The tough-on-crime Zeldin leads the progressive incumbent governor 48.4% to 47.6%, according to the Trafalgar Group poll released late Monday. Only 4% of likely voters polled said they were still undecided about who they wanted to elect as the Empire State’s next governor on Nov. 8. The Hochul campaign declined to comment on the latest poll, and a spokesman for Zeldin did not immediately respond to The Post. The poll comes as Hochul, who is seeking re-election to the seat for the first time, has been criticized for arguing that Americans’ growing fear of crime was engineered by “master manipulators” in a national “conspiracy.” He also accused Zeldin and other Republican critics of being “data deniers.” Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin leads Gov. Kathy Hochul by 0.8 points, according to a new poll released late Monday.AP Hochul’s campaign declined to comment on the latest poll showing her opponent with a narrow lead. Matthew McDermott “Now we can all see what’s causing the panic at Camp Kathy. Her internal polls show the same huge momentum swing and she’s flapping her arms in the surf trying to stay afloat,” Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island), a spokesman for a pro-Zeldin super PAC, told The Post . “Last week, we heard her change her positions on crime, yeshivas, charter schools, bail and possibly her favorite flavor of ice cream.” Zeldin leads the incumbent governor by 48.4% to 47.6%, the Trafalgar Group polls show. The Trafalgar Group Of the voters surveyed, more than half are registered Democrats. The Trafalgar Group State GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy added, “New Yorkers are fired up and ready to take back our state. People of all political persuasions are going to give Kathy Hochul a reckoning and show her that the only ones in denial are the deaf Democrats who destroyed New York. Change is coming.” The Trafalgar poll of 1,198 likely voters, which was conducted between October 27 and October 31, had a margin of error of 2.9%.
