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Curtis Sliwa: “When [Andrew Cuomo] came into office as Governor, there were…”

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

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Curtis Sliwa On NYC Loyalty & Not Backing Down In The Mayoral Race

Published | Video Starts at 03:54

I agree, but we already had it. We disbanded it. De Blasio never did it. Adams never did it. Cuomo, I mean, he. When he When [Andrew Cuomo] came into office as Governor, there were 40,000 beds for the mentally ill in state hospitals. He cut the budget to the point... there were only 4,000 beds left. beds left. So if you want to blame anybody, Andrew Cuomo, who's trying to reinvent himself, all these homeless, emotionally disturbed, our people, our Americans, our veterans, and we do nothing for them but pay lip service to them. (03:54–11:06)

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Asserts that Andrew Cuomo reduced the number of beds for the mentally ill from 40,000 to 4,000.

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