Among the few verities in politics is that New York State will never vote for a Republican presidential candidate — especially if his last name is Trump.

Or at least, that's what we thought until six weeks ago, when President Biden was still running for reelection and his lead in public polling over Trump in New York, a state with twice as many Democrats as Republicans, narrowed to 8 points. “I truly believe we’re a battleground state now,” said Democratic Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.

Like Democrats in all other states, New York Democrats breathed a sigh of relief when Vice President Kamala Harris replaced Biden as the nominee. Polling shows Harris with a 14-point lead in the state — healthier if still well below Biden’s 23-point margin in 2020.

But Democrats have a deep hole to dig themselves out of in New York. The top two Democrats in the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, are infuriating voters through incompetence and corruption.

Hochul torpedoed a years-in-the making congestion pricing plan........

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