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Opening Segment 9/16/26 · Curtis Sliwa & Larry Mendte In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: New York wakes up with Curtis Sliwa and Larry Menti, 710WOR. Well,
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  Speaker 1: as you know, both Larry and Natalie and our audience,
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  Speaker 1: there is a whole group of people out there who
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  Speaker 1: have labeled me the nightmare.
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  Speaker 2: That's what they call me. Oh, you're the nightmare. Because
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  Speaker 2: I roam the streets. I'm nocturnal. Subway, streets, streets.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's really important that when they call you
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  Speaker 3: a nightmare, we get the spelling down properly. Is it
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  Speaker 3: M-A-Y-O-R or M-A-R-E at the end?
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  Speaker 2: Or K-N-I-G-H-T.
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  Speaker 4: That's what I was just thinking. I can see you
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  Speaker 4: as a knight. We put you in a suit of armor.
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  Speaker 4: To tell you the truth, when you first started with
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  Speaker 4: us and we obviously get a lot of social media
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  Speaker 4: about you.
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  Speaker 2: And people were calling you the nightmare. And I was like,
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  Speaker 2: is that a good thing or a bad thing? Should
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  Speaker 2: I be like, I wasn't sure. Like nightmare on Elm Street.
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  Speaker 2: But it's like, no, it is. It's a great thing.
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  Speaker 1: Well, if you're a criminal out there, you don't want
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  Speaker 1: to face Curtis Sliwa. After 12 o'clock, it's the witching hour.
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  Speaker 1: Nothing good happens after 12 midnight.
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  Speaker 2: So if you're at a bar, if you're at a club, whatever.
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  Speaker 1: It is, nothing good happens after And especially if you're
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  Speaker 1: in the streets, you really got to watch your back.
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  Speaker 1: There's all kinds of problems. There's homeless, emotionally disturbed. There
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  Speaker 1: are people who want to rob you. But there is
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  Speaker 1: a group of criminals now that we know exists. And
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  Speaker 1: we've talked about this at four o'clock in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: It's their witching hour. They know that they will be
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  Speaker 1: unmolested out there by law enforcement because there are no
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  Speaker 1: cops out in the streets. So we just talked about
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  Speaker 1: that issue in Middle Village, the sewer guys coming out.
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  Speaker 1: Notice what time did they emerge?
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  Speaker 2: 4 a.m. in the morning because they know there are
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  Speaker 2: no cops around.
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  Speaker 1: The other one is the case that I've been on repeatedly,
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  Speaker 1: and I've talked about it here from time to time.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, we're going to call it a public service
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  Speaker 1: announcement because I've gotten so many emails and texts from
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  Speaker 1: people from all over the tri-state area who've had this
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  Speaker 1: happen to them.
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  Speaker 2: The theft.
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  Speaker 1: of your mail when you do what you were taught
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  Speaker 1: to do as a kid. Remember when your parents first
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  Speaker 1: brought you to one of those blue mailboxes, told you
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  Speaker 1: how to open it up, told you how to put
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  Speaker 1: the mail in? We're sending this to your grandpa and grandma.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's their wedding anniversary. Here, Curtis, put it in.
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  Speaker 1: Put it in, right? And yet there is theft of
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  Speaker 1: the mail on a regular basis. Even our program director,
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  Speaker 1: Tom Cuddy, has sent me videos of theft of mail
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  Speaker 1: in Connecticut, broad daylight. You know, they roll up, they're
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  Speaker 1: on their motorbikes. They don't even bother covering their face.
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  Speaker 1: They might as well be waving at all the cameras
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  Speaker 1: and they just steal the mail. And I've described it
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  Speaker 1: before as to how they do this and how I
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  Speaker 1: chase them out of the neighborhood. And I had had
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  Speaker 1: a confrontation with some of them, and they had gone
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  Speaker 1: away for a while. But I know, I know they're
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  Speaker 1: going to come back, and they're going to come back
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  Speaker 1: in force. It doesn't matter. I've alerted the 80th Precinct
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  Speaker 1: on the west side, West 82nd. They treat me like
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  Speaker 1: a person of no consequence.
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  Speaker 2: The U.S. Postal Inspectors, because this is a federal crime.
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  Speaker 1: When we were growing up, we were told, I remember
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  Speaker 1: my father said, oh, anybody stealing the mail, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you walk into the post office at 10 Most Wanted,
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  Speaker 1: your picture could be up there, because you don't steal
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  Speaker 1: the mail, they don't play around. And you would see
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  Speaker 1: the postal officers, they carry guns, they have badges, you know, feds,
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  Speaker 1: they don't play around.
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  Speaker 2: Nothing. So I've been on their case.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, even our Natalie Magliore, remember she took photographs
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  Speaker 1: of mail outside a mailbox, broad daylight, not far from
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  Speaker 1: where we broadcast iHeart, all dumped on the ground. You
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  Speaker 1: could see that these banditos went through the mail. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they sliced it open. If there was nothing of value
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  Speaker 1: in it, like a gift certificate or a check or anything,
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  Speaker 1: or cash, which sometimes older people will send.
