WEBVTT - Curtis Sliwa Talks NYC Mayoral Race

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<v Speaker 1>We welcome to our studio. Curt Sleewak. He is the

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<v Speaker 1>founder of the Guardian Angels.

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<v Speaker 2>Mister Sleewah is a Republican candidate twenty five New York

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<v Speaker 2>City may.

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<v Speaker 3>Very patient, Curtis, very patient.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for waiting.

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<v Speaker 2>Were listening to President Trump and Prime Minister.

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<v Speaker 1>Heres far more important than what we're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>Curtis, talk to us about New York City, Your view

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<v Speaker 2>of New York City.

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<v Speaker 1>What does this city need right now, right now? Just

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<v Speaker 1>from the business perspective, you think about it with the

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen and a half percent corporate text, when you include

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<v Speaker 1>the state and city nine percent for the city, and

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<v Speaker 1>you compare it to where everybody is fleeing to Florida

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<v Speaker 1>or Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, it's prohibitive

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<v Speaker 1>to keeping business here. The personal income tax set about

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<v Speaker 1>nine percent in the city and then nine percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the sales tax for us to keep business from fleeing,

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<v Speaker 1>We've got to start slashing taxes, at least those that

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<v Speaker 1>a mayor can control. And he's done nothing to fight Overen.

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<v Speaker 1>He nothing to go up there and to battle the

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<v Speaker 1>governor and also the state legislature to try to preserve

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<v Speaker 1>the business climate in New York City. Just walking to

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<v Speaker 1>this studio of yours at Bloomberg today, all the storefronts

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<v Speaker 1>that are closed, the retail storefronts. Why congestion pricing. It

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<v Speaker 1>has limited the amount of foot traffic for merchants, many

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<v Speaker 1>of them small business owners, mid sized business owners, and

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<v Speaker 1>the chain stores, and they just can't pay their lease

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of the month. So this state, in

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<v Speaker 1>this city especially, does everything to basically make it impossible

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<v Speaker 1>to stay.

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<v Speaker 3>My daughter is desperate to move into Manhattan, and I'm

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<v Speaker 3>desperate for her to move out of the house she

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<v Speaker 3>would have to get we calculated this, to pay a

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<v Speaker 3>Manhattan rent, she'd have to have ten roommates. What is

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<v Speaker 3>the plan to make housing rents more affordable in Manhattan?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you're right, I happen to be all of New

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<v Speaker 1>York City. Yeah, I'm married to a millennial, Nancy who

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<v Speaker 1>is an e attorney.

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<v Speaker 3>How mus you work that out?

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<v Speaker 1>It was an upgrade for me. But she went to

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<v Speaker 1>Brooklyn Law and she has huge student loans to pay,

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<v Speaker 1>as so many millennials do. That's why Zorhan has resonated,

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<v Speaker 1>you got to pay your student loans first, then you

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<v Speaker 1>got to pay your rent. Then, as you mentioned, you

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<v Speaker 1>already went maybe to four years of college, got a

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<v Speaker 1>graduate degree. You lived in dormatory style housing. You come

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<v Speaker 1>into New York City, you're now living in a dormitory again.

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<v Speaker 1>You're making one hundred and fifty thousand maybe as a

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<v Speaker 1>financial analysts, a CPA, and attorney. You just can't make

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<v Speaker 1>ends meet. So you're angry. So you've got to provide

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<v Speaker 1>a means for these young people to stay here because

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<v Speaker 1>they're being attracted also out of state with their skill levels.

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<v Speaker 1>We promised them, you go to college, get a good education,

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<v Speaker 1>get a skill level, and you'll live the American dream.

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<v Speaker 1>They can't even get a mortgage for a house. They

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<v Speaker 1>can't even buy a car, and that's something we have

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<v Speaker 1>to address in this city also nationally.

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<v Speaker 4>Curtis, I gonna ask is a courtesy Over a decade ago,

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<v Speaker 4>you had a cancer scare.

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<v Speaker 5>How's your health?

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<v Speaker 1>I did? I had prostate cancer and I had it removed.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe worst mistake in my life, because now they have

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<v Speaker 1>about twelve other remedies.

