Newsday: “Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin said Thursday he will run for governor of New York, launching his bid for the Republican nomination with an attack on Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for diminishing the state and a promise to bring it ‘back from the brink.’ Zeldin, 41, a four-term congressman from Shirley, announced his decision on Fox News Thursday morning after spending the past five weeks testing the waters by talking with county Republican chairs and leaders across the state. ‘The bottom line is this: To save New York, Andrew Cuomo’s gotta go,’ Zeldin said in a press release announcing his candidacy. ‘I will bring the kind of relentless, fighting spirit toward helping to save our state that Andrew Cuomo only reserves for multimillion dollar self-congratulatory book deals, cover-ups, abuse and self-dealing,’ he said in his statement. Though he gained national attention as a staunch defender of former President Donald Trump over the past four years and visited the former president at his Mar-a-Lago home and resort last month, Zeldin does not mention Trump in his announcement.”