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  Speaker 2: What do they do with checks? They wash them. So
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  Speaker 2: it's like a.
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  Speaker 1: It's a place you go where they'll actually take and
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  Speaker 1: bleach the checks. And then they'll write it in. And
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  Speaker 1: then they'll try to cash it. And they have all
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  Speaker 1: kinds of contacts to do that. So it can be
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  Speaker 1: quite lucrative. But it's all based on volume. So I've
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  Speaker 1: been chasing these guys in the wee hours of the morning.
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  Speaker 1: And the cops have warned them. Man, you may not
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  Speaker 1: know this guy with that red beret. But you do
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  Speaker 1: not want to meet him. He's on a mission. And
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  Speaker 1: he's here to stop you. And it stopped for a while.
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  Speaker 1: So two guys early this morning, I see them. Brand
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  Speaker 1: new motorbike, same color, same make, same model. No license plates,
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  Speaker 1: of course, not in New York City. They're dressed all
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  Speaker 1: in black. You know, they have the baklavas around their face.
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  Speaker 1: They have the black wool caps on.
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  Speaker 2: And they're right on the corner.
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  Speaker 1: And I can see they're preparing to go into action,
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  Speaker 1: to steal from the blue mailboxes. So like a ninja,
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  Speaker 1: I sneak up on them from behind. And I have,
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  Speaker 1: if you notice, notice I don't have my dress shoes.
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  Speaker 1: I have my sneaker shoes on. So they can't hear
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  Speaker 1: me coming. And then I scream, get the F out
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  Speaker 1: of my neighborhood!
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  Speaker 2: And I bump one and he drops what he has.
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  Speaker 2: And look at this. I showed it to you, Larry.
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  Speaker 1: They were in the process of putting the stickum on
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  Speaker 1: the belt because they take their belt and they put
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  Speaker 1: it down the slot of the blue mailbox, which they
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  Speaker 1: now make the slot so tiny thin you can barely
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  Speaker 1: get the mail in.
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  Speaker 2: It's funny.
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  Speaker 3: He's showing me an envelope and taped on the front
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  Speaker 3: of it, I guess just glue stuck on the front
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  Speaker 3: of it.
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  Speaker 2: It says.
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  Speaker 3: glued traps for mice and insects. And he was so
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  Speaker 3: excited when he came in today. He said, look at this,
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  Speaker 3: look at this.
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  Speaker 2: I got him.
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  Speaker 3: And so I thought he had a mouse problem because
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  Speaker 3: I thought to myself, what is it?
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  Speaker 2: Don't you have cats?
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: We have no rat, no mice problem.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, a cockroach doesn't even feel safe scurrying along
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  Speaker 1: the floor.
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  Speaker 3: Because I was trying to figure out what you were
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  Speaker 3: doing with a glue trap for mice, but it makes sense.
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  Speaker 1: This is what they were. They were preparing their belt.
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  Speaker 1: They were going to go on their mission. And they
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  Speaker 1: had it stuck on this one letter. It was to
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  Speaker 1: an address in Chicago. And let me read this because
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  Speaker 1: it's mostly people of our generation who send letters and cards.
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  Speaker 2: That was inside. And I doubt there was any money.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows? Maybe they snatched whatever money. This is legal?
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  Speaker 2: This is legal.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: So the outside of the car says, amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Wahoo.
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  Speaker 2: Congratulations. Well done. You did it. Yay.
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  Speaker 1: You can tell it's like a family. We are all
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  Speaker 1: rooting for you and can't wait to visit. Call us anytime.
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  Speaker 1: We love you so much and miss you already.
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  Speaker 4: It's awful that that person isn't getting that. Mom.
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  Speaker 2: And it's too. They will now. They will now.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to send it there.
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  Speaker 1: And we are also proud of you as you take
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  Speaker 1: this big step forward towards starting college. We know it
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  Speaker 1: will be an exciting next four years for you as
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  Speaker 1: you pursue your dreams. You know that.
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  Speaker 2: We know that. We'll support you with whatever you need.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, this is heartfelt. Oh, my goodness. These are grandparents?
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  Speaker 2: Is that what that is? No, parents. They're the parents?
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  Speaker 2: They're mom.
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  Speaker 1: XOXO mom. So you say to yourself, this is our generation.
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  Speaker 1: This is how we communicate.
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  Speaker 2: Remember? Oh, you trust the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Mail.
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  Speaker 2: You know, put it in the blue mailbox.
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  Speaker 1: Guess what? They steal the mail. Most of it is
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  Speaker 1: of no value to them. And then they just discard it.
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  Speaker 1: They throw it on the street. And so there is
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  Speaker 1: no effort on the part of the NYPD or the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Postal Inspectors to stop these banditos. So I'm taking it
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  Speaker 1: on my own. I'm going to make sure that this
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  Speaker 1: card gets to the person. The address in Chicago is
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  Speaker 1: on it. But now you've seen the evidence.
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  Speaker 2: And if they're not going to do anything about it.
