December 24, 2025 • 36 mins
Curtis Sliwa fills in for Mark Simone. Curtis is joined by his wife, Nancy Sliwa, for a special hour dedicated to their shared passion for animals. Nancy shares stories about her upbringing, her lifelong love of animals, and how this passion brought the couple together. The Sliwas discuss their experiences rescuing and caring for animals at home, offering insights into the joys and challenges of animal rescue. Curtis takes calls with his wife, Nancy, from listeners, sharing what makes animals so important in their lives.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now the Red Beret has returned to radio. Curtis Lee
guest host the Mark Simone Show on sevent ten wo R.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah, I just came through the tunnel here at iHeart
w R. It's all red. You know, it could be
the locker room for the Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium
now moving to Kansas. You know, like Dorothy, you know,
clicking her red shoes. But I'm festooned all in red,
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red satine jacket, red beret, feeling like Sanny Claus and
also having received a gift to be able to broadcast
to all of you and our new found talk radio
station seven to ten WR that Nancy and I listened
to as often as possible. And she joins me right
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now as she joined me at many times on WABC.
No longer our place to be where they were always bashing, Curtis.
But I know you're busy getting ready for our trip
ahead the next two days, as we'll be dealing with
family members on your side of the family. So I'd
like it just to give everybody here an idea who
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you are and where you came from as long term
listeners here at seven to ten WR.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Well, that's a pretty tall order. But let's see, so
where I came from. I grew up in Long Island.
I graduated from Stonybrook, I went to law school in Brooklyn,
and once I got to Brooklyn, I never looked back.
You know, I love being in the city, and living
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in Brooklyn was the first time that I had discovered
all of these cats that wander around outside. And that's
when I first discovered the concept of the colony cats
and all the people out there who were taking care
of them, and you know, had like regular groups of
outdoor cats because as you know, the shelter system is
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so filled up, and unfortunately, you know, they're a kill
shelter in the city, so you know, they bring them in,
they warehouse them a bit, and then after that happens,
they euthanize them pretty quickly, even when they don't really
have any significant types of problems. So you know, that's
not a great place to be. And I realized that
there's this incredible community of people out there who are
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doing exactly what you know, it's passionate. I'm passionate about,
which is taking care of them, realizing that they can
live outside as long as you know, it's done within,
like the structure of the colony, which is making sure
they're spade and neutered, providing them with houses, especially in
inclement weather like right now where it's cold outside, and
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you know, feeding them on a regular basis, so that's
way they have a food source. So I mean, you know,
I guess that's the And then Ned, I met you
about ten years ago or so, and you know we've
been together ever since, So that's that's me in a nutshell.
I guess.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah. I remember you were living in Sunset Park at
the time, and you said, there are cats living in
the alleyway, you know, swear all the garages were. And
I said, I didn't see Anny. I walked through the alleyway.
I didn't see Anny. And then you walked through and
you made this sound like the female version of Doctor Doolittle.
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And I mean, cats were coming out of every Nikrannian
corner and they were rubbing up against your leg, the
tails in the air, all of them with all of
their own unique personalities as I observed them, and there
were so many people just like yourself, mostly women, some
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men out of pocket who care for these animals sometimes
in distress, will also serve as a barrier because their
presence keeps the rats, the mice, the rodents away, and
so they earn their keep many times over without there
having to be pesticides and all other kinds of alternatives
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they used to try to eliminate the rats and the
mice that you'll never eliminate. You could have daytime with them,
but you can keep them at bay. What was it
like when people would turn to you and it'll call
you a cat lady or disparagingly make fun of you
because you and others were reaching into your pocket spending
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your own money to care for these animals.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Well, I mean, well, first of all, I don't get
offended by people, you know, I usually try to explain
it to them, because you know, the mis inception I
I would get a lot of times is like somehow
I brought them there, like I created these cats, And
I try to you know, you have to explain no, no, no,
there's so many of them that live outside all the time,
and what I'm doing is basically caring for the ones
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that are here. And if if for some reason, you know,
someone calls like the you know, the shelter to come
pick them up, it just creates a vacuum in that area,
and then what happens is other cats in the area
move in. There's just so many cats you don't see
them all the time. So I'm you know, I'm pretty
tough skinned, like I wouldn't really take it when people
are getting annoyed. But that's why you also have to
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make sure you take care of these things in a
decent basis. So for example, you know, you don't leave
the food around, you don't do things that are going
to clearly bother neighbors, and you know, create nuisance. So
as long as and again that's also why you want
to make sure that you get the cats fixed. I
mean that's essential. You can't keep having the kittens around.
And then plus when they're fixed, they calm down a lot.
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I mean, the the aggression that happens with the mail
cats when they're not fixed, I mean, it's all territory. Also,
you know, you can get their behavior to a point
where you know they're i mean again, they're they're the
same as the indoor cats. It's just they need, you know,
the very specific attention because it's a tough it's a
tough time out there. You know, there's a lot of
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cats that just inavertently stumble on poisons things of that nature.
