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Frank Morano | New York City Council District 51 | 04-23-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: All right, Frank, you're a valued member of the city Council,
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  Speaker 1: one of our just five Republicans, and you're my guy.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody knows how I love you. So I need to
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  Speaker 1: find out about this. Ohso a story. I've been saying
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  Speaker 1: already this morning. I don't like him. He's one of
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  Speaker 1: those to me, one of those black guys with a
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  Speaker 1: chip on his shoulder. He's going to do what he wants.
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  Speaker 1: Call out President Trump on the city council floor, call
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  Speaker 1: him a pedophile. There'll be no repercussions. Do what he
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  Speaker 1: did a couple of days ago when bed sty he
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  Speaker 1: got arrested. But he's the victim. So I don't like him,
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  Speaker 1: So I admit that right off the bat. But you
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  Speaker 1: tell me what he did a couple of days ago.
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  Speaker 1: Was was that okay? Was that him just protesting or
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  Speaker 1: did he take it too far?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean, look for starters. Just for people understand,
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  Speaker 2: Chosa is probably the most progressive member of the City Council,
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  Speaker 2: and from what I see, Look, when protesters, whether it's
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  Speaker 2: a council member or not, are physically blocking the process,
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  Speaker 2: I think officers are left with two choices. Either enforced
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  Speaker 2: the law or abandon it, which is not their real choice.
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  Speaker 2: And according to the NYPD, there were repeated warnings to
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  Speaker 2: clear the area and those warnings were ignored. Now, at
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  Speaker 2: that point, arrests aren't political. The cops don't know who's
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  Speaker 2: the city councilman and who's not. Police weren't freelancing. They
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  Speaker 2: were executing a lawful eviction order signed by a judge.
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  Speaker 2: The procedural. Now, but two things. One the broader issue
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  Speaker 2: say was protesting about, which is deep theft, which is
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  Speaker 2: something that's hurting middle class families and a lot of
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  Speaker 2: poor families, especially in the black community. I actually agree
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  Speaker 2: with them on that, but we do have to do
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  Speaker 2: something about deep theft. But there's no excuse to block
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  Speaker 2: a lawful eviction order or to block what police are
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  Speaker 2: trying to do. But the other person that I really
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  Speaker 2: have to take issue with is, you know, the mayor,
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  Speaker 2: Zoorn Mamdani. Now, it was very well publish side that
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  Speaker 2: the mayor basically killed Chios's congressional run and for him
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  Speaker 2: daring to consider running for Congress, he was uninviting Chios
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  Speaker 2: to from events and things like that. But now they're
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  Speaker 2: trying to kiss and make up apparently, and the mayor
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  Speaker 2: rushed to social media not to defend the cops, but
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  Speaker 2: to call Chiosa a leader in the community and a
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  Speaker 2: partner in building a safer and more affordable New York.
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  Speaker 2: And he said that the footage of the councilman's arrest
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  Speaker 2: was concerning. YadA, YadA, YadA. Now, I don't know that
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  Speaker 2: that's the best thing for the mayor to be doing,
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  Speaker 2: is rushing to question the judgment of the cops or
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  Speaker 2: what he's seeing on video, especially because just a couple
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  Speaker 2: of days before, in what looked like pure chaos in
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  Speaker 2: queens in Phil Wong's district in the Maspath area, the
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  Speaker 2: mayor said nothing. Now to me, that video of these
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  Speaker 2: crazy people trying to take over streets and cars and queens,
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  Speaker 2: that's a lot more damning than what we saw from
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  Speaker 2: the police on the Coosay situation. So the mayor once
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  Speaker 2: again is picking and choosing his spots of where he
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  Speaker 2: wants to be a commentator, and in my judgment, he
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  Speaker 2: absolutely failed the test of when it's appropriate to do so.
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  Speaker 1: He's very consistent. He's always going to be anti cop
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  Speaker 1: f right, Marno, that's the bottom line, And you know
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  Speaker 1: there's a big rally today a city hall about new good.
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  Speaker 2: I'm to be good.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, my good buddy Scott Monroe, the president of the
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  Speaker 1: Detective's Endowment Association Union, he's out there protecting cops all
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  Speaker 1: day long, and he's asking the mayor to step up
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  Speaker 1: do something here. You know, you can't cat call in
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  Speaker 1: the city anymore, you can't yell and scream certain things
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  Speaker 1: in the city anymore, but you can call a cop
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  Speaker 1: a dirty pig and spit on them and the mayor
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  Speaker 1: does nothing about it. So, actually the mayor has been
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  Speaker 1: very consistent. If it involves a cop, he's going to
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  Speaker 1: take the other side. Julie Menin has an opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: show some discretion. I understand Osay is part of her
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  Speaker 1: city council, so right away she feels like I got
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  Speaker 1: to protect him, right, Democrat Republican, he's one of mine.
