October 1, 2025 • 6 mins
Vickie Paladino speaks with Mendte in the Morning about Eric Adams dropping out of the Mayoral race and what led to his poor performance running as an incumbent.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Vicky Palladino, New York City Council member represents District nineteen
of Northeast Queens. She's with us every Wednesday at this time.
And Vicky, this is the first chance I've had the
chance to talk to you since Mayor Adams has dropped
out of the race. Give me your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Well, you know, which one other way was it going
to go? Polling so badly? You know, there were so
many things up against this guy. And I've said it
a thousand times. If he would have been stronger as
a mayor, I think he would have been the Democrat
nominee as an incumbent, but his his deadly. He just
(00:43):
did not do what needed to be done in this city.
You know, he tried to bring down crime. He brought
in Jessica Tish, which was great. You know, he's got
a very he's got a great top cop. And but
it's the other things, Larry, you know, they never expected
this migrant crisis. There's a lot of stuff thrown at
(01:05):
him and he there's things he could have did differently,
and he could have. I always said, you know, stop
going towards the left. You need to stay middle, because
the left hated him. There was no question about it.
So they proved it, and by proving it, they screwed
him at the CFD and of course the indictment. They
(01:29):
had to beat that to the ground, into the ground,
and he's out, and I'm just sorry. You know that
it took so long. His name will still be on
the ball that everybody has to know that. Please don't
vote for a guy who dropped out of the race.
You can't do that. The name is going to be there.
So you know you waited a week too long because
(01:51):
had he done this back around the eleventh of September,
the tenth of September, his name it would have been
before they made up the actual bat so we could
have avoided this.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Right, I know you really won. I know you really
won Curtis Leegua, and you're supporting Curtis absolutely, But just
say the next pole, right, I get it. And then
let's just say the next poll comes out and all
of the Adams voters go to Cuomo, and Cuomo is
now within single digits to Mom Donnie. At that point,
(02:24):
could you stomach Andrew Cuomo? You would have to you
would have to admit he'd be better than Mom Donnie. Right.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Oh, of course that then that's where I begin, and
that's where I end. Because here's here's a fact. Curtis
has really, as far as his money goes unbelievable. I mean,
this guy is rased over three point three million. I
got my numbers right here in front in front of me.
Total four point seventeen million, total donors seven four hundred
(02:58):
the cutoff yesterday one another one point three million raised
without public funds. Now he's up to fourteen thousand donors.
In the last forty three days, he raised four hundred
and twenty one thousand. It's all it's crazy numbers got
He's got a momentum building. And now what are they
(03:19):
gonna do with the money. They're gonna spend it?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Right?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Are they gonna advertise properly? Are they gonna get him
out there? Cuomo is an absolute disaster. Everybody's got to
remember who he is and what he stands for. Is yes,
better than Mandani, of course, but let's look at real
fact that's going to affect our everyday lives. Okay, he's
(03:44):
doubling down on what he did to kill the city.
He's doubling down on what he did to kill the state.
Cuomo's spots has not changed, not at all, and they're
not going to And to make a very snart remontent
talk that if he doesn't win, he's gonna move to Florida.
Really now, okay, looking ship, I mean think about it.
(04:08):
So yes, as a Republican and knowing Curtis the way
I do, I will say this that I'm right out
there now, Larry, I want Curtis Leeva to be our
next mayor because we could do this. We could do this,
And I'm not trusting the polls. That's another thing, Larry,
(04:30):
I am not at this time. I'm not trusting the polls.
Where is Clomo? Anybody see him? Does anybody see Clomo?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah? You know he was out yesterday. You're right though
he's not. He's like he takes every other day off
and for some reason, but he was out doing interviews
and campaigning yesterday.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
No, you know why. I'll tell you why. I spoke
to somebody on his campaign. You want to know why
you're not seeing him because he doesn't want to answer
the questions. He doesn't want now the debate to come
it up. Well, you're going to have to start to
answer some questions and the idea here is, in my opinion,
you know, smack him with whatever it is, just hit
(05:10):
him hard. And is NBC going to do that? I
don't know they And where are the reporters And why
aren't they knuckling down on Mandani? Why are they shooting
giving him? You know you just talked about baseball. Why
are they throwing all these softballs at Mandanni? Why aren't
they trying to nail this guy down that jello to
(05:33):
a wall and Cuomo too. They're just giving him a path.
You may not give him a path. This is the
mayor of New York City, and like I said, I
spoke to somebody on his campaign. This is weeks and
weeks ago, and they said, Vicky, the reason why you're
not seeing him is because the difficult questions he wants
(05:55):
to avoid. He wants to avoid those COVID questions he
wants to avoid why he shut down small businesses and
let large box stores operate.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
But I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what, Vicky.
I agree with you. I completely agree with you with
the media and how bad they have been in covering
Mom Donnie, and we deserve answers to many questions, especially
about how he plans on paying for any of this
stuff anyway. Counsel woman Vicki Palladino, thank you. Vicky is
(06:27):
with us every Wednesday at eight oh five
Vicky Palladino, New York City Council member represents District nineteen
of Northeast Queens. She's with us every Wednesday at this time.
