Hochul and Blakeman duel over rising costs facing New Yorkers

How NY Gov. Hochul, Bruce Blakeman would tackle rising electric, heat bills

The latest part of our New York State of Unaffordability podcast looks at the candidates’ stances on utility costs. [ more › ]

Blakeman, Former Gov. Pataki Urge NY to Tap Natural Gas as Energy Prices Soar

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Hochul and Blakeman duel over rising costs facing New Yorkers

Democratic incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul highlighted insurance fraud and Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman pointed to rising electricity costs on Tuesday.

Blakeman joins former Gov. Pataki in call to tap NYS natural gas as energy prices soar

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman drilled Gov. Kathy Hochul Tuesday — saying green energy policies were “bankrupting” New Yorkers. Blakeman, joined by the state’s last Republican Gov. George Pataki, vowed during a Washington Heights news conference to tap into the state’s natural gas resources and slash energy bills if he becomes governor. “We’re not going...

Two weeks from election, Hochul and Blakeman push affordability

The two candidates focused on different aspects of affordability Tuesday.

Blakeman’s uptown fracking fiesta

BLAKEMAN’S (LACK OF) ENERGY PLAN: GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman continued to hammer Gov. Kathy Hochul on rising energy costs today, promising to slash utility bills in half if he’s elected. The Republican, however, still has not offered up a policy proposal on how he’d go about doing that. “Kathy Hochul increased our utility rates 48 times in four years,” Blakeman said in upper Manhattan this morning. The Washington Heights press co…