If you’re working hard every day to provide for your family, whether you’re in a union, a first responder, running a small business, or putting in long hours on the job, you know the struggle. You come home exhausted, only to face soaring utility bills, skyrocketing taxes, and costs that keep climbing out of control under Kathy Hochul. I’m running for Governor to change that — to make New York affordable, cut your utility bills in half, roll back her tax hikes, and put your hard-earned money back where it belongs: in your pocket.

Under Hochul, New Yorkers pay the highest taxes in the nation — thanks to her $8 billion in tax hikes. Your electric bills are over 50% higher than the national average. Why? Because the Hochul administration hiked utility rates 36 times, blocked common-sense energy projects, and loaded fees and mandates onto every single New Yorker. Nearly 70% of your bill isn’t even electricity; it’s delivery charges, taxes, and policy mandates. That’s your hard-earned money, gone before you even turn on the lights.

And while you’re scraping together enough to pay your bills, Hochul is spending billions on luxuries for illegal migrants. Hotels, prepaid debit cards, luxuries for people who have been here for fifteen minutes. Meanwhile, police, firefighters, transit workers, and middle-class families are paying more and getting less. That’s not fair. It’s not right. And it’s un-American.

Hochul has made life harder for working people in every corner of the state. Businesses are leaving. Jobs are leaving. Families are leaving. Texas now has more Fortune 500 companies than New York. And crime? It’s on the rise. Dangerous criminals are being released. Felons are getting their records erased. And cashless bail laws put killers back on the streets. Your neighborhood, your children, your family — all paying the price.

I know how to fix it. I’ve done it in Nassau County. I stopped a $150 million tax hike, didn’t raise taxes one penny, and made our county the safest in America. I invested in police and corrections officers, protecting homes, businesses, and families. I know how to put working people first — and how to keep your money in your pocket instead of Albany’s.

As Governor, I will cut your utility bill in half, and that’s a promise. I will cut middle-class taxes, roll back hidden utility fees, and stop wasting billions on reckless programs. Your money will go to schools, hospitals, roads, and infrastructure, not to lavish spending for illegal migrants. I will stand with police, firefighters, and all first responders. I will fight to make your neighborhoods safe.

The choice couldn’t be clearer. Four more years of Hochul’s sky-high costs, dangerous streets, and broken promises — or leadership that puts you, the working people of New York, first.

I’m Bruce Blakeman, and I will fight for you. Together, we can make New York affordable. We can make it safe. And we can put money back where it belongs — in your pockets.