Like I would have to explain to people like, you know,
don't inavertently throw things down, because that happens a lot too.
I mean, you know, it always bothers me in the winter. Now,
obviously you see a lot of people throwing down the
like rock salt. The city throws down the rock salt.
That's actually dangerous for animals because they use like the
cheapest variety. So you know, you have this. I mean,
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it's a tough life for them out there. So you know,
I just you know, I'm very compassionate. You know, I'll
have people who you know, you know, I feel like
everyone can understand it if you explain it to them,
and then if they don't understand it after that, then
to heck with them, because you know, they're living creatures
and I can't see any justification for letting someone's dislike
of them ever stop the behavior of caring for animals.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Now, what I loved about Wisconsin when I was up
there organizing Guardian Angels and Milwaukee is they don't use
rock salt because they had, you know, years ago, they
had feet of snow. It's not like that as it
used to be. But they would put down a brine
of parmesan cheese, a brine, yeah, and naturally, I mean
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even some people, you know, it's, oh, parmesan cheese. They'd
be down there, you know, licking the asphalt. But there
were so many other alternatives, and I think the one
singular thing that comes across is I've noticed some time
to time you'll be walking the streets where we live
and you'll see some pigeons in distress, and you'll feed them.
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Some people will refer them as rats with wings, others
as basically the official bird of New York City. Fact
that i'd been elected mayor, as you know, on the
campaign trail, I said, we would have taken the New
York City flag. It's like some indescript bird on the
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I would put a pigeon. That's what New York City
is known for. And I noticed some people would be
talking and she's feeding the pigeons, and I will walk
off to them and I'd say, you got a problem
with that, Oh no, Curtis, No, No, you know that's
my wife, Nancy. You got a problem with that? No, No,
And then they have spikes that they yeah, they the windowsills.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
The aggression against the pigeons I find really really distasteful.
To your point, the spikes that are allowed to be
put up and then now you have pigeons that are maimed.
I mean that to me. I can't believe that's even
legal that that happened. But I definitely catch a lot
of guff for throwing down the bird seed with the pigeons.
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But then usually the people who are saying something to
me are walking their dog who's urinating on the sidewalk,
so I'm not really sure where they are on their
high horse telling me anything about fendliness of animals, So
you know, to each it on, I guess right.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Yeah, And it's a much better remedy. If you don't
want pigeons flocking around, you just put up a plastic owl.
It's like in cornfields when they put up scarecrows. That
has the same impact without damaging the pigeons. And it's
a horrific death that they suffer because they get impaled.
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And some people in their minds, you know, that's a OK.
But I think the broader issue is you know, and
again it's what I based both of my campaigns on
and running for New York. One of the many issues
animal welfare at Mahatma Gandhi. You know, there will be
people who criticize him because they hate animals. He said
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that a society that does not take care of its
animals does not take care of its people. And you
have seen how much time and energy we in the
Guardian Angels, with your help, have put into caring for
the homeless and the emotionally disturbed because we don't take
care of them, and we don't take care of our animals.
The abuse the dogs that are raised to fight and
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kill and maim, and nothing is done to stop that.
As you mentioned when spading and neutering, it would go
a long way and keeping these many animals God's creatures
out of harm's way.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
Yeah, I mean, and again that's the whole goalposts of everything.
You know, you don't want to have the breeder animals.
I mean, there's no reason to keep creating you know,
these you know, dogs and cats when the reality is
there's not enough home for them all together. So I
absolutely think that that has to stop right away. I mean,
you can't be having that go on.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Well, we'll be able to travel the visit with your
mother Beth, who just celebrated her birthday, who I believe
out in Bohemia really introduced you to the life of
people who dedicate themselves to animal Would I be correct
on that. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
My mom's like first job, believe it or not, when she, uh,
you know, got a job in Long Island was working
at an animal shelter, so you know, like a veterinarian office.
Rather so during the weekend when she would be working,
I would go in with her. So it was as
though they were all like I had a whole bunch
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of cats and dogs that I could visit because they
were the ones who were sort of waiting in the
the kennels, like if either they were recovering or maybe
they were for adoption. So that was actually very cool.
I mean, And I also grew up with having a
dog and cats in the household, so you know, I'm
just very familiar with them in general. And yeah, I mean,
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and you know, of course, growing up in Long Island
it's a lot more nature, so you know, you would
you just you know, you see things more often. Like
I had a neighbor next to me who had, believe
it or not, chickens and roosters and things like that,
like a little farm going on, so you know, it's
just a much more natural to see these animals.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Well, the defining moment for me with you and your
passion for animals was in that first campaign when I
ran against Eric Adams twenty twenty one, and I warned
everybody he would be corrupt and we would have chaos,
but nobody listened. About halfway through the campaign and you
were scrolling on the internet the death row list that
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they put up from the Animal Care and Control the shelters,
because these are kill shelters, they are not no kill shelters.
