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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour, I'm Andrea Coleman. Coming up.
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  Speaker 2: And what about those Democratic socialists? What about their agenda?
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  Speaker 1: The mayor of one of America's largest cities shares his
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  Speaker 1: thoughts and concerns about the election with our Vanessa Tyler.
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  Speaker 1: We'll tell you what's on his mind. But first, here's
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  Speaker 1: BIN News Now.
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  Speaker 3: Virginia Republican Senator Bryce Reeves is calling for an investigation
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  Speaker 3: into Black Democratic Senator Luis Lucas following her federal indictment.
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  Speaker 3: Reeves has asked a Senate committee to review the allegations
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  Speaker 3: and determine whether they want her expulsion. He argues elected
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  Speaker 3: officials should be held to a higher standard. Chicago City
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  Speaker 3: Council has voted 44-6 to use $ 75 million from a
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  Speaker 3: parking meter deal to pay down pension debt instead of
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  Speaker 3: covering next year's budget deficit. The money comes from a
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  Speaker 3: recent transfer of the city's parking meter lease. Black Mayor
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  Speaker 3: Brandon Johnson had questioned whether the original agreement required the
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  Speaker 3: funds to be used specifically for pensions. And Maryland's Black
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  Speaker 3: Governor Wes Moore is investing another $ 500, 000 into community safety
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  Speaker 3: programs across the state. The funding will support crime prevention
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  Speaker 3: efforts and expand opportunities for young people. It builds on
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  Speaker 3: a two-year pilot program that improved coordination between state agencies
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  Speaker 3: and local communities to address public safety. I'm Amber Payton
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  Speaker 3: with BIN News Now. Back to you, Andrea.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Election security was among the issues BIN senior
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  Speaker 1: national anchor Vanessa Tyler spoke with New York Mayor Zoran
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  Speaker 1: Mamdani about this morning. Vanessa joins us now with a
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  Speaker 1: look at what Mayor Mamdani had to say. So, Vanessa,
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  Speaker 1: what is he thinking about the election?
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  Speaker 2: Well, like a lot of Democrats, people in the Democratic Party,
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  Speaker 2: he's optimistic, but he's cautious. And so I asked him
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  Speaker 2: whether it's too good to be true, all this. And
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  Speaker 2: he said, well, he feels really good, but he also
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  Speaker 2: wants to make sure that not to be too cocky
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  Speaker 2: because there have been disappointments. And of course, as we know,
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  Speaker 2: the polls can be wrong. But at this point, They
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  Speaker 2: are really, really blue. You know, they say it's too
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  Speaker 2: good to be blue, I guess is the phrase that
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  Speaker 2: people are using. And at this point, it really is
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  Speaker 2: really blue, like a blue wave is going to be coming. So,
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  Speaker 2: but he's optimistic, but cautious is how he put it
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  Speaker 2: to me.
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  Speaker 1: Any concerns about security?
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  Speaker 2: I asked him whether there were any problems at the
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  Speaker 2: polls so far. And a lot of New Yorkers, probably
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  Speaker 2: millions at this point, have already voted in early voting.
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  Speaker 2: So there were no problems so far. So tomorrow is D-Day.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, tomorrow's election day. So we'll see whether there
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  Speaker 2: are any issues. But so far, there are none. He
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  Speaker 2: doesn't expect any, but they always are on the lookout
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  Speaker 2: because you just never know what could happen.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, very good. And what are people saying there? What
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  Speaker 1: are What are voters who are engaged in this election saying,
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  Speaker 1: and what are they thinking about the election so far?
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  Speaker 2: I think what they're thinking here in the New York
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  Speaker 2: City area, the tri-state area, which includes New York, New Jersey,
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  Speaker 2: and Connecticut, the parts of which I cover, basically it's
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  Speaker 2: the same thing they're saying nationwide, and it's that one word, affordability.
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  Speaker 2: They want to be sure to vote in people who
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  Speaker 2: will think about them, their pocketbook's, and for many of them,
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  Speaker 2: what they're dealing with and what they're suffering from. And
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  Speaker 2: that is trying to make sure they keep food on
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  Speaker 2: the table, gas in the tank, that kind of thing.
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  Speaker 2: And so that's the top of mind. And they want change.
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  Speaker 2: And you hear that a lot, too. We want change.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we're disappointed. We're not liking the way things
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  Speaker 2: are going. We didn't want the war. You know, very,
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  Speaker 2: very similar to what we are hearing nationwide. from so
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  Speaker 2: many people, Democrat and Republican.
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  Speaker 1: Stay tuned to BIN to hear Vanessa's entire interview with
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  Speaker 1: Mayor Mamdani. Vanessa will also have a special report on
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  Speaker 1: issues impacting Black voters during our special Election Day program
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow evening at 7 p.m. Black America Votes, the midterms 2026,
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  Speaker 1: looks at the election from a Black perspective. This is
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  Speaker 1: BIN News This Hour. Be sure to follow us wherever
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  Speaker 1: you get your podcasts. I'm Andrea Coleman on the Black
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  Speaker 1: Information Network, home of Black News First. Thank you.