Bruce Blakeman, now the 2026 GOP candidate for governor, offers New York a refreshingly common-sense agenda with real hope to reverse the state’s long decline. The Nassau County exec is a perfect contrast to Gov. Kathy Hochul: a straight-shooting, practical leader who puts truth and principle ahead of political convenience. That’s Hochul’s central failing, of course: Even when she knows better, she gives in to progressives’ pro-crime, anti-family, pro-tax, anti-business agenda.