New York is crusing in tough waters, with a shrinking inhabitants, the nation's highest tax burden and elected management that thinks one of the best ways by way of a wall is to beat your head in opposition to it.
So Rep. Elise Stefanik's entry into the 2026 governor's race is a glimmer of hope for the million-plus New Yorkers who're contemplating becoming a member of the crowds already streaming towards the exits.
Florida, Texas and Tennessee — with zero earnings tax and decrease real-estate taxes — have grow to be magnets for high-earning New Yorkers bored with being shaken upside-down by their ankles by income hungry Albany pols.
“Kathy Hochul is the worst governor in America,” Stefanik thundered on X.
“Underneath her failed management, New York is probably the most unaffordable state within the nation with the very best taxes, highest vitality, utilities, hire, and grocery payments.” Amen!
And kudos to Stefanik for refusing to let the Democrats bogart “affordability” as their new byword, when their agenda has for a long time been precisely what makes New York so costly and more and more unlivable.
Albany's vitality insurance policies have given New Yorkers a few of the highest utility payments within the nation — particularly within the metropolis and on Lengthy Island, with prices hovering even increased throughout chilly snaps and warmth waves.
Costly vitality is a alternative made by Democrats like Gov. Kathy Hochul and affirmed by them 12 months after 12 months.
New York additionally has a few of the highest rents within the nation, and the mayor-elect's vow to “freeze” the hire on stabilized models is assured to push up prices in the remainder of the housing market.
The rationale there's not sufficient inexpensive housing is as a result of union-bought Albany and Metropolis Corridor have made made it unaffordable to construct any.
It's good to see Elise Stefanik elevate the flag of actual affordability and financial duty as she introduced her run, as a result of it's infuriating to listen to Hochul fake that she, or her boss Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, are going to enhance livability in New York.
Democrat misrule has been a complete catastrophe for New York. We're in determined want of a change.