And you said, I got to run to East New
York Clennon Boulevard to the animal shelter there that's now
closed to rescue this cat. And I remember you had
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cold and they said, yeah, well we're opening five And
I said, Nancy, you can't go down there on your own.
I mean, that's right by Saint Fort Shanada's that's on
Linen Boulevard, that psychology.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
No, you can't go there. That's oh no, that's Cyper Sells.
They have drive by shootings. I'm gonna go with you.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yes, we got in the animal welfare van of the
Guardian Angels and we were driving halfway there. We were
on Woodhaven Boulevard. It was like two o'clock in the afternoon,
and they called you and just relate to our listeners
all throughout the Tri State area. In the world the
insensitivity of the people. They're knowing you were on your
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way to rescue this cat that was on death row.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Yeah, so I had already basically secured the rescue of
this small kitten, and those are the ones that are,
believe it or not, first to be put down in
the shelters a lot of times because if you don't
have someone to bottle feed them, they you know, they
don't have full time staff like that. So we were
on our way and I got to call that the
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medical team. Ultimately they decided, well, well, I don't think
this cat's gonna, you know, farewell, so we're just going
to euthanize it, like you know. And that to me
was incredible because when you adopt these cats, a lot
of times when they do have any potential medical issues,
they're not footing the bill for any of the medical care,
so it's whether it's on them to you know, relinquish
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the animal. Knowing that any medical care you have to supply.
I mean, there's no cost to them to allow you
to take that animal home. So again they just decided, well,
we took a second look, and we don't really think
this this cat's gonna, you know, farewell, so we're just
gonna go ahead and euthanize it, knowing I was on
my way to get this cat. So that was really heartbreaking.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
I remember, people need to know. My wife was crying
for days. She pulled the vehicle over and I vow
to you right then, I said, if I become the mayor,
this becomes a priority. Can you remember.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
And then the other side note to that was because
you want to mention that story about what happened with
the animal care and control. Right away, they've pulled my
ability to actually get these animals from the shelter as
like a stick of to youth type moment, apparently because
they don't like when people tell the truth about what's
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going on in the shelter system. So right away they
took me off the list of being able to adopt
these animals. So that was a real nice touch.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
So to all of our critics out there, including the
President of the United States, I rememberless Maria Bartoloma. He
was on the show Fox Business in the White House
and he was railing against you and I for rescuing cats,
and if I was elected, they would be in Gracie Mansion.
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And I'm saying to myself while I'm watching him almost
with great delight, attacking us, saying, excuse me, mister president,
you realize in the room you're in now was another
great Republican president called Teddy Roosevelt who had eighty animals
at the White House when he was president, dogs and
cats in the White House right where you're sitting now,
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speaking to Maria Bartoloma. But of course he wouldn't care
about that. Who cares only about Donald Trump? Up next,
we got it. We have to have this conversation. It's
the lead story today about student loans garnishing. The United
States will bail out countries like Argentina, corrupt as they are,
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but our country will not bail out those who are
in debt because of student loans. We'll get an update
from Nancy Sleews. We work our way right into Christmas
Day at your newfound station. A gift to all of
you seven to ten wor Talk Radio.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
With Street crab literally Curtis Slaywad joined sevent ten WR
to guess those from Mark Samon.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
At our Newfounds station seven to ten WR. For so
many of you, you don't need to go where you
used to listen to me or Nancy. I'll be here
till January. Second substitute for Marc Simone and I. I
love radio. When I was growing up, I didn't make
it through high school, got kicked out by the Jesuits
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at Brooklyn Prep. They shine the boots on my backside.
I never looked back. It's pumping gas, packing shelves at
an AMP, and I remember listening to talk radio and
then King of Talk Radio Bob Grant at the old WMCA,
and then at nine wn W Allison Steele the Nightbird,
free form music radio. It was it could. It was
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a mood elevator because talk radio can be a real downer.
Got to reach for the title and all in advil.
Sometimes it's just negativity, negativity. And so what my wife
Nancy has done for me is she knows she's working
all day. I'm working all day, and I'm in all
the places that most people don't want to go. Can
be pretty depressing. And she'll put on electronic dance music
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for me when I get to the house with the kiddies.
You know, chain Smokers, our favorite Don't Let Me Down Paris.
Last night you were playing for me was great. But
you've also introduced me to songs and normally I would
never listen to like Justin Bieber with that song Stay
that video from Downtown LA that I'm familiar with. Wo wow,
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that's great. That's a mood elevator. Then Miley Cyrus, I
would never listen to Miley Cyrus Midnight Sky. Oh, that's great.
Post Malone, I liked him, he was out of Syracuse Sunflower.
These all mood elevator's song. So boy, you really know
how to get my mood back into gee And mostly
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it's with electronic dance music. And that's because you're of
a different generation than me. I'm a baby boomer, but
your generations of Millennials and Gen Zas have been just destroyed.
