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Curtis Sliwa: “One third of the students are not even there each day.”

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

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Curtis Sliwa's full interview on The Point with Marcia Kramer - 7.27.25

Published | Video Starts at 07:14

Because there's a law that passed in the state that says they have to reduce class size in order to reduce class size. I respectful. I respectfully disagree. First off, not only don't you need more teachers, One third of the students are not even there each day. You think maybe we need to go back and get the students smaller classes. Smaller classes? I've been in these classes. They were 812 kids. The rest of them don't even come to school. (07:14–07:18)

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Asserts that one third of students are absent daily.

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