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Vickie Paladino | Councilwoman, New York City District 19 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: My friend, Councilwoman Vicki Palladino. Vicki, good morning. How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Hi, good morning, Sid. Thanks for having me on. Great song,
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  Speaker 2: don't you think?
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  Speaker 1: I know you love that song, this song. You get
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  Speaker 1: all pumped up. You start dancing. It's so good out there. Vicki,
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  Speaker 1: where do we start? I want to get one quick
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  Speaker 1: question about yesterday, then we'll get to the elections. This
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  Speaker 1: AI stuff. Do you have any idea what the hell
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  Speaker 1: they're talking about?
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  Speaker 2: No, neither does the city council. I mean, the city
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  Speaker 2: council I represent. They're trying to fry, you know, open AI, Google,
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  Speaker 2: the executives. Then you have this 10-year-old kid. He looked
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  Speaker 2: about 10 that he called for. It was going to
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  Speaker 2: be the end of mankind. It was a four and
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  Speaker 2: a half hour hearing. And the very idea that my
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  Speaker 2: counsel should try to regulate AI in any way, shape
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  Speaker 2: or form is laughable. Absolutely laughable. It's a power play.
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  Speaker 2: An absolute power play. We can't trust this left-wing radical
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  Speaker 2: council to make any kind of logical decisions when it
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  Speaker 2: comes to something I don't know much about, but they
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  Speaker 2: know as much as I do, which isn't much. All right,
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  Speaker 2: let's be fair here. And their grandstanding, the grandstanding was amazing.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, here they are trying to intimidate and pull
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  Speaker 2: this power play BS.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that was, you know, the one who was doing
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  Speaker 1: that was specifically the Speaker, Julie Menon. Now, you and
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  Speaker 1: the Speaker have history. She She was not nice to you,
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  Speaker 1: and I was pissed. And I called her on, I'm serious,
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  Speaker 1: the very first meeting, like all you guys together, she
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  Speaker 1: literally went out of her way to embarrass you. And
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  Speaker 1: then you had to go through all that nonsense and
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  Speaker 1: hire a lawyer for doing nothing. I mean, you said
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  Speaker 1: bad things about Mom Donnie. That makes you a hero
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  Speaker 1: in this town, not a villain. Has that relationship between
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  Speaker 1: you and Menon gotten any better, or is there still
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  Speaker 1: bad blood there, honestly?
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, you know, the communication lines are open, always. OK,
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  Speaker 2: and Julie, they have their it's a very cliquish, very,
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  Speaker 2: very cliquish council this year with since Zoran has taken office.
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  Speaker 2: It's frightening because, in my opinion, people who used to
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  Speaker 2: be a little bit more fair and open minded seem
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  Speaker 2: to have closed their doors. where I am concerned. And
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  Speaker 2: that's okay with me, because what I represent is the people,
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  Speaker 2: and I have a duty to do, and that is,
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  Speaker 2: like you, to deliver the truth. Now, the truth is difficult.
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  Speaker 2: It's a tough pill for people to swallow. But our
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  Speaker 2: backs are literally against the wall, to coin the phrase
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  Speaker 2: in the song. And I won't back down. And I'm watching... Really,
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  Speaker 2: what I thought would be stronger-minded people take a knee,
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  Speaker 2: whereas when Adams, love him or hate him, was in office,
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  Speaker 2: his door was open to the people who thought differently
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  Speaker 2: than he did. There was no reason to attack Adams violently,
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  Speaker 2: yet this mayor isn't being touched at all. We had
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  Speaker 2: the migrant crisis with Eric Adams. tens of thousands illegals
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  Speaker 2: came in. We're still paying for them today. And when
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  Speaker 2: we listen to what Zoran says and his actions that
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  Speaker 2: speak louder than his words, if that's even possible, is
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  Speaker 2: never criticized ever by this council. And that to me
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  Speaker 2: is a real eye-opening, and it should be, to the
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  Speaker 2: people of the city of New York.
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  Speaker 1: I agree. But here's what I've noticed, Vicki, and again,
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  Speaker 1: you can just kind of go past this if you
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  Speaker 1: want to. I understand. You got five against 46. And
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  Speaker 1: of those 46 Democrats, 25 of them are literally lunatics.
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  Speaker 1: These are very sick people. Like this T.O. say, he
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  Speaker 1: should be in prison, this guy. He has no right
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  Speaker 1: holding a political office, this moron. But what I've noticed
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  Speaker 1: is the five Republicans, you, Morano, Carr, Vernikoff, and Joanne,
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  Speaker 1: Without naming specific names, there seems to be a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of infighting, a little bit of, maybe not infighting,
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  Speaker 1: but certainly criticism of each other. I'm not going to
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  Speaker 1: name who names who.