The American dream has been robbed from you if you
got sucked into these student loans. And now basically the
president the government is saying we're coming after you. If
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you've defaulted, We're gonna take every nickel diamond penny. You
have a make We're gonna have a look underneath the uh,
the Castro convertible that you might be sleeping on. We're
gonna get you, my little pretty if it's the last
thing we do. Could you explain how this American dream
has been robbed from so many of your peers and
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your generation.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
I mean, i'd say just the excess of burdens student loans.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
That's that's the really most surprising part to me that
when I when I got out and you know again,
you're you're kind of going through the motions. It's you know,
it's it's kind of forced on you in a way
as you're going through you know, junior high high school,
like obviously you have to go to college. Like how
else would you expect to get any sort of job
of values that you're going to need to have in
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the future. So, you know, and they're very quick to
throw paperwork in front of you, where, well this is
how you go.
Speaker 5 (20:18):
You just sign you know.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
It's like, you know, again, I think it's very hard
to comprehend when you're you know, like I was barely eighteen.
I think when I signed it, because I graduated, it
was July. You know, I turn eighteen July, and you know,
you're basically taking on this level of debt that is
really incomprehensible, and by the time you actually graduate from school.
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What really surprised me was that the amount that I
owed was way more than what I even borrowed. So
you know, they funt end it with the interest, so
it'll take you, you know, years, like paying the normal
payment that you have to pay, it'll take you years
just to get down to what you initially borrowed in
the first place. And you know, they kind of have
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it where it's you know, like sort of based a
little bit on your income, like the federal loans, at least,
you know, they try to be a little bit more
flexible in terms of what your salary is, so you know,
they'd have like they call it like income sensitive and
you know, just all based upon that. But the reality
is so anytime that you start to make a little
bit more money, the student loan increases, like, you know,
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incredibly more so again, when I started working at the
law firm and I was making an okay salary the
first time, that's when the student loan And that's also
when the Obama care kicked in because I didn't have
health insurance. So all of a sudden, now I was
getting a penalty for not having the health insurance. And
I had this massive student loan every month. I mean,
you can bailu your fort to just live, just pay
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your rent and pay your basic bills when you're looking
at things like that. I mean, I was paying like
twenty five hundred close of three thousand a month just
in student loans. I mean, and this is you know,
looking down like the line of knowing you're going to
have to be paying it for a decade or two,
you know, based on how much you ultimately owe. So
unfortunately I had to borrow a lot of money for everything,
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and law school is just way expensive. So yeah, I
mean it's it's it's really tough to get started in
your life. When you're right off the bat, you're paying
you know, several grand.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
A month, and so it makes you angry, makes you
angry that that dream that was promised you if you
did your four years, You graduate school, you get your degree,
you know, your financial analysts, CPA, a lawyer, whatever, you
do all of that, and now you're living in an
apartment still with three other people like you're back in
your dormitory in school.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
Yeah, I mean, I yeah, thankfully I didn't have to
sort of go into that direction of having like multiple people,
but I always had like maybe one roommate possibly, Yeah,
I mean, but but again it's you know, you look
at the the costs for everything within New York City,
I mean. And the first thing too that blew my
mind was realizing that not only they're more expensive live
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in New York City, but then when you do your taxes,
you're getting a city tax on top of that. Like wait, what,
Like it already costs so much money to live here
in the first place, and I'm not even sure what
I'm paying for.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Maybe some people from what you've just said, understand the
anger that led to the election of Zorahan Mandami, who
it was all about a cost of living affordability. And
then to hear our presidents say, if you vote for
Javier Milai of Argentina, my friend will bail out Argentina
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for the twentieth time. These dead beats, we bail them out,
but won't even bail out people from this student loans
in the United States.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Unbelievabah, Like, I mean, I could see if you if
you're if you have the money if and again I
think they the disconnects too between the charges that they
have for you know, higher education to begin with, and
then the likelihood of getting a job that really sort
of fits the criteria to be able to pay that back. Like,
I don't think there's any ramifications for these higher educational
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institutions to really I mean, they're not guaranteeing you jobs,
so you know, the best they can do is maybe
tell you, you know, try to like you know, sort
of gear you in the right direction, but you know,
to be putting so much money in for something that
you may or may not get down the road. I
you know, I feel like they do take advantage of
a lot of the young people out there. I always
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thought when I was younger too, that, oh, the people
who straight out of school, when they just went into
a job so like you know, especially like the ones
that require more of like the technical skills like the
plumbing and things like that.
Speaker 5 (24:41):
I was like, oh, well, that.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Those people aren't going that Like I had no idea
how much ahead of the curve that they were, because
right out the gate they have a skill that's you know,
that that kind of really less a test of time.
And then plus they don't have any of the student
loan debt, and they start making money years before you
even get a chance to start making money. So those
those people really know what they're doing out there.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
Well, on that note, you have a chance to speak
to Nancy. The best thing that ever happened in my life,
my wife and yours truly right here at our new station,
our favorite to listen to, seven ten WOR at one
eight hundred three to two one zero seven ten. That's
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Speaker 1 (25:19):
Ten, Street Smart Straight Talk. Curtis Leewall guest host for
Mark Simone on sevent ten woar.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Two Great Christmas Presents broadcasting here on our new favorite station,
seven to ten WOR. The many of you are discovering
for the first time, I say we it's my wife, Nancy.
