GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman vowed Tuesday to end New York’s sanctuary state policies on his first day in office — as Rep. Mike Lawler unleashed a profanity-laced attack on Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Lawler → vow → Hochul
The Republicans gathered in Chappaqua alongside the family of Sheridan Gorman — the 18-year-old Loyola University student gunned down by an illegal migrant — to demand law enforcement cooperation with ICE after two previously deported men were arrested in separate Hudson Valley cases.
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men → gather → cases
“The insanity is over, we’re putting New Yorkers first,” Blakeman declared.
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Blakeman → put → Yorkers
“On January 1st, as governor, I will sign an executive order, New York State is no longer a sanctuary state.”
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State → sign → order
The Nassau County executive slammed Hochul for blocking local police and sheriffs from working with federal immigration agents.
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executive → slam → agents
“One of the toughest days of my being county executive was the day that I had to tell our police and our sheriffs that they could no longer cooperate with ICE because of Kathy Hochul,” he said.
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he → have → Hochul
Lawler brought up Juan Guambana, 50, of Ossining, who is accused of standing on the roof of a woman’s Chappaqua home with his pants down, recording her through her bathroom window.
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pants → bring → window
Detectives arrested Guambana on Oct. 1 and charged him with charged with six felony counts of unlawful surveillance, according to a report.
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Detectives → arrest → report
Guambana was already deported in 2020 but came back in 2021, Lawler said.
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Lawler → deport → 2021
Lawler also pointed to Putnam County, where Diego Rodriguez-Ordonez, 24, was arrested twice in 18 hours on Sept. 29.
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Ordonez → point → Sept.
Rodriguez-Ordonez, of Brewster, was picked up after he allegedly robbed a Kent gas station and assaulted a clerk who tried to stop him, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s office.
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who → pick → office
He was later released and that night, arrested again after he was accused of forcibly touching a woman aboard a Metro North train at Southeast station, cops said.
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cops → release → station
Lawler said Rodriguez-Ordonez was deported before in 2018 and has eight criminal convictions.
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Ordonez → say → convictions
Lawler said a Department of Homeland Security tally showed New York has released nearly 7,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records despite ICE requests to hold them.
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York → say → them
“In what f—king world does anybody think that that’s acceptable?” Lawler ranted.
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Lawler → think → ?
“We’re going to be back here, because Kathy Hochul’s too f—king stupid to figure this out,” he added.
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he → go → this
The Republicans demanded an end to New York’s restrictions on local law enforcement partnerships with ICE.
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Republicans → demand → ICE
Hochul’s Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, which took effect in August, banned formal agreements allowing local officers to carry out immigration enforcement duties for ICE.
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officers → take → ICE
Fifteen New York sheriffs sued over the law, arguing it interferes with their authority to make public safety decisions.
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it → sue → decisions
Hochul has said the state will still help ICE pursue illegal immigrants accused of violent or serious crimes.
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ICE → say → crimes
The Post reached out to the governor’s office for comment.
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Tom and Jessica Gormam — the parents of Sheridan, who was shot dead while walking with friends in Chicago — attended the Chappaqua press conference on Tuesday.
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But Jessica said she would rather be home grieving than campaigning.
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she → say → ?
“I’d rather be in a corner in my house eating a cheeseburger and listening to Adele and crying,” she said.
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she → eat → Adele
“But no, I’m here.
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I → ’m → ?
I’m here because I care about your kids.”
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I → ’m → kids
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