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Joann Ariola | NYC Councilwoman District 32 Says Mamdani Is To Blame For Scrapping NYPD Expansion Plan · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right, New York Post today. New York City Council
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  Speaker 1: blames Bronx crime spike on Mamdani scrapping 600 new cops.
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  Speaker 1: You remember he was doing the budget in his budget.
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  Speaker 1: He was about to add 580 cops literally midnight. What
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  Speaker 1: a creep this guy is. Literally midnight the night before
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  Speaker 1: the budget meeting in the morning. He scrapped it. He
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  Speaker 1: had all kinds of bubba mites and excuses, and Julie
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  Speaker 1: Mennon wasn't buying it, neither was the city council. And
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  Speaker 1: murders are up like 40% in the Bronx. They could
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  Speaker 1: have certainly used those 580 cops that Mamdani just scrapped.
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  Speaker 1: So thank God for a few council people like Oswald
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  Speaker 1: Feliz in the Bronx and my lady, who's my council lady,
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  Speaker 1: who's terrific, Joanne Areola in Queens, for speaking out about this.
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  Speaker 1: So with that said, here she is, my friend, like
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  Speaker 1: James Taylor said, Joanne Areola. Joanne, good morning, sweetheart. How
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  Speaker 1: are you?
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  Speaker 2: Good morning. I'm great. How are you, Sid? I'm great.
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  Speaker 1: Tell me about this, I guess, meeting yesterday where you
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  Speaker 1: guys grilled some of Jesse Tisch's big brass talking about
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  Speaker 1: the increase in crime, especially in the Bronx. And a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of you folks, and I think you're right about this,
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  Speaker 1: blamed it on the mayor.
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  Speaker 2: 100% the mayor's fault. 580 officers removed from the budget
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  Speaker 2: by Mom Donnie at the 11th hour, as you said,
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  Speaker 2: blaming fiscal constraints. And it was reported that the majority
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  Speaker 2: of those officers were going to the Bronx. And you're right.
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  Speaker 2: The Bronx's crime is up 40%. And meanwhile, the mayor,
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  Speaker 2: who is blaming fiscal constraints, found $ 53 million to give
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  Speaker 2: to his Office of Mass Engagement, who right now, their
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  Speaker 2: task is a grassroots outreach to promote the mayor's charter
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  Speaker 2: commission referendums that are on a ballot that will completely
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  Speaker 2: hobble the New York City Council. It's his propaganda machine.
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  Speaker 2: And his newly created Mayor's Office of Community Safety with
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  Speaker 2: $ 260 million. So how many arrests have they made? Zero.
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  Speaker 2: And so where are the constraints? Where are the fiscal constraints?
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  Speaker 2: He can put money where he wants. And he defunded
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  Speaker 2: the cops. 580 officers were taken out of that budget
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  Speaker 2: at the 11th hour so he could satisfy the left
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  Speaker 2: who were pressuring him to put more money into social
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  Speaker 2: programs like expanded rental assistance. And that's what he did
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  Speaker 2: with that money. He bumped the $ 175 million that was
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  Speaker 2: already in the budget for rental assistance. He bumped it
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  Speaker 2: up over $ 200 million and then promised $ 300 million over FY27, 28,
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  Speaker 2: and $ 125 million would be based on, which means that's
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  Speaker 2: what they'll get every year after for FY28. That's what
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  Speaker 2: he did with the money while this city is in chaos. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: So as his administration, not him because he's a coward,
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  Speaker 1: he really is a coward, but has anybody in his
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  Speaker 1: administration reached out to you guys? What did the NYPD
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  Speaker 1: say about this yesterday?
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  Speaker 2: Well, they claimed fiscal restraints. I mean, the NYPD is
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  Speaker 2: working with what they can. Those officers are out there
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  Speaker 2: day and night. They're working overtime. They're tired. They're overworked.
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  Speaker 2: They're understaffed. But, you know, they're doing what they can. But,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's not just the mayor. It's Kathy Hochul.
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  Speaker 2: It's the state legislature. It's the fact that all areas
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  Speaker 2: of crimes that are being– that have any spikes, felony assaults,
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  Speaker 2: grand larceny, auto– burglary, shoplifting, are done by repeat offenders. Why? Why?
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  Speaker 2: Because of bail reform. And that's why people, when they
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  Speaker 2: go to the voting booth in November, they must vote
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  Speaker 2: out Kathy Hochul and as many state legislators as they can.
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  Speaker 1: See, that's the problem. You've got, and two in particular,
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  Speaker 1: that I always name, Andrea Stewart Cousins, horrible person, Carl,
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  Speaker 1: he's the horrible person. Terrible people. And nobody has the balls. Nobody.
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  Speaker 1: Cuomo didn't. Hochul doesn't. Clearly, Eric Adams didn't. He went
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  Speaker 1: up there once or twice. They slammed the door. He
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  Speaker 1: ran home crying. Mamdani's not going to change it. He
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  Speaker 1: loves it. So nobody wants to fight with these people. Nobody.