It is the best present that I've ever had, best
thing that ever happened in my life of seventy one years.
And she remains on the line. But it's time for
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our listeners to be heard now and see let's go
to Madeleine, who's calling from the Bronx. Oh what a
great day it is Madeline.
Speaker 6 (26:09):
Yes, especially because I'm talking to you and there I
remember you from I think nineteen seventy eight. That's for
but number four trained Rep Brigade. I always tell you
that we're not full of books here anyway.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Hold on, hold on, hold on, if you can police,
hold on. You're coming in broken up, Crash, Let's see
what you can do. I'd hate to see if the
disconificator is preventing us from hearing folks from your borough,
the Bronx and the borough where I started the Guardian
Angels in nineteen seventy nine. On that note, while Crash
goes to work on that, let's go to Carlatto, who's
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calling from Brooklyn. Your turn to be heard here at
seven ten wr Well.
Speaker 7 (26:54):
How do you do it? Merry Christmas? And God bless
you for staying in the race, because if you order
went out, we were being down to one party, a
hard social and a thought social who could have turned hard.
And this is very serious because if you weren't dropped
out the way I look at it down, this is
a Crown Jule in New York. Down the road, the.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Same thing could happen. We are going to go into
one party this is very scary times.
Speaker 7 (27:18):
The Marxists are here.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
Let me explain, Carlotta, it's already here. When I return
Friday morning, I think I will be to have connected
all the dots of how Republican leadership through Congresswoman at
least Stephanic under the bus and created the pathway for
Bruce Blakeman eliminating a superstar. I mean, Republicans are the
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worst enemy of Republicans in New York City and in
New York State. They do everything to help the Democrats
to keep it a one party system. And I saw
the grifter in chief last night. She was all over
New Yor York with Eric Adams Swaggerman with no plan. Oh,
they were having a love fest. And she was surrounded
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by Republicans all day long who are making backroom deals. Oh,
you had better be listening Friday morning. Hopefully I will
have connected all the DUTs by then. Let's go if
we can to Lenny, who's calling from Staten Island. You're
turning to be heard here at seven ten wr Lenny.
Speaker 5 (28:32):
Hey, Curtis, we know each other. Good to hear your
voice on the radio. And you gave me an early
Christmas present. Let me tell you my son is on
the DMZ in Korea. He just got promoted yesterday, the
sergeant staff sergeant Lenny, right, And that's why people listen
to you. You bring the real stuff to us by
(28:55):
mentioning our servicemen who cannot be home for this time
of year. It really it touched my heart and I
thank you very much for giving that shout out to
the servicemen that are away from their families this time
of the year. God bless you.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
Thank you, Lenny, and to your son serving us there
in the DMZ. Remember that's a war that never ended
nineteen fifty three, still on there, separating South Korea from
the evil seed of Kim Jung mentally ill and the
crazies of North Korea. On that note, Nancy, as you
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prepare for our swinging soiree through the Tri State area
members of your family, what was it like for you
growing up in Bohemia and Suffolk County looking forward at Christmas?
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Well, you know, I mean, obviously it's I always enjoyed
Christmas growing up. My mom this years very into the tradition,
and you know, the Christmas tree, the outdoor decorations.
Speaker 5 (30:07):
We would have.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
You know, either people would come over. I mean mainly
it was always kind of hosted at our house to
some extent, so you know, I didn't really do a
lot of traveling to other family member's house. It was
just always you know, stationed at our house. And you know,
back then we used to have in the real winters,
so a lot of times there was snow, which is
always nice. And then being off of school as a kid,
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you know, you can't go wrong with that either. So
it was always just a nice time out in Long
Island growing up.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
And I'm wondering how many people listening to us in
the Tragity State area and beyond throughout the world on
the internet. At wor seven remember that last minute present
that either Mam or Dad or maybe your older brother
or sister would get you at the Hesh gas station,
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which was the HESH truck, the hash car, you know,
a quickie. Many people would never go to Hesse because
it was considered low budget gasoline. Low budget. It wasn't
like Sinoco, you know, with all the five seven grades.
But they drive into Hesse where they wore the white
suits and it came out and pumpedy gas and they said, no, no,
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not here for the gas and please don't put that
dirty squeegee on my window. I'm here for the Hess truck,
last minute present, and it's still available even though there
are no more Hest stations. Hessel, Murada, they had the
huge petro chemical plant and the refinery in New Jersey
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along the Cancer Belt. When you're on a New Jersey
Turnpike and you're going south, once you pass Newark Airport,
which is always a dollar short in a day late
for everything, hit south DM boy. Then you look at
all the petro chemical plants, You look at all the
refineries that used to be Leon Hess's refinery. Who owned
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the New York that's at one point.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
Yeah, I never I never got a Hess truck, nor
did I give a Hess truck. But I would say
I always look forward to the stocking more than even
the presidence. You know, I didn't have like a lot
of presents, but to me, the stocking was the best part,
like going there and then seeing that it was all
filled up and there was always nice goodies in there.
