Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino on Thursday formally accepted his gubernatorial nomination among supporters at the State Republican Convention.
NY1 will re-broadcast Astorino’s entire acceptance speech at 2 p.m.
In his address to delegates at the Rye Brook Hilton he said that current policies in the state are harmful to businesses.
He says he plans to reform our tax and education codes to be more favorable to innovation, even if it means risking their electoral safety
“All we’re missing in New York and this is key, is political leadership. We need leaders who are willing to put their necks on the line to fix the problems, political leaders willing to lose reelection to save this state,” Astorino said.
Astorino also says New York needs to tap into its natural gas resources and loosen gun restrictions.
He has chosen Chemung County Sheriff Christopher Moss to be his running mate.
Moss is not well known outside his county along the Pennsylvania border, but he is a vocal critic of the state’s gun control laws.
A recent Sienna College poll shows Governor Andrew Cuomo with a commanding 30 point lead over Astorino.
During the first day of the convention, state Republicans also lined up their candidates for Comptroller and Attorney General.
John Cahill from Yonkers will run for the Republicans in the Attorney General race.
He was an aide to former governor George Pataki, who was the last Republican to win statewide office.
Cahill will challenge incumbent Eric Schneiderman.
He accuses Schneiderman of using the office as a shortcut to the governor’s office.
“Eric Schneiderman is another aspiring governor. He spent his career looking the other way as his pals betrayed the public trust,” Cahill told supporters.
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli also has a Republican challenger.
Accountant and lawyer Robert Antonacci won the GOP nomination.
The Syracuse native currently serves as the comptroller for Onondaga County. He vowed to take part in the state’s pilot public campaign financing program recently rejected by DiNapoli.
“If you call for publicly financed campaigns Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, you don’t run from it on Friday when you get what you want,” Antonacci said.
The Republicans do not have primary challengers, so they will be able to go after their Democratic rivals immediately.
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