And Vicky, this is the first chance I've had the
chance to talk to you since Mayor Adams has dropped
out of the race. Give me your thoughts.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Well, you know, which one other way was it going
to go? Polling so badly? You know, there were so
many things up against this guy. And I've said it
a thousand times. If he would have been stronger as
a mayor, I think he would have been the Democrat
nominee as an incumbent, but his his deadly. He just
(00:43):
did not do what needed to be done in this city.
You know, he tried to bring down crime. He brought
in Jessica Tish, which was great. You know, he's got
a very he's got a great top cop. And but
it's the other things, Larry, you know, they never expected
this migrant crisis. There's a lot of stuff thrown at
(01:05):
him and he there's things he could have did differently,
and he could have. I always said, you know, stop
going towards the left. You need to stay middle, because
the left hated him. There was no question about it.
So they proved it, and by proving it, they screwed
him at the CFD and of course the indictment. They
(01:29):
had to beat that to the ground, into the ground,
and he's out, and I'm just sorry. You know that
it took so long. His name will still be on
the ball that everybody has to know that. Please don't
vote for a guy who dropped out of the race.
You can't do that. The name is going to be there.
So you know you waited a week too long because
(01:51):
had he done this back around the eleventh of September,
the tenth of September, his name it would have been
before they made up the actual bat so we could
have avoided this.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Right, I know you really won. I know you really
won Curtis Leegua, and you're supporting Curtis absolutely, But just
say the next pole, right, I get it. And then
let's just say the next poll comes out and all
of the Adams voters go to Cuomo, and Cuomo is
now within single digits to Mom Donnie. At that point,
(02:24):
could you stomach Andrew Cuomo? You would have to you
would have to admit he'd be better than Mom Donnie. Right.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Oh, of course that then that's where I begin, and
that's where I end. Because here's here's a fact. Curtis
has really, as far as his money goes unbelievable. I mean,
this guy is rased over three point three million. I
got my numbers right here in front in front of me.
Total four point seventeen million, total donors seven four hundred
(02:58):
the cutoff yesterday one another one point three million raised
without public funds. Now he's up to fourteen thousand donors.
In the last forty three days, he raised four hundred
and twenty one thousand. It's all it's crazy numbers got
He's got a momentum building. And now what are they
(03:19):
gonna do with the money. They're gonna spend it?
Speaker 1 (03:21):
Right?
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Are they gonna advertise properly? Are they gonna get him
out there? Cuomo is an absolute disaster. Everybody's got to
remember who he is and what he stands for. Is yes,
better than Mandani, of course, but let's look at real
fact that's going to affect our everyday lives. Okay, he's
(03:44):
doubling down on what he did to kill the city.
He's doubling down on what he did to kill the state.
Cuomo's spots has not changed, not at all, and they're
not going to And to make a very snart remontent
talk that if he doesn't win, he's gonna move to Florida.
Really now, okay, looking ship, I mean think about it.
(04:08):
So yes, as a Republican and knowing Curtis the way
I do, I will say this that I'm right out
there now, Larry, I want Curtis Leeva to be our
next mayor because we could do this. We could do this,
And I'm not trusting the polls. That's another thing, Larry,
(04:30):
I am not at this time. I'm not trusting the polls.
Where is Clomo? Anybody see him? Does anybody see Clomo?
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Yeah? You know he was out yesterday. You're right though
he's not. He's like he takes every other day off
and for some reason, but he was out doing interviews
and campaigning yesterday.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
No, you know why. I'll tell you why. I spoke
to somebody on his campaign. You want to know why
you're not seeing him because he doesn't want to answer
the questions. He doesn't want now the debate to come
it up. Well, you're going to have to start to
answer some questions and the idea here is, in my opinion,
you know, smack him with whatever it is, just hit
(05:10):
him hard. And is NBC going to do that? I
don't know they And where are the reporters And why
aren't they knuckling down on Mandani? Why are they shooting
giving him? You know you just talked about baseball. Why
are they throwing all these softballs at Mandanni? Why aren't
they trying to nail this guy down that jello to
(05:33):
a wall and Cuomo too. They're just giving him a path.
You may not give him a path. This is the
mayor of New York City, and like I said, I
spoke to somebody on his campaign. This is weeks and
weeks ago, and they said, Vicky, the reason why you're
not seeing him is because the difficult questions he wants
(05:55):
to avoid. He wants to avoid those COVID questions he
wants to avoid why he shut down small businesses and
let large box stores operate.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
But I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what, Vicky.
I agree with you. I completely agree with you with
the media and how bad they have been in covering
Mom Donnie, and we deserve answers to many questions, especially
about how he plans on paying for any of this
stuff anyway. Counsel woman Vicki Palladino, thank you. Vicky is
(06:27):
with us every Wednesday at eight oh five
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