So I was really a fan of the stocking.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
Let's go if we can to George, who's calling your
turn to be heard here at seven ten w or George.
Speaker 8 (32:31):
How are you, Curtis is George the core clerk. I
just wanted to tell you they did you bed in
one way. I don't want to keep bringing back the past.
Like Einstein said, only God could change the past. When
they said, you know about the Republican Party, you had
the real you had the seat, they gave it to you.
The fact nobody wanted to run against you, they gave
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it to you, and that was very unfair. And also
about the guy at night, Lionel, he's a smart guy.
He's a great vocabulary in all that.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
You know.
Speaker 8 (33:01):
I have a statue in my backyard and I'm not
a school ball. It was a court clark for many years.
I'm a normal guy. I have a statue of Saint
Francis in my backyard. I feed birds, and Saint Francis said,
treat your animals like your brothers and your sisters. People
who don't like animals are weird. And that's you know,
people who people who did harm to animals, or half
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of them when they used to come to court. I
used to read in their background they used to abuse
animals when they were a kid. I'm not saying Lionel
did that, and I also say one other thing, if
I could sure. This is just a suggestion, and Nancy's dad,
she should listen to this. You are a very popular
guy and in Brooklyn, and then I know you're not
going to do it. I try to call you a
(33:47):
few months ago or when things were getting hot for
mayor and said, who run for borough president in Brooklyn?
And this is why you have a say in the
Brooklyn Zoo, which is world class, the aquarium. The you're
half Polish, I know you are half Italian. The people
in Greenport, uh, green Point love you, even the yuppies.
They'll vote for you because you know the crime there.
(34:10):
The Russians will vote for you. The Hasidic will vote
for you. The people in Coney Island will vote for you,
even the Gumbas, most of them. The Italians will all
for you. Even the Gumbaugh gangsters will vot for you.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
Well, well, let me let me step in one second here.
You were born in green Point to.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
Nancy, Yeah, I was, Yeah, I was born in green Point.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
You know.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
I lived in Ridgewood for until I was about six
seven years old. That's before we went on to Long Island.
Speaker 2 (34:38):
And you went to a Catholic school there where they
spoke Polish.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
Right, Well, let's see, so they did speak pol but
it wasn't primarily Polish. I went to, you know, our
Lady of Miraculous Metal, so that was very you know,
like you had the nuns teaching type thing. I went to,
you know, and I went to I guess what the
I'm not even sure you called the equivalent of like
the preschool at this point they had Polish speaking there.
(35:06):
But yeah, in the actual Catholic school itself, it was
you know, definitely English, definitely English.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
Well, George, the old Clark Court clerk, you could forget
about running for Brooklyn Boro president. All you do is
cut ribbons.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
You do nothing. Most of these elected officials they're impotent.
They can do nothing. Oh boy, we're in for a ride.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
Zara Mandami will be sworn in on January first by
Bernie the out the CACA Sanders originally from Brooklyn went
to Brooklyn the College and Tish James will be holding
the Bible and look, he's entitled to an opportunity to
put his agenda into effect. A grace period. Every person
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who was elected mayor should have a grace period. I
know some of you are mumbling and grumbling. He won.
He kicked Cuomo's butt in the primary where Cuomo was
expecting a carnation, and then instead of going back to
his hovel and sliding under the rock in the Hamptons
with his billionaire friends, he decided to re emerge and say, well,
(36:15):
this time I'll do it better.
Speaker 5 (36:16):
Ha.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
How did that work out? And Republicans backed Cuomo destroyed
the party here in New York City. And when I
return on Friday, after visiting relatives on my wife side
all throughout the Tragy State area, I believe I will
have connected the dots and can tell you how Republicans
(36:40):
stabbed at least staphonic in the back. Oh yeah, Republicans
in New York State and New York City seemed to
be all gaga. Google for anyone who's a Democrat in
this case, the grifter in chief, Kathy Hoko
Now the Red Beret has returned to radio. Curtis Lee
guest host the Mark Simone Show on sevent ten wo R.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah, I just came through the tunnel here at iHeart
w R. It's all red. You know, it could be
the locker room for the Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium
now moving to Kansas. You know, like Dorothy, you know,
clicking her red shoes. But I'm festooned all in red,
(00:47):
red satine jacket, red beret, feeling like Sanny Claus and
also having received a gift to be able to broadcast
to all of you and our new found talk radio
station seven to ten WR that Nancy and I listened
to as often as possible. And she joins me right
(01:09):
now as she joined me at many times on WABC.
No longer our place to be where they were always bashing, Curtis.
But I know you're busy getting ready for our trip
ahead the next two days, as we'll be dealing with
family members on your side of the family. So I'd
like it just to give everybody here an idea who
(01:30):
you are and where you came from as long term
listeners here at seven to ten WR.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Well, that's a pretty tall order. But let's see, so
where I came from. I grew up in Long Island.
