CAN POPULAR MAYOR BECOME GOVERNOR
THE SUOZZI FACTOR
By: Editor C. Harrison | June 14, 2022 |9;56 PM
New York, NY… (D) Rep. Tom Suozzi, a former Mayor of Glen Cove, Long Island, decided today to run for Governor of New York State. He is betting on his track records and his skill sets to beat the odds thus, winning the Governorship.
Like many, has a one-time resident of Glen Cove, more answers were needed to find out what if anything, different from varieties of what he did in Glen Cove and has Congressman, he had in store for New York State; and why the desire to run for the highest job in the State. Along with the alleged allegations of wrongdoing.
Suozzi’s first assertion was to reiterate that everything he has done in his career, had prepared him for this particular job at this particular time. He said, “I have a heart to help people and the skills to get the job done.” ” I am a proven executive. I am trained as a CPA, Attorney and served as Mayor of my hometown of Glen Cove for eight years. I then served as County Executive of Nassau County, which is larger than 11 states for eight years. And for the past five and a half years, I have served as a Member of Congress.” “I am a commons sense Democrat. I will not ponder to the left or back down to the right.”
Furthermore, Suozzi pointed out his intentions noting a clear agenda. “Reduce crime, cut taxes and make New York, more affordable, help our children in troubled schools and fight Albany’s corruption.”
When questioned about how much more could he get the job done than current interim Governor, Kathy Hochul. The Congressman voiced a litany of contentions he has with Hochul’s governing.
He accused Hochul of now pandering to the left and cemented the idea that she served briefly in Congress and as Erie County Clerk, she was endorsed by the NRA and reported undocumented immigrants to ICE. He said Hochul, has made her priorities the 4 B’s, Bills- A tax-payers giveaway for Buffalo Bills Stadium, which 63% of New York voters say they disapprove of, Brian Benjamin-was arrested for bribery and corruption. Bail reform- she refused to fix, 69% say that she is failing on crime and the Budget-a bloated budget where she refused to address.
In addition, Suozzi hunkered down saying, he has proven experience and skills, Hochul doesn’t. Increasing his tempo regarding her fixations he voiced that Hochul, has become a political liability for New York Democrats, up and down the ballot because of her lacking in experience, judgement and pandering.
But is that enough to obliterate her?
Again, when asked, handed the Governorship, what do you think you can get done in the first 100 days? Suozzi continued his arguments stating that his top legislative priorities will be to fight crimes by implementing his 15-Point Crime Intervention and Prevention Plan, which he said he would embed and implement into New York State, crime policy. He also said he was open to any enhancement to his policy platform and his 15-Point Plan; based on expert driven guidance. He would also make New York, affordable by cutting taxes 10%, bringing social serves into trouble schools and implementing a 6-Point Government Accountability Plan. He added yes, he feels that Hochul, has flip flopped on the issues.
Conversely, while Suozzi, has in fact revitalized and poured financial monies into Glen Cove’s North shore community, stated by many as well as the New York Times. Many more wanted to know who benefitted the most from the efforts to that community. According to Suozzi, the entire Glen Cove, community…including newcomers and immigrants’ benefit. In Glen Cove Suozzi created, ‘No Wrong Door,’ a revolutionary new human service delivery system. It is a single point of entry for residents requiring assistance from the Country’s health and human service departments, resulting in a “One Stop Shopping” and integrated case management.
Significantly, Suozzi, concedes that he is the best candidate equipped to address the serious problems that New York faces. “I am the only candidate who has the vision to make the New York State Government successful once again. Here, and true to his words, he might have been the only candidate who literally came to one of Queens Guy Brewer Housing Projects, to listen to residents voiced their concerns on what is going in their building and with Affordable Housing, Public Housing, Private Housing and NYCHA’s Public and Private Housing.
Members of the candidate volunteer sector, media personnel’s and those with the candidate…heard arguments about the Government’s Policies, on section 3, section 8, and section 9…how they play on each other making a setup for a catch 22 situation. Where, the Government in 1930s – the 70s, promised working families with low-income, affordable homes, which they never got. Instead, they got permanent housing…where they pay 30% of their rent and the Gov. pays the rest depending on the program; section 3, section 8, or section 9.
Thus, the project buildings ie (apartments buildings) became a sort of revolutionary magnate, where people who come to live in them are classed in ranks. These buildings are situated as or setup as the 3 Gov. programs and market rate payments.
The argument accentuates that should the Government give low-income people these projects apartments as stable homes, where these renters pay mortgages, the State of New York, would lose Federal dollars. Thus, you have families living in low-income project apartment buildings making $100,000 per year (Which is not much if there are 4 to5 persons in the household) stuck because they don’t make enough and can’t afford to move. Thereafter, listening and asking questions Suozzi, made clear that he can’t promise anything but will meet with the players, which he did the following week.
There Suozzi, sprouted, “I know how to promote a vision and implement it, manage government, hold departments accountable, negotiate contracts and build consensus to get things done.”
Furthermore, asked about his predecessor Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s work continuation he divulged, “I will look to all predecessors for best practices and continue the work of any previous Governor, who put forth projects and policies that made New Yorks’ lives better and try to learn from their mistakes.” He also stated that he would not remove former Governor, Mario Cuomo’s name of the new bridge branded by son Andrew Cuomo.
As for keeping the stability of Covid -19 going in New York, thus, continue to calm nerves; Suozzi continued his assertion that he is the best man for the job. He noted that while NY, meddle as the epic center of the pandemic, he laid out a comprehensive plan for addressing the surge of cases. And Hochul, in her short interim, was more concern with her fundraising protocols and did not release her plan until a month later.
Moreover, Suozzi, who have worked with both NYS, Mayor Eric Adams and NYS Commissioner, keechant Sewell, said he will continue to work with them to support and improve the NYPD.
Finally, Suozzi completely denied that there is any truth to his involvement in the allegation that he failed to properly report 31 stock trades, valued at $885,000 and that the House Ethics Committee and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics have jointly decided to extend the matter…which was transmitted to the Committee by the office of Congressional Ethics on February 20, 2022. According to the New York Post.
“There was a purely clerical error made regarding the filing of periodic transaction reports. My investments are managed through independent advisors with full discretion over all transactions. I do not control or direct these transactions. I take my disclosure obligations seriously. Every annual financial disclosure was filed, and all periodic transaction reports will be filed on a going forward basis. I would also support legislation to ban lawmakers from trading stocks,” finish Suozzi. Suozzi’s pick for Lieutenant Governor, is former Councilwoman Diana Reyna.
