• Public Safety and Transit Safety

  Blakeman emphasizes keeping communities safe, hiring hundreds of new police officers, and opposing sanctuary policies. He states that under his leadership, Nassau County was named the safest county in America and he hired over 600 new police and law enforcement officers.

• Immigration

  Blakeman opposes sanctuary policies and says he said no to Kathy Hochul's sanctuary policies, working with ICE to take criminals off the streets.

• Universal Child Care

  Blakeman criticizes Hochul's NYC-only child care plan, saying it forces suburbs and upstate to pay for NYC kids at their expense.

Issues Bruce is raising that aren't a shared debate across the field.

• Taxes

  Blakeman pledges to cut taxes and deliver real relief to homeowners and renters. He notes that as Nassau County Executive he eliminated $150 million in property tax hikes and did not raise property or sales taxes.