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Curtis Sliwa: “If you're running in a presidential year, how much time is…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 19:26

Do you support that? Are you a yes or no on that vote? Absolutely not. This mayoral election proves that it's received worldwide attention because of the dynamics. If you're running in a presidential year, how much time is going to be spent, not just on mayoral elections, but the 51 city council manic elections? No, no, no, no. It's too important a position, too many city council people important to be able to get their message out. It'd be drowned it out. (19:26–19:34)

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Asserts that running mayoral elections in presidential years would reduce focus on mayoral and city council elections.

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