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  Speaker 1: I'm taking matters into my own hands. So to you
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  Speaker 1: and Tom Cuddy and the ownership and management of iHeart,
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  Speaker 1: If I happen to miss a morning, don't worry about it.
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  Speaker 1: I'll be out in an hour. Don't worry, 80th Precinct.
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  Speaker 1: You can sit on your ass there and do nothing,
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  Speaker 1: but you'll release me in an hour because unless you
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  Speaker 1: kill somebody.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody gets released in New York City.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, nice job.
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  Speaker 3: That's really great that you're doing this because there's a
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  Speaker 3: lot of people that send some heartfelt notes that never
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  Speaker 3: get there.
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  Speaker 1: Don't put it in the blue mailbox. Go to your
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  Speaker 1: post office or your postal guy or gal when they
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  Speaker 1: come to give you the mail. Give them the mail
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  Speaker 1: that's going to be mailed out. Do not put it
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  Speaker 1: in a blue box or you're playing Santa Claus. And
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  Speaker 1: if there's any value in that, you can forget about it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll tell you what, too. When you were reading
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  Speaker 3: that note... I used to love to get letters. You
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  Speaker 3: don't get letters anymore or cards anymore. Everybody just emails you.
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  Speaker 1: I know.
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  Speaker 4: I got a couple of cards when I was, you know,
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  Speaker 4: home recuperating from surgery for my knee.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, a lot of people, a lot of texts,
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  Speaker 2: a lot of calls.
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  Speaker 4: But I got a couple of cards and it was
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  Speaker 4: so nice.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: My sister, who unfortunately has passed, used to write letters
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  Speaker 3: all the time. You used to write letters constantly. So
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  Speaker 3: you'd look forward to it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it's special.
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  Speaker 1: When you get a handwritten letter, you realize, wow, whoever
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  Speaker 1: wrote this put a lot of effort into it. This
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  Speaker 1: is not junk mail. You know, this is not... Curtis Lee,
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  Speaker 1: we're running for mayor. Please send me money so I
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  Speaker 1: can become your next mayor. This is like, boom. This
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  Speaker 1: is a personalized note. And you really, no matter how
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  Speaker 1: many other messages you get, those are the ones you
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  Speaker 1: always remember.
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  Speaker 2: You save them.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: I still have my sister's letters that meant so much
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  Speaker 3: to me. My dad did the same thing. My dad
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  Speaker 3: wrote to everybody. And he used to tell stories about
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  Speaker 3: them and make up poems about them. And everybody has
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  Speaker 3: saved my dad's stuff.
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  Speaker 1: So, Larry- if I have to do what I have
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  Speaker 1: to do, and only I know what has to be done,
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  Speaker 1: you all have to forgive me if I happen to
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  Speaker 1: be missing an action one morning in broadcasting here. You know,
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  Speaker 1: a little paperwork, you know, the cops. I'll be out
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  Speaker 1: before the cops finish the paperwork. But this has got
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  Speaker 1: to stop. And if Jessica Tisch, the NYPD commissioner, won't
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  Speaker 1: prioritize this or the U.S. Postal Service, it is a
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  Speaker 1: federal crime. And remember, they also follow the guys and
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  Speaker 1: gals in the morning. You run into them on the
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  Speaker 1: Amazon little bicycles, you know, with the trailer behind them.
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  Speaker 1: The porch pirates, they also come out at 4 o'clock
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  Speaker 1: in the morning because they know there are no cops around.
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  Speaker 4: I just can't stop thinking about this mom who put this,
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  Speaker 4: you know, letter in there for her son.
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  Speaker 1: I know.
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  Speaker 2: I'm feeling the same thing. And I'm thinking, you know what?
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  Speaker 2: If there was money in it and it's gone, it's gone. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: But she might.
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  Speaker 4: Think that she sent it. Her son never responds. Then
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  Speaker 4: she gets angry at her son. Like, how could he
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  Speaker 4: not even like call me after that note? And it
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  Speaker 4: could spiral into like a whole family feud now.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a great point. That's a really good point.
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  Speaker 2: You saved a lot of heartache. You did. You just
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  Speaker 2: saved a whole.
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  Speaker 1: Lot of heartache. Think of how many thousands every day
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  Speaker 1: this happens to.
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  Speaker 3: So now, if you were to get arrested, I'd do
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  Speaker 3: the show by myself?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. Oh, boy. Look at his face.
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  Speaker 1: But I expect now, in the chance that Alvin Bragg
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  Speaker 1: may hear it's Curtis Sliwa, America's number one vigilante, and
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  Speaker 1: decide to make an example of me, will my... Fellow
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  Speaker 1: brothers and sisters in solidarity, pony up the money, the
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  Speaker 1: bail money to get me out.
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  Speaker 3: Eventually.
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  Speaker 2: How many days after? After two or three shows.
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  Speaker 1: Anyway, on that note, we've resolved the missing bodega cat issue,
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  Speaker 1: but there are quite a few.
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  Speaker 2: Twists and turns there in Park Slope in Brooklyn. Plus,
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  Speaker 2: a chance to see Richard Marks at 825.