yet the race between the two has tightened a little,\u201d Greenberg said in a statement. \u201cThree-quarters of Democrats continue to support Hochul, and more than three-quarters of Republicans continue to support Blakeman, but now independents favor Blakeman by seven points, after siding with Hochul by five points.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Interestingly, New York City is one place where Blakeman made up ground.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhile Hochul maintains very narrow leads upstate and in the downstate suburbs, her lead in New York City fell from 46 points, 63 percent to 17 percent, last month to 29 points, 54 percent to 25 percent, today,\u201d Greenberg added. \u201cIs that movement or merely noise? Let\u2019s see what happens next month after the budget and as the campaign unfolds.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Days earlier, new internal polling released by Blakeman<\/a> showed him within single digits of Hochul, trailing 52 percent to 43 percent in New York, a staunchly Democratic state.<\/span><\/p>\n Zawarto\u015b\u0107 publikowanych artyku\u0142\u00f3w i materia\u0142\u00f3w nie reprezentuje pogl\u0105d\u00f3w ani opinii Reunion’68,<\/em> New York\u2019s Bruce Blakeman Vows to Protect Jews, Combat Anti-Israel Policies if Elected Governor Corey Walker Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Legislator Mazi Pilip join business and real estate leaders to invite New York City entrepreneurs, brokers, educational institutions, and residents who want to relocate to Nassau County following the election of Democratic Socialist […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[33,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129397"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129420,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129397\/revisions\/129420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Legislator Mazi Pilip join business and real estate leaders to invite New York City entrepreneurs, brokers, educational institutions, and residents who want to relocate to Nassau County following the election of Democratic Socialist Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani on Nov. 7, 2025, in Mineola, New York. Photo: Michael Nigro\/Sipa USA Reuters Connect<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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