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  Speaker 2: No, you don't need to. No, you don't need to.
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  Speaker 2: And let me be very, very clear. When it comes
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  Speaker 2: down to it, our message will and always be the same. However,
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  Speaker 2: I do not like flip-flopping on very important issues. And
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  Speaker 2: the important issues being, you know, the anti-Semitism that's going on,
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  Speaker 2: the general hatred of others that just simply do not
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  Speaker 2: agree with this administration is very frightening. So when I
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  Speaker 2: see fellow Republicans weaken when they should not weaken at all,
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  Speaker 2: there's nothing, nobody here that needs great praise. You just
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  Speaker 2: don't say anything if you don't want to be openly
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  Speaker 2: critical of someone. I don't like grandstanding and I see
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  Speaker 2: a lot of that. And that's what's got me more
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  Speaker 2: riled up than ever is that the unity that I'd
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  Speaker 2: like to see is not there. And I'm not mentioning
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  Speaker 2: any names.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, don't mention names. But I'll tell you something. No, no,
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  Speaker 1: you showed enough courage just now, by the way. I
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  Speaker 1: love you, Vicki. You're the best. You show a lot
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  Speaker 1: of courage. Now, two years ago, When you invited me
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  Speaker 1: to your Whitestone holiday party for the first time, you
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  Speaker 1: may have forgotten who I arrived with that night. But
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  Speaker 1: I came from a WABC party, and I walked into
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  Speaker 1: your party with one Curtis Sliwa. Now, I told you
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  Speaker 1: this year, you asked me to host your holiday party,
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  Speaker 1: and I said, I'm not coming if Curtis is going
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  Speaker 1: to be there, because he's a backstabbing, no-good, son-of-a-bitch bastard.
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  Speaker 1: He backstabbed the whole city. And you said, don't worry,
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  Speaker 1: he's not coming. Some of your people are very upset
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  Speaker 1: with me. When you see Curtis... yucking it up at
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  Speaker 1: the inner circle or a couple of days ago, yucking
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  Speaker 1: it up with the mayor, getting their flu shots together.
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  Speaker 1: Does that not make you nauseous that there was a
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  Speaker 1: time when you were so loyal to him?
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  Speaker 2: Extremely. No, I, when I, I haven't spoken to Curtis
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  Speaker 2: since he lost the election. I sent him a text
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  Speaker 2: two days later on that Thursday, the election on Tuesday.
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  Speaker 2: And I, I said to Curtis, uh, you know, my condolences,
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  Speaker 2: but I, I didn't think you had it to start with. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: But as a supporter of mine back in the day, 2018,
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  Speaker 2: when I ran for state Senate, and then in 2021,
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  Speaker 2: when I was challenged by the Republican Party, he stood
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  Speaker 2: by me. So I thought, well, you know what, when
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  Speaker 2: he ran in 21 for mayor, that I would do
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  Speaker 2: my best. When he ran for mayor in 25, I
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  Speaker 2: did not do my best. I stayed quiet. I listened.
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  Speaker 2: I threw him one fundraiser at the club. I stayed quiet.
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  Speaker 2: There was no what I would normally be doing for
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  Speaker 2: a great candidate. I knew we were going to lose
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  Speaker 2: that race right out of the gate. It is our fault,
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  Speaker 2: and I repeat, exclamation point, our fault that we do
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  Speaker 2: not have candidates waiting in the wings, being groomed to
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  Speaker 2: take on the Democratic Socialist Party. Because that's what's running
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  Speaker 2: the city right now. And that's what's running the state
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  Speaker 2: right now. Make no mistake. This is no longer the
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  Speaker 2: Democratic Party, just to rewind, of the Kennedy era. I
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  Speaker 2: was never a Democrat. My family was never Democrat. But
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  Speaker 2: in this case, this is no longer the Democratic Party.
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  Speaker 2: It's been eaten from within. And it's been going on
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  Speaker 2: for decades. If you listen to Ronald Reagan, one of
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  Speaker 2: my favorites, favorite president of all time is Ronald Reagan,
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  Speaker 2: along with Trump and Teddy Roosevelt. But I will say this.
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  Speaker 2: There is decades of this going on, and they've allowed
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  Speaker 2: it to happen. And for the Democrats to take a
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  Speaker 2: knee and Julie Menon not to step out all over
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  Speaker 2: this mayor or any of my Jewish colleagues in council
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  Speaker 2: not to step out against this mayor the way they
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  Speaker 2: did with Eric Adams with everything. is beyond belief, okay?
