Hochul campaign communications director Sarafina Chitika told Newsweek in an email Friday, “Sellout Stefanik is Donald Trump’s number one cheerleader in Congress and his right-hand woman in his war on New York: gutting health care, jacking up costs with expensive tariffs, and cutting funding for our police, schools, and hospitals.”

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., officially launched her campaign for New York governor on Friday, pledging to make the state "affordable and safe."