Left: President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C.; Right: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the JPMorgan Chase & Co. global headquarters building in New York, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Left: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Right: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"The goal is to prevent, and if we can’t prevent, then hopefully we can delay," Jackie Bray, Commissioner of the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES), said, according to the outlet, which reported that she is the governor's point person on the matter. "And if something happens, we then have to manage. All three scenarios have real planning behind them."
Fox News Digital reached out to the governor's office and to DHSES for a statement on the matter.
KEY TRUMP ALLY JUMPS INTO NEW YORK GOVERNOR'S RACE DAYS AFTER SHOCKING MAMDANI MAYORAL VICTORY
New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 4, 2025. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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He recently won the Big Apple's mayoral contest, defeating former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa.
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