Rob Astorino in The New York Post


On Civil Rights: Zoning laws limit what can be built, not who can live there

Obama's Department of Housing and Urban Development floated a requirement for "balanced housing" in every suburb. Towns had to make it possible for low-income minorities to choose suburban living.

In Westchester, County Executive Rob Astorino battled the Obama-Biden administration for years, successfully resisting the baseless smear of racism. Zoning laws limit what can be built in a neighborhood in neutral fashion, Astorino explained, not who can live there.

Source: New York Post on 2014 New York Governor race Jul 21, 2020

On Health Care: ObamaCare meltdown changes the political landscape

Campaign sources said the changing national and New York political landscape--brought about by the ObamaCare fiasco and the election of confirmed leftist Bill de Blasio--had convinced Astorino that there's a strong chance he could defeat Cuomo next year.

"Cuomo backed ObamaCare to the nines, and by his own admission, he's a good buddy of de Blasio, whose class-warfare rhetoric and high-tax policies directly contradict what Cuomo claims he wants for New York,'' said a source with direct knowledge of Astorino's thinking. "The ObamaCare meltdown and the political problems de Blasio is going to cause Cuomo change the dynamic in New York to the benefit of a moderate Republican like Rob."

Source: New York Post on 2014 N. Y. gubernatorial race, "Powwow" Nov 18, 2013

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