I graduated from Stonybrook, I went to law school in Brooklyn,
and once I got to Brooklyn, I never looked back.
You know, I love being in the city, and living
(02:00):
in Brooklyn was the first time that I had discovered
all of these cats that wander around outside. And that's
when I first discovered the concept of the colony cats
and all the people out there who were taking care
of them, and you know, had like regular groups of
outdoor cats because as you know, the shelter system is
(02:22):
so filled up, and unfortunately, you know, they're a kill
shelter in the city, so you know, they bring them in,
they warehouse them a bit, and then after that happens,
they euthanize them pretty quickly, even when they don't really
have any significant types of problems. So you know, that's
not a great place to be. And I realized that
there's this incredible community of people out there who are
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doing exactly what you know, it's passionate. I'm passionate about,
which is taking care of them, realizing that they can
live outside as long as you know, it's done within,
like the structure of the colony, which is making sure
they're spade and neutered, providing them with houses, especially in
inclement weather like right now where it's cold outside, and
(03:07):
you know, feeding them on a regular basis, so that's
way they have a food source. So I mean, you know,
I guess that's the And then Ned, I met you
about ten years ago or so, and you know we've
been together ever since, So that's that's me in a nutshell.
I guess.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Yeah. I remember you were living in Sunset Park at
the time, and you said, there are cats living in
the alleyway, you know, swear all the garages were. And
I said, I didn't see Anny. I walked through the alleyway.
I didn't see Anny. And then you walked through and
you made this sound like the female version of Doctor Doolittle.
(03:42):
And I mean, cats were coming out of every Nikrannian
corner and they were rubbing up against your leg, the
tails in the air, all of them with all of
their own unique personalities as I observed them, and there
were so many people just like yourself, mostly women, some
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men out of pocket who care for these animals sometimes
in distress, will also serve as a barrier because their
presence keeps the rats, the mice, the rodents away, and
so they earn their keep many times over without there
having to be pesticides and all other kinds of alternatives
(04:26):
they used to try to eliminate the rats and the
mice that you'll never eliminate. You could have daytime with them,
but you can keep them at bay. What was it
like when people would turn to you and it'll call
you a cat lady or disparagingly make fun of you
because you and others were reaching into your pocket spending
(04:48):
your own money to care for these animals.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Well, I mean, well, first of all, I don't get
offended by people, you know, I usually try to explain
it to them, because you know, the mis inception I
I would get a lot of times is like somehow
I brought them there, like I created these cats, And
I try to you know, you have to explain no, no, no,
there's so many of them that live outside all the time,
and what I'm doing is basically caring for the ones
(05:13):
that are here. And if if for some reason, you know,
someone calls like the you know, the shelter to come
pick them up, it just creates a vacuum in that area,
and then what happens is other cats in the area
move in. There's just so many cats you don't see
them all the time. So I'm you know, I'm pretty
tough skinned, like I wouldn't really take it when people
are getting annoyed. But that's why you also have to
(05:34):
make sure you take care of these things in a
decent basis. So for example, you know, you don't leave
the food around, you don't do things that are going
to clearly bother neighbors, and you know, create nuisance. So
as long as and again that's also why you want
to make sure that you get the cats fixed. I
mean that's essential. You can't keep having the kittens around.
And then plus when they're fixed, they calm down a lot.
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I mean, the the aggression that happens with the mail
cats when they're not fixed, I mean, it's all territory. Also,
you know, you can get their behavior to a point
where you know they're i mean again, they're they're the
same as the indoor cats. It's just they need, you know,
the very specific attention because it's a tough it's a
tough time out there. You know, there's a lot of
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cats that just inavertently stumble on poisons things of that nature.
Like I would have to explain to people like, you know,
don't inavertently throw things down, because that happens a lot too.
I mean, you know, it always bothers me in the winter. Now,
obviously you see a lot of people throwing down the
like rock salt. The city throws down the rock salt.
That's actually dangerous for animals because they use like the
cheapest variety. So you know, you have this. I mean,
(06:36):
it's a tough life for them out there. So you know,
I just you know, I'm very compassionate. You know, I'll
have people who you know, you know, I feel like
everyone can understand it if you explain it to them,
and then if they don't understand it after that, then
to heck with them, because you know, they're living creatures
and I can't see any justification for letting someone's dislike
of them ever stop the behavior of caring for animals.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Now, what I loved about Wisconsin when I was up
there organizing Guardian Angels and Milwaukee is they don't use
rock salt because they had, you know, years ago, they
had feet of snow. It's not like that as it
used to be. But they would put down a brine
of parmesan cheese, a brine, yeah, and naturally, I mean
(07:20):
even some people, you know, it's, oh, parmesan cheese. They'd
be down there, you know, licking the asphalt. But there
were so many other alternatives, and I think the one
singular thing that comes across is I've noticed some time
to time you'll be walking the streets where we live
and you'll see some pigeons in distress, and you'll feed them.
