Look, John Katz Matidis is part of that billionaire class. They think that they can pick the next mayor. How did that work out? They went to Cuomo in the primary. Cuomo was up by 40 points. Zoran Mandami was down at 1%. Zoran Mandami won the primary convincingly at 13%. So throw the polls right out the door. And secondarily, whatever happened with the people deciding who the mayor should be? So I should drop out. I am the only Republican. (04:21–04:31)
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Asserts that Zoran Mandami overcame a significant polling deficit to win the primary.
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