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<v Speaker 5>Science has really come on.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, absolutely, But I lost a great colleague, Bernard

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<v Speaker 1>McGirk at WABC, the healthiest guy there. But he never

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<v Speaker 1>got a simple PSA test, the simple prick of the finger,

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<v Speaker 1>the blood test. I advise everyone listening out there, make

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<v Speaker 1>sure your men folks get that PSA test.

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<v Speaker 4>New York Post sympathetic to you. They've got an article

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<v Speaker 4>just in the list. I'm gonna say, forty eight hours

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<v Speaker 4>Times Prediction Markets forecast socialist landslide for New York City

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<v Speaker 4>mayor race.

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<v Speaker 5>What can you do to that?

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<v Speaker 4>Do you have a timeline to the first Tuesday of

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<v Speaker 4>November where you say I'm stepping aside in support or whoever?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you've noticed in the last three weeks, I've

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<v Speaker 1>been surging, and in fact, the New York Post Business

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<v Speaker 1>section said I was the winner of the week. Not

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<v Speaker 1>only my polling numbers are up, but also my pathway

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<v Speaker 1>to victory. Because now you have four main candidates, three Democrats.

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<v Speaker 1>Zoran is still a Democrat, even though these are socialists.

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<v Speaker 1>Cuomo and Adams, who have been a failed mayor and

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<v Speaker 1>a failed governor, and then you have me, the Republican candidate,

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<v Speaker 1>who starts with about twenty eight percent. I also have

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<v Speaker 1>to protect the animal's line. Never before in the history

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<v Speaker 1>of electoral politics on any independent line, no kill shelters

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<v Speaker 1>and put animal abuses in jail. With that, I expect

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<v Speaker 1>to get up upwards of about thirty five percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the vote, and I could be your next mayor. You

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<v Speaker 1>have sixteen cats, well, six cats, now we had sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>and the last election cycle twenty twenty one apartment. It's small,

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<v Speaker 1>but we were rescuing cats who are not being taken

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<v Speaker 1>in by the shelters.

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<v Speaker 6>Remember with the lockdown and pandemic hurtis. Talk to us

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<v Speaker 6>about mister mum Donnie. What does it say to you

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<v Speaker 6>that he had such a successful primary. What does this

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<v Speaker 6>say to you about the city of New York?

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<v Speaker 5>Right now?

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<v Speaker 1>He worked hard, and Andrew Cuomo who mailed it in,

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<v Speaker 1>who thought he was going to have a coronation, and

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<v Speaker 1>now he's apologized for not working hard to beat the socialists.

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<v Speaker 1>I say it's the Democrats who let the socialists in.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember Bernie Sanders was never a Democrat, is still not

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<v Speaker 1>a Democrat. But Hillary wanted a show she had competition

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty sixteen, he basically won the caucuses and the primary,

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<v Speaker 1>she got the super delegates, and then what happened. Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Crowley didn't run a race against AOC she won, Andrew

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<v Speaker 1>Cromo didn't run a race against Sohai Mandami. So the

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats have turned their party over to the socialists. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why the only thing you could do is hope for

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<v Speaker 1>the Republican because remember during Giuliani and Bloomberg that was

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years, but Taki twelve years as governor republic no chaos,

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<v Speaker 1>no corruption. The Blasio, Cmo and Adams. All we've had

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<v Speaker 1>is chaos and corruption. You've got to go the Republican route.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm the only Republican candidate in this.

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<v Speaker 3>Has Momdani locked up the younger vote, No.

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<v Speaker 1>He is not. Now. I don't see Adams no Como

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<v Speaker 1>going after the millennials or gen Zers. But remember my

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<v Speaker 1>ability to organize Guardian Angels, not just here but all

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<v Speaker 1>over the world thirteen countries, one hundred and thirty cities

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<v Speaker 1>over a total of forty six years, is based on

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<v Speaker 1>me being able to recruit volunteers who are younger than

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<v Speaker 1>I am, who fit into the category of millennials and

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<v Speaker 1>gen Zers. So I'm in all the communities that he

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<v Speaker 1>overwhelmingly beat Como in the Democratic primary, Long Island City,

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<v Speaker 1>Astoria which is his base, the Lower East Side, and

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<v Speaker 1>they're all millennials and gen Zis who will join your

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<v Speaker 1>effort as they did the Trump effort when he beat

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<v Speaker 1>Harris convincingly, he got a lot of male millennials and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of male gen Zs because they targeted them.

