GOP Congressman Lee Zeldin launches bid for New York governor, taking aim at Cuomo

Washington — Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin announced Thursday he is running for governor of New York in 2022, seeking to unseat embattled Governor Andrew Cuomo.

In a series of tweets announcing his run and video rolling out his campaign, Zeldin positioned himself as the candidate who can "bring New York from the brink and return it to glory" after Cuomo's decade in the governor's mansion. "Under Andrew Cuomo, public safety is under attack due to Cuomo's liberal policies like cashless bail and abandoning our police," a narrator states in a video announcing Zeldin's candidacy. "Punishing taxes have devastated New York families and businesses, forcing them to flee Cuomo's New York, and record numbers are leaving New York state."