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Curtis Sliwa: “I've been in a third of the 350 shelters that are run by the…”

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

FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum

Published October 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:17:28

The subways, you have to make safe. That's the one thing you can do. And it's got to be clean. We've got to get the homeless people in to safe shelters. I've been in a third of the 350 shelters that are run by the Department of Homeless Services. Some of the MICA shelters for the mentally ill and chemically addicted, they belong in mental health care hospitals. There is, it's Darwinian in the shelter. Survival of the fittest. (1:17:28–1:17:34)

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“A million people had already picked up and left New York City, many of them from the Bronx.”
FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum | Uploaded October 8, 2025 | 42:35-42:41
“By 2030, we will have to double the electricity output.”
FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum | Uploaded October 8, 2025 | 48:04-48:09
“Andrew Cuomo, who took Indian Point offline. That was 25% of our electricity with no alternative, no natural gas.”
FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum | Uploaded October 8, 2025 | 48:13-48:22
“We got to cut this budget. $118 billion budget, $41 billion alone for the Department of Education.”
FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum | Uploaded October 8, 2025 | 49:25-49:33
“2/3 of them cannot read, write or do math at grade level.”
FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum | Uploaded October 8, 2025 | 49:41-49:46
“Rudy Giuliani was the best law and order mayor we had. He inherited a City in 1993. Two thousand murders a year, 10,000 unsolved shootings.”
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“Citizens Budget Commission said we lost a billion dollars in various fare evasion just last year alone.”
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“The Financial Control Board had been set up in 1975 by Governor Kerry with perilous times.”
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“We were on the brink of fiscal disholvency and I believe we're moving in that direction now.”
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“There are 180,000 drivers in New York City now who are in perilous times.”
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“I'm the only candidate who says we've got to across the board, cut the taxes or the flight will continue.”
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“We got to cut the income tax. I know I have to deal with the state on that.”
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“We have to cut the corporate tax. I know I have to deal with the state.”
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“We can deal with the property tax, which the city controls.”
FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum | Uploaded October 8, 2025 | 48:52-48:57
“42,000 per student, 100,000 less students enrolled, 1/3 of chuance every day, average fourth grader.”
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“We have 200 schools with less than 200 students.”
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“There's mayoral control, but it's Michael Mulgrew, the union leader, who controls how these schools operate.”
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“You have 13 deputy chancellors, 50 department heads.”
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“Teachers are still paying out of their pocket for basic supplies.”
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“Implementation of the financial control board that already exists, but it's in mothballs.”
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“Cut taxes across the board, cut the spending in government.”
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“Women are the majority of the workforce. They become the majority. In some places, managers, nightlife cannot survive.”
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“A million New Yorkers get their gainful employment in small businesses and they're closing up for a variety of reasons.”
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“They raised it 20%. I'm going to cut that property tax.”
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“I am opposed to the City of Yes. That would destroy the residential makeup, especially of the outer boroughs.”
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“Yes, we need affordable housing. Stay out of the parks, stay out of the wetlands.”
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“A billion dollars of tickets are built into the [New York City] budget.”
FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum | Uploaded October 8, 2025 | 1:03:42-1:03:42
“The Department of Buildings is oftentimes your enemy, whether you're making changes in your existing occupancy or you're trying to build a…”
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“Already doing that behind the scenes because some of them are Democrats. They want to wear a scarlet letter right now until they see the…”
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“Larry Kudlow, you all know how esteemed he is. He's worked on cutting budgets and he's also worked on cutting taxes.”
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“The mass majority of people that would be assisting me, Democrats.”
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“I would strengthen the Department of Investigation. Eventually, I would have an independent, autonomous group of many of these prosecutors…”
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“The mayor should have no role in appointing people who might have to investigate him.”
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“There's good news they always put out, but there's bad news. There needs to be transparency, and the people who pay all the bills have a…”
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“If Jack Citarelli gets elected and it's a close election, he is going to retaliate with a commuter tax against people leaving New York.”
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“It accelerates these foolish, ridiculous taxes that do nothing for nobody except put money in the mta, the money taking agency that has no…”
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“We need capital improvement in the existing subway system.”
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“The express bus service, which many of your workers take because they live, is horrible.”
FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum | Uploaded October 8, 2025 | 1:15:01-1:15:07
“They're raising that to about 750 now with the new fare increases of the MTA.”
FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum | Uploaded October 8, 2025 | 1:15:27-1:15:34
“The mayor has a limited capacity. You have board members on the MTA, but not substantial enough to outdo the governor and state legislative…”
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“Creedmoor only 30% occupied.”
FULL: Mamdani, Sliwa, Cuomo speak at mayoral forum | Uploaded October 8, 2025 | 1:18:47-1:18:50
“Kathy Hochul already did it in the emergency of subway crime in 2024. Remember, she first had 750 National Guardsmen. Then when Debrina Kwam…”
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“What we could use is Cash Patel and the FBI investigating the sex trafficking that brings women in from Asia, Central and South America.”
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