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  Speaker 2: No, well, that's why we're out there. We're pushing for Blake.
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  Speaker 2: We're pushing for our Assembly and Senate candidates. We have
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  Speaker 2: to make a change because if we continue to do
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  Speaker 2: the same thing all the time, we're never going to
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  Speaker 2: get any better. We have a high incidence of minors
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  Speaker 2: committing crimes in our communities because they know they're underage.
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  Speaker 2: There's no consequences when they're caught. So really what we're
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  Speaker 2: doing is kind of just like a catch and release.
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  Speaker 2: You know, and let's not forget that we have these
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  Speaker 2: jewelry swap scams. I'm sure you know about it. We
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  Speaker 2: have it happening right here in our district in 32
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  Speaker 2: where people are coming over and just stealing jewelry again
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  Speaker 2: like they did in the 70s, riding by a moped
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  Speaker 2: and grabbing your stuff. This is commie chaos, Sid. This
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  Speaker 2: is what it is.
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  Speaker 1: I know.
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  Speaker 2: Commie chaos. I know.
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  Speaker 1: Listen, I got to tell you.
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  Speaker 2: This is what they want to promote. I know.
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  Speaker 1: I live in Bell Harbor, but I'm not far from
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  Speaker 1: Howard Beach.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of your friends are my friends, from Joe
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  Speaker 1: at Lenny's to Benny and Joe over at the Vino's
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  Speaker 1: and all those guys. Frankie Russo is a dear friend
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  Speaker 1: of mine, all these people. And I don't like what
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  Speaker 1: I'm seeing every now and then, even at Howard Beach.
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  Speaker 1: And I know a couple of days ago you hosted
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  Speaker 1: a big event for Bruce Blakeman. Tom Sullivan, a host
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  Speaker 1: of others, but really for Bruce, right outside of Brothers,
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  Speaker 1: where I do buy my meat occasionally. It's a great
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  Speaker 1: place there in Howard Beach. Look, I got it pretty
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  Speaker 1: now scribed. How did that go for Bruce in Howard
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  Speaker 1: Beach a couple of days ago?
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  Speaker 2: It was an excellent press conference. Bruce was right on point.
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  Speaker 2: He knew exactly the right things to say, and he
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  Speaker 2: understands what needs to be changed in this city, in
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  Speaker 2: this state, because he's done it for Nassau County. People
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  Speaker 2: from my community here where I live in Howard Beach
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  Speaker 2: are moving to Nassau County. Why? Because Bruce Blankman is there.
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  Speaker 2: It's all about law and order. It's all about lowering taxes.
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  Speaker 2: It's all about making sure that people are held accountable
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  Speaker 2: for their crimes. And here in New York, it's just,
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  Speaker 2: you know, well... Take as much as you want. Rob
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  Speaker 2: as much as you want. Do whatever you want, because
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  Speaker 2: you're going to walk into a courtroom and you're going
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  Speaker 2: to be let out. Well, said, don't you commit a
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  Speaker 2: crime or I commit a crime because we're not. That
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  Speaker 2: won't happen for us.
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  Speaker 1: We'll get the electric chair. You steal a chain. You'll
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  Speaker 1: get the electric chair. I know it's just anybody.
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  Speaker 2: Who doesn't want the Bruce Blakeman, you know, method of
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  Speaker 2: how to govern. Really, they need to have their head examined.
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  Speaker 2: Bruce Blakeman has a proven record of being able to
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  Speaker 2: change Nassau County around, and he wants to do the
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  Speaker 2: same thing for the state. But he needs other people
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  Speaker 2: to help him, like the people we have running for assembly,
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  Speaker 2: like Tom Sullivan, who... fought for our country, has run
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  Speaker 2: for this seat before, and I do believe he wins.
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  Speaker 2: He needs people like Tom and anybody else who's running
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  Speaker 2: on the Republican line for Senate and Assembly to win
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  Speaker 2: so this way he can have people on his side.
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  Speaker 2: Because Carla B.C., and you're right, Andrea Stewart's cousins, they're
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  Speaker 2: bad people, and they put forth bad bills. And those
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  Speaker 2: bad bills and those bad decisions are are having an
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  Speaker 2: impact on our city.
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  Speaker 1: They're racist, is what they are. All they care about
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  Speaker 1: is keeping black people out of prison. That's all they
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  Speaker 1: care about. They don't care if black people are even guilty.
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  Speaker 1: Their job is to keep black people out of prison
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  Speaker 1: because black people are being treated unfairly, and that's what
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  Speaker 1: they do. And Tom Sullivan, as you know, I'm dear
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  Speaker 1: friends with his brother Michael, all of his brothers. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Russell listens every day from Virginia and Bryant. This guy
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  Speaker 1: served in Iraq, served in Afghanistan. served in Kuwait, okay?