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  Speaker 2: And that needs to set a lot of people straight
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  Speaker 2: about how badly we need change up in Albany. We
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  Speaker 2: need definite change. Is Bruce going to be faced with
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  Speaker 2: a lot of obstacles? Most definitely. But let me tell
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  Speaker 2: you this, Bruce can stand on his own and he's
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  Speaker 2: got a strong back and he will have strong backing.
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  Speaker 2: And that's very, very important. The Senate will still stay, unfortunately.
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  Speaker 2: We will still be the minority in the state Senate
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  Speaker 2: and we're the super minority in the assembly. But do
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  Speaker 2: not be discouraged by that. Everybody must, and it's all
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  Speaker 2: about numbers, folks. If you do not get out and vote,
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  Speaker 2: and I told this to everybody here, don't come complaining
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  Speaker 2: to me about why, how, and what happened. Because simply put,
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  Speaker 2: did you vote? Did you bring 10 people with you?
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  Speaker 2: Are you manning a phone right now to call 10
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  Speaker 2: people and ask those 10 people to call 10 people
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  Speaker 2: so they get out and vote for Bruce Blakeman? This
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  Speaker 2: is the key. The key is getting people out to vote.
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  Speaker 2: And if we don't have that, if we have low
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  Speaker 2: voter turnout, oh, because... oh, he can't win. That's a crock.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a crock. I can't stand that either. No,
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  Speaker 1: but you're right about one other thing. You're right about that,
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  Speaker 1: the low voter turnout. But he talked about our candidates.
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  Speaker 1: And when Curtis Saliwa, who's never a Republican, Trump hates
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  Speaker 1: his guts. Trump refused to even even give him a
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  Speaker 1: nice word, let alone an endorsement. OK, when he's your
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  Speaker 1: candidate for mayor, you've got problems. I like Ed Cox.
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  Speaker 1: I like all these people. But the truth is, we
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  Speaker 1: need better candidates. So with that said, when will I
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  Speaker 1: be voting for Vicky Palladino for borough president? or Congress,
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  Speaker 1: or State Senate, when will Vicky Palladino, who's one of
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  Speaker 1: our great voices, I'm not patronizing you, I mean it,
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  Speaker 1: when will you make the move to the next elevated
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  Speaker 1: level of politics?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I have to, I'll tell you, Sid, everybody's asking me,
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  Speaker 2: what are you going to do next, Vic? And I'll
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  Speaker 2: tell you the truth, I have to do something. I
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  Speaker 2: love my job. I am term limited out. If I
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  Speaker 2: could be city councilwoman for the next 10 years, I
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  Speaker 2: would do it.
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  Speaker 1: In a heartbeat. Really? Even after this council?
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  Speaker 2: Well, look, you know what? Everything is a fight. I'm
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  Speaker 2: up for the fight. I'm up for the battle. So
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  Speaker 2: long as the people know that there's some sort of
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  Speaker 2: voice that echoes their thoughts and their feelings, I will
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  Speaker 2: run for something else. Exactly what that is going to
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  Speaker 2: be at this moment, this election is going to decide
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  Speaker 2: a lot of things. I'm going to watch very closely
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  Speaker 2: the results, the margins, and I'm going to make some
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  Speaker 2: strategic moves. In 2027, I have to. My constituents here
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  Speaker 2: in District 19 are in panic mode because they don't know.
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  Speaker 2: They don't want to lose me and all this other
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  Speaker 2: sort of stuff. But I will have somebody that I'll
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  Speaker 2: put my hand over and anoint to be to take
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  Speaker 2: my place. That yet, too, has got to be decided upon.
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  Speaker 2: But to serve the people at any level at this
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  Speaker 2: point in time, I'm up for the challenge. I'm up
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  Speaker 2: for the job. And I can do it. You mentioned
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  Speaker 2: Chai Osei. Chai Osei is going to run for Congress.
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  Speaker 2: And that's good for him. He also made a play
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  Speaker 2: for United States Senate, which of course is a joke.
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  Speaker 2: So I put out a tweet that said, if you
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  Speaker 2: do it, I will do it. And I will go
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  Speaker 2: toe-to-toe with you. I promise. So look, there's a lot
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  Speaker 2: of decisions I have to make, very serious decisions. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not satisfied with the status quo. But right now, this
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  Speaker 2: is about November the 3rd. This is about making sure
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  Speaker 2: that Bruce gets the seat along with the lieutenant governor.