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<v Speaker 2>Talk to us about crime and the New York City

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<v Speaker 2>Police Department.

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<v Speaker 1>We need at least seven thousand more cops, and I

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<v Speaker 1>have a remedy to do that. First off, Jimmy Dolan,

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<v Speaker 1>a Madison Square garden who pays no property taxes. He's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be paying his fair share. And universities like

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<v Speaker 1>NYU and Columbia are going to try to touch the

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<v Speaker 1>money that they use for teaching and for the teachers themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>But they buy up a lot of property that has

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to do in Morningside Heights in Greenwich Village with

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<v Speaker 1>education or housing for teachers as students, and they should

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<v Speaker 1>be forced to pay their fair share of property tax.

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<v Speaker 1>That should be enough money to hire seven thousand cops.

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<v Speaker 1>That we desperately need and we have to give them

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<v Speaker 1>back their qualified immunity. Every civil servant, all three hundred

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<v Speaker 1>thousand in the city are protected by the insurance we

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<v Speaker 1>pay for should they be sued, except the police, the

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<v Speaker 1>state legislature, the city Council in twenty nineteen, and then

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<v Speaker 1>Governor Cormo stripped them of qualified immunity. Notice who's protected

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<v Speaker 1>by qualified immunity now with the thirteen sexual harassment suits.

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<v Speaker 1>As Tom DiNapoli, the state Controller, has told us Andrew

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<v Speaker 1>Cuomo we keep paying his legal bills. Is when he

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<v Speaker 1>was governor. He's protected by qualified immunity. We have to

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<v Speaker 1>give that back to the cops so they can go

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<v Speaker 1>out there and do the job as they've been trained

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<v Speaker 1>to do.

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<v Speaker 3>In the green room, you were listening to Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 3>as we carried him live with Kira Starmer from Scotland.

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<v Speaker 3>What's your relationship with the president as a Republican?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, I go way back with Donald Trump with a

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<v Speaker 1>consummate New York As we've had a love hate relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've noticed of late, he has embraced Eric Adams

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<v Speaker 1>because he got him out of the court process of

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<v Speaker 1>the Department of Justice. I know intimately the details of

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<v Speaker 1>destroyed Donus, because he did that when he was running

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<v Speaker 1>against me in twenty twenty one. Eric Adams belongs in jail.

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<v Speaker 1>Now he's at the beck and call of the President.

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<v Speaker 1>The President has said nice things about Angrew Cuomo and

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<v Speaker 1>has basically just referred to me as a Republican candidate.

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<v Speaker 1>I would suggest, with the world issues the president just

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<v Speaker 1>stay out of the local election. Just stay out of it.

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<v Speaker 4>Curtis, I got to go back here a bit, and

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<v Speaker 4>I say this with great respect for John Lindsay and

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<v Speaker 4>a Republican of another time in place. Nineteen eighty Aldamato

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<v Speaker 4>stuns the world and beats Jacob Javits by fifty five percent.

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<v Speaker 4>Take then he wins on a split Democratic ticket forty

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<v Speaker 4>five percent.

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<v Speaker 5>Eldamato wins.

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<v Speaker 4>Aldamato wins by a small fifty three percent against Mark Green.

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<v Speaker 4>This is staggering. Through the nineteen eighties, there's a resurgent

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<v Speaker 4>Republican Party. Mister Trump has proven that people go Paul

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<v Speaker 4>New Jersey. It could go Republicans, or Long Island again,

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<v Speaker 4>or north up the Hudson River. How do you perceive

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<v Speaker 4>the Republican Party doing better in the boroughs How's that

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<v Speaker 4>going to happen in Brooklyn, in Queens and brock Dare

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<v Speaker 4>I say the twelve Republicans in Manhattan it could happen.

