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Brand-New Poll Shows How Hochul-Zeldin Race Looks As NY Gubernatorial Election Nears Brand-New Poll Shows How Hochul-Zeldin Race Looks As NY Gubernatorial Election Nears
Brand-New Poll Shows How Hochul-Zeldin Race Looks As NY Gubernatorial Election Nears With a little over one month until New Yorkers choose their next governor, new polling shows that Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul continues to be the favorite over her Republican opponent, Congressman Lee Zeldin. Hochul holds a 17-point lead over Zeldin, 54 to 37 percent, according to a new Siena College poll.  That’s up slightly from 53 to 39 percent in August 2022. Debate Over Debates: Zeldin Rips Hochul's Offer Of Single Matchup Before Gubernatorial Election Among their parties, Hochul garnered support from 81 percent of Democrats while 77 percent of Republicans backed Zeldin. Howev…

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by Michael Mashburn
Schools
COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of NYers Who Want To Wait Before Lifting School Mask Mandate COVID-19: Here's Percentage Of NYers Who Want To Wait Before Lifting School Mask Mandate
Covid-19: Here's Percentage Of NYers Who Want To Wait Before Lifting School Mask Mandate A new poll has revealed the percentage of New Yorkers who want the state to hold off on lifting its school mask mandate until more information is available Siena College released the results of its latest poll, which found that 58 percent of New Yorkers would rather wait until early March to determine whether or not Gov. Kathy Hochul should lift the school mask mandate. There is still a divide over the issue, the poll found: 74 percent of Democratic voters support Hochul's plan to keep the mask mandate in place until at least early March, while only 30 percent of Republicans back the move.…

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by Zak Failla
Politics
New Poll: Here's Who's Leading In NY Democratic Presidential Primary Race New Poll: Here's Who's Leading In NY Democratic Presidential Primary Race
New Poll: Here's Who's Leading In NY Democratic Presidential Primary Race With the 2020 presidential election rapidly approaching, Democratic voters have chosen their early favorite candidate, though each is preferable to President Donald Trump, according to a new poll. A new Siena College poll found that among registered Democrats, Bernie Sanders has the support of 25 percent of voters in New York, followed by Mike Bloomberg at 21 percent. Joe Biden (13 percent) Elizabeth Warren (11 percent), Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar rounded out the list of candidates at 9 percent each. “Thirty-six weeks out, it does not appear that the Democrats’ winning streak in presi…

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by Zak Failla
News
Record-High Gun Control Support After Florida Rampage, Quinnipiac Poll Says Record-High Gun Control Support After Florida Rampage, Quinnipiac Poll Says
Record-High Gun Control Support After Florida Rampage, Quinnipiac Poll Says In the wake of the mass shooting in Florida last week,  a new national poll shows that Americans are ready for tougher gun laws and are fed up with the lack of support from lawmakers. In the new independent Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday, American voters support stricter gun laws 66  to 31 percent, the highest level of support ever measured, the pollsters found. Today's result is up from a negative 47 to 50 percent measure of support in a December 23, 2015, survey by the University. "If you think Americans are largely unmoved by the mass shootings, you should think aga…

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by Kathy Reakes