Republican nominee for governor Rep. Lee Zeldin joined Pat Kiernan on “Mornings On 1” the day before the election Monday to discuss why he wants the job. 

In the wide-ranging interview, Zeldin said he is the candidate that has largely been “focused on the issues that matter most to New Yorkers.” 

Among those issues is crime throughout the state, which Zeldin has vowed to combat beginning on Day 1 if he were to be elected. 

He is challenging Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul on Election Day.

“I am going to continue to focus on everything that we can possibly do to make our streets and our subways safer, and I do it without apology or regret,” Zeldin said. 

New York, however, does have a supermajority of Democrats in the state Legislature, and when asked how he would create reform, Zeldin said he does not feel crime should be a partisan issue. 

“By us winning this race, the message sent to the other state legislators is the will of the people, the people have spoken and they want safe streets,” the congressman said. 

Zeldin concluded by noting he is running to “be the governor for all New Yorkers” and said he wants to end the stark divide within state politics.   

“I think people are just so fed up with the hyper partisan bickering where one person’s a Republican and the other person’s a Democrat and you have to stay in the corners and the only time you can come out of the corners is to throw a punch in,” he said.