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  Speaker 2: And we've got to take this state back If we
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  Speaker 2: do not take this state back, the trickling down into
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  Speaker 2: our city will only get worse. Kathy Hochul, everybody knows
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  Speaker 2: what she's about. Now, Mozzie was just on. And Mozzie
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  Speaker 2: brought up a very good point. And I said this
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  Speaker 2: as well. And I'm doing a video today on my
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  Speaker 2: own behalf for Bruce. I'm going to walk around my district.
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  Speaker 2: And it's all about getting my Democrats here that voted
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  Speaker 2: for me because I'm eight to one here to vote
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  Speaker 2: for Blakeman. This has got to be the independents must
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  Speaker 2: come out strong and do the Democrats must come out strong.
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  Speaker 2: And they have got to realize that Hochul is only
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  Speaker 2: going to put us, you know. It's a $ 260 billion debt.
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  Speaker 2: We've got budget in Albany.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: $ 128 billion down here in New York City. So what
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  Speaker 2: is causing the state and the city to be run?
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  Speaker 2: $ 394 billion, Sid. Billion with the state.
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  Speaker 1: It's insane. It's more than Florida and Texas combined. Combined.
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  Speaker 1: It's insane. Okay. I got one thing in the way
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  Speaker 1: because I got it wrong, but you're great. What about...
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  Speaker 1: state Senate versus John Lou. You're looking at that.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not in John Lou's district. I would be running
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  Speaker 2: against Toby Savinsky is presently running against the Republican candidate here. Um, I,
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  Speaker 2: I would look, Toby's 87 years old. Uh, I have
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  Speaker 2: respect for Toby only because she's, she's, she's a trooper. Okay. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: I don't agree with her politics in any way, shape
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  Speaker 2: or form, but I do know respect. Uh, Hopefully, she
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  Speaker 2: will bow out. John Liu, they redistricted my state senate,
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  Speaker 2: District 11. They put me down into South Queens. I
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  Speaker 2: don't really care much for Albany. Again, things I have
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  Speaker 2: to think about, because the other thing that I hate
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  Speaker 2: is running every two years. That sucks. Yeah, it does.
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  Speaker 1: That sucks.
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  Speaker 2: Once you're secure, though, and you prove yourself to the people,
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  Speaker 2: it kind of has a rollover effect.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you just went.
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  Speaker 2: She's been doing this for 30-something years, okay?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: She's got to step away now.
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  Speaker 1: I would say so.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully she'll do it gracefully.
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  Speaker 1: Finally, 30 seconds. Well, I see you talking about great Italians.
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  Speaker 1: I know that tomorrow night, for example, is a very,
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  Speaker 1: very big night. I know you're aware of this. I've
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  Speaker 1: been invited. I don't know how, but I've been invited.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to honor great Italians like Rosanna Scotto, Chaz Palminteri.
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  Speaker 1: Andrew Giuliani. But I was invited by Frank. It is
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  Speaker 1: the New York City Council Italian Heritage Celebration coming up
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow on October the 7th. You guys are going to
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  Speaker 1: honor Italians. You're a great Italian. I'm sure you'll be
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  Speaker 1: there for that. And will you be at the parade
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  Speaker 1: on Monday?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Yes. Yes to both. I serve on the Italian caucus. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we worked very hard to put that together.
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  Speaker 2: Kudos to Joanne Areola and to Frank Marano. Absolutely. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I will be there. It's a very exciting night. I
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  Speaker 2: will be bringing rice balls from Mario's here in my neighborhood.
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  Speaker 2: And as far as the parade goes, that SOB better
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  Speaker 2: not be there.
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  Speaker 1: He won't be there.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's scared stiff.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, he should be.
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  Speaker 2: You know, really.
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  Speaker 1: He should be. There's a couple of guys in Howard Beach.
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  Speaker 1: They'll rearrange his face in 15 seconds. Just trust me.
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  Speaker 2: No, that's what I'm saying. It won't stand. He won't
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  Speaker 2: be able to. He won't make it. I'll be in
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  Speaker 2: a Cadillac.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, there you go. Me too.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see you there.
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  Speaker 2: Vicki.
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  Speaker 1: I love you. You're so great. You really are so great.
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  Speaker 1: You're great. You listen every morning and I appreciate your loyalty.
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  Speaker 1: I love you very much. Thank you. Thank you. God
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  Speaker 1: bless you. That is the great council lady. I really
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  Speaker 1: do think the world of her. I really do. I
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  Speaker 1: love her. She is so tough. If every politician in
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  Speaker 1: New York and around the country, had the toughness of
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  Speaker 1: Vicky Palladino, we'd be in great shape. I mean that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not patronizing her. I'm not going out of my
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  Speaker 1: way to extol her virtues. She deserves all of that.
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  Speaker 1: She's really a terrific lady and a great politician.
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