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Curtis Sliwa: “He's the reason that our city is dissolving.”

Featuring: Curtis Sliwa, Conservative | Radio Talk Show Host, Former Candidate, Mayor of New York City

Curtis Sliwa on his run for NYC mayor

Published November 1, 2025 | Video Starts at 17:37

How can I lessen the pain for the poor and the indigent that I'm responsible for? See, because the fallback position that Zorami would have as mayor and Andrew Cuomo is. I fought against Trump. He won. He's the reason that our city is dissolving. Well, when people lose their apartments in public housing and they don't have their food stamps and they can't get Medicaid, you got to blame Trump. (17:37–17:41)

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Asserts that Donald Trump is responsible for the city's decline.

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