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  Speaker 1: He also happened to be at the World Trade Center
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  Speaker 1: on 9-11 and literally threw bodies on his shoulder and
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  Speaker 1: saved lives. And he is going to win because Stacey,
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  Speaker 1: God bless her, is not around to cheat anymore. So
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  Speaker 1: he got jobbed two elections ago. You know that's true.
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  Speaker 1: He got jobbed two elections ago.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm. Yeah, Tom has come so close twice, but this
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  Speaker 2: time he will bring it over the finish line. I agree.
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  Speaker 2: No doubt in my mind. We will all be pushing
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  Speaker 2: for him. But Bruce Blakeman has to win. Why do
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  Speaker 2: I think he has to win? A, because I know
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  Speaker 2: he can do the job much better than Kathy Hochul.
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  Speaker 2: But right now, Kathy Hochul has her thumb on Mayor
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  Speaker 2: Mamdani because she wants to win her race. The minute if,
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  Speaker 2: God forbid, she should win, she will remove her thumb.
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  Speaker 2: And you think we have chaos now? Mamdani will have
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  Speaker 2: no one holding him back, and we will go into
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  Speaker 2: full-blown communism here. If you see what he's trying to
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  Speaker 2: do with our school's curriculum, you see what he's trying
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  Speaker 2: to do with social justice programs and take away from
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  Speaker 2: the police. We can't afford that. We need Bruce Blakeman. Agreed.
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  Speaker 1: One more. I guess I saw this morning that the
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  Speaker 1: whole world is talking about AI. It's a bit much,
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  Speaker 1: if you ask me.
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  Speaker 2: It really is.
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  Speaker 1: We've got AI already in You know, now you've got
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  Speaker 1: all these big guys are freaking out. Altman's freaking out
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  Speaker 1: and all the Elon Musk is freaking out. And to me,
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  Speaker 1: it's just a Democrat ploy once again to hurt us
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  Speaker 1: come midterms. That's all this is. It's really a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of nonsense. No one is saying we don't need safeguards
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  Speaker 1: and you've got to be careful.
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  Speaker 2: No one's saying that.
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  Speaker 1: But all of a sudden, it's become the world's biggest problem.
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  Speaker 1: And it's silly, but I guess it's a big enough
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  Speaker 1: problem because I saw today that you guys will be
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  Speaker 1: having some type of meeting to talk about the dangers
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  Speaker 1: of AI.
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  Speaker 2: Is that right? Well, yeah, this is important. based in education.
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  Speaker 2: Because we really, we don't want kids to just go
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  Speaker 2: to AI to get their answers, right? I want them
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  Speaker 2: to go to the library and put a lot of
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  Speaker 2: money into libraries, put a lot of money into, you know,
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  Speaker 2: making sure that they get the right education. I don't
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  Speaker 2: want them going to chat GPT and writing their dissertation.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you have to learn first and you have
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  Speaker 2: from your books, from your educators. And then, you know,
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  Speaker 2: AI can be like anything else. It can be a
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  Speaker 2: positive thing if it is not abused. And right now,
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  Speaker 2: it's being abused. But I do think that the Democrats
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  Speaker 2: are making a big, big, big issue out of this, right?
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  Speaker 2: But they're using it too. Look at all the ads
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  Speaker 2: that they put out. Come on. It's just ridiculous. We
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  Speaker 2: do have to have safeguards. We do have to protect
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  Speaker 2: our children because we don't want them to rely on AI.
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  Speaker 2: We want them to rely on their own brains because...
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  Speaker 2: If they say the brain is a muscle, if you
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  Speaker 2: don't use it, you're going to lose it. We want
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  Speaker 2: them to really, again, use their libraries, look things up,
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  Speaker 2: be able to use AI as a positive tool and
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  Speaker 2: not use it to just answer every question or go
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  Speaker 2: to it for every answer because they're the future. And
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  Speaker 2: we have to make sure that they're well-prepared. Right now,
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  Speaker 2: they're not well-prepared because their reading scores are the lowest
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  Speaker 2: that they've ever been. So our kids are not getting
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  Speaker 2: an education. We're giving out needles to drug addicts. We
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  Speaker 2: don't have enough police officers on the streets. So if
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  Speaker 2: you dumb down our children, you put people on drugs,
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  Speaker 2: you put more money into social programming and housing vouchers
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  Speaker 2: and not into... teaching people how to have a job,
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  Speaker 2: get a job, giving them some type of support system.
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  Speaker 2: What does that become? Well, it won't be New York.
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  Speaker 2: It will be New Moscow. Well said.
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  Speaker 1: Joanne Areola, my amazing council lady from Queens, excellent job
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  Speaker 1: as always, Joanne. Thank you so much. I'll see you soon.
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  Speaker 1: Really terrific job.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. See you soon. All right, sweetheart.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: You got it. Joanne Areola right there, New York City councilwoman.
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  Speaker 1: Mine out of the great borough of Queens.
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