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  Speaker 1: But isn't it possible for Julie, who I've been very
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  Speaker 1: nice to the last couple of weeks, and she's gaining
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  Speaker 1: points with me, she really is. But isn't it possible
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  Speaker 1: every now and then to take cases on our own
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  Speaker 1: merit and show a little discretion one percent?
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  Speaker 2: A couple of things one just to reiterate on what
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  Speaker 2: the mayor is doing now. The mayor said nothing on
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  Speaker 2: Twitter or anywhere else about, at least as of this morning,
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  Speaker 2: about the violent mob takeover of this This as what
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  Speaker 2: Nicole Jelinis referred to as this Queen's Thoroughfare Saturday morning,
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  Speaker 2: and she aptly put that theatrical staged arrests of elected
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  Speaker 2: city officials have never harmed anyone, but illegal drag racing
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  Speaker 2: and donutting have killed men, many people in New York City,
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  Speaker 2: and yet that public safety issue is ignored by the mayor. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I think you're exactly right to point out that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Speaker men In is really taking a very responsible position
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  Speaker 2: on both policing and a lot of other issues. I know,
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  Speaker 2: the anti Semitism issue is is certainly big with you
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  Speaker 2: and a lot of members of the audience. Property taxes,
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  Speaker 2: that's the other area where she's really the only thing
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  Speaker 2: standing between the mayor and raising everybody's cost of living.
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  Speaker 2: I think when it comes to policing, she's been very
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  Speaker 2: consistent in terms of criticizing the decision to not hire
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  Speaker 2: five thousand new cops. And if you look at what
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  Speaker 2: the mayor is doing canceling street festivals, canceling permits for
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  Speaker 2: celebrations in parks. I think it's clear if that being
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  Speaker 2: done at the direction of the police Department, that we
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  Speaker 2: don't have the resources already to handle what we need
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  Speaker 2: to handle. So to talk about holding off on what
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  Speaker 2: Mayor Adams decided to do as he was leaving and
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  Speaker 2: hiring more cups really ill considered. So I'm glad the
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  Speaker 2: speaker is there. Really, this is the first time in
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  Speaker 2: the history of the relationship between the speaker and the
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  Speaker 2: mayor where the city council is the more responsible party
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  Speaker 2: on the whole in budget negotiations and public safety. You know,
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  Speaker 2: normally when it went whether it's a mayor and speaker
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  Speaker 2: that get along well, like Giuliani and Blone, or a
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  Speaker 2: mayor and speaker that that don't get along well, you like,
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  Speaker 2: exactly exactly we could to go through the list. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: usually there's different gradations of that relationship, but almost always
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  Speaker 2: the council is the less responsible party because they don't,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the mayor presents a balanced budget at least
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  Speaker 2: on paper, and the council is only too happy to
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  Speaker 2: spend not only every dollar we have, but the unearned
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  Speaker 2: dime of your grandchildren. This is the first situation we've
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  Speaker 2: ever seen in New York City where the speaker is
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  Speaker 2: the more is the more adult in the room, not
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  Speaker 2: only on fiscal situations, but on issues like hate crimes,
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  Speaker 2: anti Semitism, and of course public safety.
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  Speaker 1: I agree with you, but I guess I'm a little
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  Speaker 1: frustrated final sixty seconds, Frank, that she runs to the
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  Speaker 1: defense of Chaoso yesterday and osay she's standing right next
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  Speaker 1: to him. In fact, Julie again, who I'm starting to
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  Speaker 1: appreciate more and more, like you just talked about, She's
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  Speaker 1: on the right side of so many things. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: but she'll take Vicky Palladino to the woodshed in fifteen seconds,
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  Speaker 1: who's one of my five Republicans. And I'm still not
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  Speaker 1: happy about that, and I'm waiting for Jim Wolden to
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  Speaker 1: fix that. So I guess that's that's where I'm still
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  Speaker 1: a little upset with Julie. She's quick to take Palladino
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  Speaker 1: to the woodshed very quickly, but she does something which
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  Speaker 1: is unlawful, that's the bottom line, and she's quick to
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  Speaker 1: defend him. That's my frustration.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess The difference that I see is that
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  Speaker 2: you know, she show she didn't rush to condemn the
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  Speaker 2: NYPD without all the facts, right, I don't think that
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  Speaker 2: would have been responsible. She didn't inflame the situation. She
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  Speaker 2: called for facts and do process now politically behind the scenes.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm sure we're gonna get in trouble with both
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  Speaker 2: my colleagues on the left and the right for saying this.