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<v Speaker 4>How does a Republican party take this city.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you look at the polling data of late

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<v Speaker 1>in which I'm surgeing and Eric Adams can barely get

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<v Speaker 1>into double digits, I have thirty five percent of the

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<v Speaker 1>vote in the Bronx. So you look to Brooklyn and

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<v Speaker 1>Queens and obviously Staten Island, it's blue collar, working class people, homeowners.

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<v Speaker 1>That's why I'm opposed to the City of Yes, because

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<v Speaker 1>we give the developers and the realtors and opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>go in and take single and two and three and

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<v Speaker 1>four family homes from people who have decided to improve

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<v Speaker 1>out to the chase.

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<v Speaker 5>What are you going to do with the NYPD? What

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<v Speaker 5>we had? How many mayor kennidates have we had? Five, six, seven, eight.

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<v Speaker 4>You've been doing this for pushing fifty years.

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<v Speaker 5>Mario Cuomo got behind you a million years ago. The NYPD.

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<v Speaker 5>What's the consensus ball?

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<v Speaker 4>We're down thirty thousand police officers.

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<v Speaker 5>What are you going to do day one to help NYPD?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Number one, you keep Jessica Tiss right there. If

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<v Speaker 1>she's willing to serve, she had to give one police

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<v Speaker 1>plaza a badly needed colonic on the fourteenth floor. What klonic?

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<v Speaker 1>Come on? Just police commissioner had so tainted the role

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<v Speaker 1>of the police commission And worse, Jeffrey Madri, head of Patrol,

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<v Speaker 1>turned that thirteenth floor into caligula. They were all Eric

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<v Speaker 1>Adams cronies. The best choice he made was Jessica Tish

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<v Speaker 1>to clean up his mess. And I think if she

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to stay for stability, you keep her as police

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<v Speaker 1>commissioner and you will go a long way into his

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<v Speaker 1>storing the glory and the tradition of the NYPD which

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<v Speaker 1>has maintainted by Eric Adams and his cronies.

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<v Speaker 3>And just to be clear before you go, congestion pricing

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<v Speaker 3>is cold.

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<v Speaker 1>Put congestion pricing. I side with the Secretary of Transportation

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<v Speaker 1>and also the President. It's got to go. It has

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<v Speaker 1>led to so many businesses closing south of sixtieth Street.

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<v Speaker 1>It's another tax of the many taxes that have been

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<v Speaker 1>put on New Yorkers and those from out of state

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<v Speaker 1>and affect blue collar working class people and tradesmen and tradeswomen.

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<v Speaker 1>It's got to go. And you know something, Mandami says,

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<v Speaker 1>free bus fare and people get upset after people don't

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<v Speaker 1>pay their bus fare to begin with. How about enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>of fair evasion? Adams hasn't done it, Homo didn't do it,

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<v Speaker 1>as Governor Sleewer, will do it when I'm maya and

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<v Speaker 1>that will be at priority. You pay your fare when

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<v Speaker 1>you ride the subways of buses, thirty percent of the

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<v Speaker 1>people who ride the subways don't even bother to pay

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<v Speaker 1>their fare.

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<v Speaker 2>Thirty seconds immigration in New York City.

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<v Speaker 1>Immigration. If you want to preserve business, you can't be

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<v Speaker 1>dragging people out of the backs of restaurants and the

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<v Speaker 1>hospitality industry who are not criminals if you don't allow

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<v Speaker 1>them and find a way for them to legally work.

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<v Speaker 1>My three sons, I have three sons. Neither of them

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<v Speaker 1>or any of your sons or grandchildren out there are

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<v Speaker 1>going to do that kind of work. Curtis, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for joining us.

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<v Speaker 2>Curtis Lee, while he's a founder of the Guardian Angels

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<v Speaker 2>also Republican candidate for the twenty twenty five New York

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<v Speaker 2>City at mayor race coming up, we appreciate getting a

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<v Speaker 2>few minutes of your time,