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Curtis Sliwa: “I would increase the budget for parks by an additional 1%…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 15:38

But no parklands, no wetlands. I see Eric Adams announce where the old Flushing airport was. He wants to take wetlands, parkland and put casinos on parklands. Hey, parklands are for people. I would increase the budget for parks by an additional 1% instead of what Adams has done, which is slash the budget. We are a city of 9 million people. When you add all the people who come and go, we need more parkland and we need to preserve our wetlands. (15:38–15:45)

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Asserts that Eric Adams has slashed the budget for parks.

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