By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-10-06 21:47:01 | Updated at 2026-10-06 23:14:12
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GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman vowed Tuesday to end New York’s sanctuary state policies on his first day in office — as Rep. Mike Lawler unleashed a profanity-laced attack on Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The Republicans gathered in Chappaqua alongside the family of Sheridan Gorman — the 18-year-old Loyola University student gunned down by an illegal migrant — to demand law enforcement cooperation with ICE after two previously deported men were arrested in separate Hudson Valley cases.
“The insanity is over, we’re putting New Yorkers first,” Blakeman declared. “On January 1st, as governor, I will sign an executive order, New York State is no longer a sanctuary state.”
The Nassau County executive slammed Hochul for blocking local police and sheriffs from working with federal immigration agents.
“One of the toughest days of my being county executive was the day that I had to tell our police and our sheriffs that they could no longer cooperate with ICE because of Kathy Hochul,” he said.
Lawler brought up Juan Guambana, 50, of Ossining, who is accused of standing on the roof of a woman’s Chappaqua home with his pants down, recording her through her bathroom window.
Detectives arrested Guambana on Oct. 1 and charged him with charged with six felony counts of unlawful surveillance, according to a report.
Guambana was already deported in 2020 but came back in 2021, Lawler said.
Lawler also pointed to Putnam County, where Diego Rodriguez-Ordonez, 24, was arrested twice in 18 hours on Sept. 29.
Rodriguez-Ordonez, of Brewster, was picked up after he allegedly robbed a Kent gas station and assaulted a clerk who tried to stop him, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s office.
He was later released and that night, arrested again after he was accused of forcibly touching a woman aboard a Metro North train at Southeast station, cops said.
Lawler said Rodriguez-Ordonez was deported before in 2018 and has eight criminal convictions.
Lawler said a Department of Homeland Security tally showed New York has released nearly 7,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records despite ICE requests to hold them.
“In what f—king world does anybody think that that’s acceptable?” Lawler ranted.
“We’re going to be back here, because Kathy Hochul’s too f—king stupid to figure this out,” he added.
The Republicans demanded an end to New York’s restrictions on local law enforcement partnerships with ICE.
Hochul’s Local Cops, Local Crimes Act, which took effect in August, banned formal agreements allowing local officers to carry out immigration enforcement duties for ICE.
Fifteen New York sheriffs sued over the law, arguing it interferes with their authority to make public safety decisions.
Hochul has said the state will still help ICE pursue illegal immigrants accused of violent or serious crimes.
The Post reached out to the governor’s office for comment.
Tom and Jessica Gormam — the parents of Sheridan, who was shot dead while walking with friends in Chicago — attended the Chappaqua press conference on Tuesday.
But Jessica said she would rather be home grieving than campaigning.
“I’d rather be in a corner in my house eating a cheeseburger and listening to Adele and crying,” she said. “But no, I’m here. I’m here because I care about your kids.”
