NYS Republicans Nominate Zeldin and Esposito for Gubernatorial Ticket

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) accepts the nomination for governor at the New York State Republican Convention in Garden City, New York, on March 1, 2022, as his wife and daughters look on. Dave Paone/The Epoch Times

GARDEN CITY, New York—The New York state Republican Party nominated Congressman Lee Zeldin for governor and Alison Esposito for lieutenant governor on March 1, the second day of its two-day convention at the Garden City Hotel on Long Island.

Zeldin was the first nominee to address the issue of the 4,000 employees of the City of New York who were terminated for not getting vaccinated.