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Natalie Migliore, WOR Reporter · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Now, it's 710 WOR Speed on the Street with Natalie Migliore.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we just had a gubernatorial debate between Bruce Blakeman
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  Speaker 2: and Kathy Hochul, so it's a great time to ask
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  Speaker 2: New Yorkers their thoughts on the leadership in New York State.
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  Speaker 3: For that, we go to Natalie Migliore and her beat
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  Speaker 3: on the street.
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  Speaker 4: Natalie.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: When did we come up with gubernatorial as like such
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  Speaker 1: a word?
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  Speaker 5: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: Like the word gubernatorial.
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  Speaker 3: It's been around kind of forever.
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  Speaker 6: I know.
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  Speaker 1: But why did we say– why wasn't it just governors? Governors.
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  Speaker 1: Governors race.
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  Speaker 4: I know.
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  Speaker 1: But actually, sometimes we're not– Whatever, it doesn't matter. I
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  Speaker 1: was going to say, our newswire tells us to avoid
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  Speaker 1: it because not everybody says it. Not everybody knows what
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  Speaker 1: gubernatorial is.
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  Speaker 3: Isn't that interesting?
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  Speaker 6: That is fascinating.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm always like, governorship, or dancing around it when
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  Speaker 1: I'm actually... But anyway, I digress.
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  Speaker 3: Look, it's a multi-syllabic word. Some of us, we have
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  Speaker 3: a difficult time with that.
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  Speaker 5: I do.
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  Speaker 1: I can't say it.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, please, just try one time.
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  Speaker 1: The essay, gubernatorial.
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  Speaker 4: There you say.
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  Speaker 1: The SAT word of the day. Anyway, last night's hour-long
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  Speaker 1: debate was the only one New Yorkers are expected to get, okay,
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  Speaker 1: with the two political opponents trading barbs over ICE policies, affordability,
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  Speaker 1: and a slew of other issues. So the debate only
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  Speaker 1: aired on New York One. Some clips are circulating social
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  Speaker 1: media between Governor Hochul and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman,
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  Speaker 1: her Republican challenger. And people are just waking up. So
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  Speaker 1: did they watch it? And are they following this race?
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  Speaker 5: No, not really. I know there is a contender, a guy.
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  Speaker 5: That's what I saw. As I said, I don't watch
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  Speaker 5: the news. I just see some, you know, on my
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  Speaker 5: cell phone eventually.
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  Speaker 6: Not too much.
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  Speaker 5: A little bit, but not too much.
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  Speaker 1: Can I ask you, is that because you might be
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  Speaker 1: decided on who you're voting for already?
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  Speaker 5: I'm hoping for Hochul.
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  Speaker 4: My mind is pretty well made up. And all my
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  Speaker 4: friends are going to vote for Blakeman as well. Because
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  Speaker 4: we've got to get rid of Hochul. She ruined this state.
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  Speaker 4: We're the highest taxed state in the country.
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  Speaker 6: There's a lot she can do other than send out these,
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  Speaker 6: what is it, $ 200, $ 150 checks or something. She definitely
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  Speaker 6: should step up to the plate more.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the governor announced she would be sending checks of
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  Speaker 1: up to $ 200 to every qualifying New Yorker to offset
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  Speaker 1: the cost of high utility bills. If you haven't gotten
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  Speaker 1: yours yet, keep checking your mailbox through the end of
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  Speaker 1: the year. I'm still checking my mailbox. So it's a bribe.
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  Speaker 4: Yours. Come on.
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  Speaker 1: Call it what it is, a bribe. That is what
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  Speaker 1: some people would say, including you, Curtis. Have you gotten
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  Speaker 1: your check? Are you expecting one?
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  Speaker 3: I don't handle that. The wife does, Nancy.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, we'll have to ask Nancy soon.
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  Speaker 3: But.
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  Speaker 1: Blakeman took her to task over high prices while she
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  Speaker 1: went at him about his support for ICE. That's been
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  Speaker 1: a big issue.
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  Speaker 3: For the governor.
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  Speaker 1: ICE and recently local law enforcement, banning local law enforcement
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  Speaker 1: from working with federal agencies across, or not federal agencies,
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  Speaker 1: but ICE agents across the state. But not one person
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  Speaker 1: on the street mentioned immigration policy as a worry.
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  Speaker 6: My number one concern is the safety for the riders
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  Speaker 6: of the MTA system. It seems as if they're more
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  Speaker 6: concerned with you paying your fare, which as you should
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  Speaker 6: pay your fare. But at the same time, it's scary
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  Speaker 6: riding the trains. It's very scary.
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  Speaker 5: Well, unfortunately, at least in New York City, you know,
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  Speaker 5: conditions I think are getting worse. You see homeless on
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  Speaker 5: the streets and a lot of garbage. For me, I
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  Speaker 5: feel a sense of insecurity. Probably those are the less
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  Speaker 5: worries for governors because they are more interested in some
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  Speaker 5: other issues, budgets, and politics in general.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Governor Hochul has delivered a late budget every year
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  Speaker 1: since she's been in office. So that is something that
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  Speaker 1: she's had to focus on if that's the case. But
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  Speaker 1: polls show the debate may not mean much for these
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  Speaker 1: two candidates since a recent Marist poll revealed only 5%
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  Speaker 1: of surveyed voters are undecided three weeks out from Election Day.
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  Speaker 1: New Yorkers know what they want from their leaders.
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  Speaker 5: People who care about New York, who care about the
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  Speaker 5: United States, and want to make it a better place.
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  Speaker 6: Well, I don't think whether it's Democratic or Republican, I
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  Speaker 6: think it's more who's going to support the country.
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  Speaker 2: Blakeman is a friend of mine, and he's a great guy,
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  Speaker 2: and I think he's going to win.
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  Speaker 1: Not that the governor has any control over that.
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  Speaker 2: They could put a gas cap, a tax cap on gas,
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  Speaker 2: but the price of gas comes from the Fed.
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  Speaker 1: You know. what's going on overseas.
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  Speaker 3: But gas, but other energy costs, they do have control over.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that came up several times in the debate.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that's what he was talking about as well.
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  Speaker 3: But you're right, gas, he doesn't. Natalie Migliore, WOR reporter
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  Speaker 3: with us every day at this time. And she's going
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  Speaker 3: to be back at this very time tomorrow at 7.50.
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  Speaker 1: With not a gubernatorial.
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  Speaker 2: Now you're going to say it over and over again.
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  Speaker 3: She has a new word. There you go.