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  Speaker 2: But that's what you get for getting me up early.
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  Speaker 2: Is I think a lot of this is window dressing, right.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, all of her progressive colleagues view her as
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  Speaker 2: either a moderate or a Republican in democratic clothing. So
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  Speaker 2: I think she's got to throw a bone once in
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  Speaker 2: a while to the left to appease this body. Whereas
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  Speaker 2: you've pointed out, twenty four out of fifty one members
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  Speaker 2: are members of the Progressive Caucus. They're already giving her
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  Speaker 2: a hard time. You saw, you know what they did
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  Speaker 2: on the Perimeter bill, on both educational institutions and the
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  Speaker 2: houses of worship, and it's been a few other issues
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  Speaker 2: as well. So I kind of think it's about throwing
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  Speaker 2: a bone to a few folks, because if she's viewed
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  Speaker 2: as too much of a Republican. Not only is that
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  Speaker 2: going to hurt any political future she has in New
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  Speaker 2: York City, but it'll hurt a lot of her legislative agenda.
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  Speaker 1: No, that's true. That's a fair point. And she gotta
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  Speaker 1: be Campel. She's gonna run against me in twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: nine from mayor. Oh, she's chomping up a bit. And
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  Speaker 1: maybe Jessica Tish and a host of others. But a
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  Speaker 1: lot of folks when reaching out to me, Frank, I
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  Speaker 1: know it sounds crazy, the dopey sports guy who half
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  Speaker 1: this city doesn't just dislike, but they hate me. They
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  Speaker 1: really hate me. That may be enough of me to
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  Speaker 1: actually run come a couple of years. We'll see anyway.
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  Speaker 2: First of all, I don't think it sounds any crazier
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  Speaker 2: than a thirty three year old former rapper who wasn't
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  Speaker 2: who had no experience running anything being mayor or an
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  Speaker 2: actor becoming president, or a bodybuilder turned action star becoming governor,
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  Speaker 2: or a pro wrestler and to becoming a governor of Minnesota,
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  Speaker 2: or a reality star and real estate developer becoming president.
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  Speaker 2: Americans and New Yorkers have a long history, whether it's
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  Speaker 2: left right or center of unorthodox picks, and people get
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  Speaker 2: so frustrated with politicians and people that speak in political terms.
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  Speaker 2: I think a radio talk show host that's plain spoken
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  Speaker 2: and not PC just might be what the doctor here,
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  Speaker 2: the doctor called for. And even though a lot of
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  Speaker 2: people that might be traditionally Democrats may not think they
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  Speaker 2: agree with you on X, Y or Z issues, I
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  Speaker 2: think a lot of people appreciate your bluntness and your honesty,
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  Speaker 2: which is something that's unfortunately far too lacking in politics.
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  Speaker 2: Happy Birthday said, I hope you use that wish wisely
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday, and who knows, maybe we'll be measuring the
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  Speaker 2: drapes and Gracie Mansion for the Rosenbergs.
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  Speaker 1: I love you, Frank, you really you ought terrific. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for hopping on this morning and explaining all this stuff.
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  Speaker 1: He is the great city council member out there on
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  Speaker 1: Staten Island and a dear friend of mine, the great
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  Speaker 1: Frank Morano. Frank, thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: Sid. I love you, brother. And if anybody is a
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  Speaker 2: post nine to eleven veteran, I'm chairing a Veterans committee
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  Speaker 2: hearing today ten o'clock two fifty Broadway. I'd love to
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  Speaker 2: hear your perspective, Come on and down and share. Tell
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  Speaker 2: me what you think the city can be doing better
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  Speaker 2: to serve veterans. I want to hear from you, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm the chair, so I'm going to give people as
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  Speaker 2: much time as they want in spite of what the
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  Speaker 2: rules say.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, that's all some big date. But Frank, he's gonna
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  Speaker 1: be doing that. And then of course he'll be on
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  Speaker 1: the city hole steps with Scott Monroe defending the detectives
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  Speaker 1: and dominant association right here in New York City. Thank you, Frank.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna run. We've got a lot more to do,
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  Speaker 1: including the King of Rockland County. President Trump refers to
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  Speaker 1: him as mister Salt. Mike Lawler's back in the news.
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  Speaker 1: He's coming up next.
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