(07:42):
Some people will refer them as rats with wings, others
as basically the official bird of New York City. Fact
that i'd been elected mayor, as you know, on the
campaign trail, I said, we would have taken the New
York City flag. It's like some indescript bird on the
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I would put a pigeon. That's what New York City
is known for. And I noticed some people would be
talking and she's feeding the pigeons, and I will walk
off to them and I'd say, you got a problem
with that, Oh no, Curtis, No, No, you know that's
my wife, Nancy. You got a problem with that? No, No,
And then they have spikes that they yeah, they the windowsills.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
The aggression against the pigeons I find really really distasteful.
To your point, the spikes that are allowed to be
put up and then now you have pigeons that are maimed.
I mean that to me. I can't believe that's even
legal that that happened. But I definitely catch a lot
of guff for throwing down the bird seed with the pigeons.
(08:48):
But then usually the people who are saying something to
me are walking their dog who's urinating on the sidewalk,
so I'm not really sure where they are on their
high horse telling me anything about fendliness of animals, So
you know, to each it on, I guess right.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
Yeah, And it's a much better remedy. If you don't
want pigeons flocking around, you just put up a plastic owl.
It's like in cornfields when they put up scarecrows. That
has the same impact without damaging the pigeons. And it's
a horrific death that they suffer because they get impaled.
(09:24):
And some people in their minds, you know, that's a OK.
But I think the broader issue is you know, and
again it's what I based both of my campaigns on
and running for New York. One of the many issues
animal welfare at Mahatma Gandhi. You know, there will be
people who criticize him because they hate animals. He said
(09:48):
that a society that does not take care of its
animals does not take care of its people. And you
have seen how much time and energy we in the
Guardian Angels, with your help, have put into caring for
the homeless and the emotionally disturbed because we don't take
care of them, and we don't take care of our animals.
The abuse the dogs that are raised to fight and
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kill and maim, and nothing is done to stop that.
As you mentioned when spading and neutering, it would go
a long way and keeping these many animals God's creatures
out of harm's way.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
Yeah, I mean, and again that's the whole goalposts of everything.
You know, you don't want to have the breeder animals.
I mean, there's no reason to keep creating you know,
these you know, dogs and cats when the reality is
there's not enough home for them all together. So I
absolutely think that that has to stop right away. I mean,
you can't be having that go on.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
Well, we'll be able to travel the visit with your
mother Beth, who just celebrated her birthday, who I believe
out in Bohemia really introduced you to the life of
people who dedicate themselves to animal Would I be correct
on that. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
My mom's like first job, believe it or not, when she, uh,
you know, got a job in Long Island was working
at an animal shelter, so you know, like a veterinarian office.
Rather so during the weekend when she would be working,
I would go in with her. So it was as
though they were all like I had a whole bunch
(11:22):
of cats and dogs that I could visit because they
were the ones who were sort of waiting in the
the kennels, like if either they were recovering or maybe
they were for adoption. So that was actually very cool.
I mean, And I also grew up with having a
dog and cats in the household, so you know, I'm
just very familiar with them in general. And yeah, I mean,
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and you know, of course, growing up in Long Island
it's a lot more nature, so you know, you would
you just you know, you see things more often. Like
I had a neighbor next to me who had, believe
it or not, chickens and roosters and things like that,
like a little farm going on, so you know, it's
just a much more natural to see these animals.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Well, the defining moment for me with you and your
passion for animals was in that first campaign when I
ran against Eric Adams twenty twenty one, and I warned
everybody he would be corrupt and we would have chaos,
but nobody listened. About halfway through the campaign and you
were scrolling on the internet the death row list that
(12:25):
they put up from the Animal Care and Control the shelters,
because these are kill shelters, they are not no kill shelters.
And you said, I got to run to East New
York Clennon Boulevard to the animal shelter there that's now
closed to rescue this cat. And I remember you had
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cold and they said, yeah, well we're opening five And
I said, Nancy, you can't go down there on your own.
I mean, that's right by Saint Fort Shanada's that's on
Linen Boulevard, that psychology.
Speaker 4 (13:00):
No, you can't go there. That's oh no, that's Cyper Sells.
They have drive by shootings. I'm gonna go with you.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yes, we got in the animal welfare van of the
Guardian Angels and we were driving halfway there. We were
on Woodhaven Boulevard. It was like two o'clock in the afternoon,
and they called you and just relate to our listeners
all throughout the Tri State area. In the world the
insensitivity of the people. They're knowing you were on your
(13:31):
way to rescue this cat that was on death row.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Yeah, so I had already basically secured the rescue of
this small kitten, and those are the ones that are,
believe it or not, first to be put down in
the shelters a lot of times because if you don't
have someone to bottle feed them, they you know, they
don't have full time staff like that. So we were
on our way and I got to call that the
(13:57):
medical team. Ultimately they decided, well, well, I don't think
this cat's gonna, you know, farewell, so we're just going
to euthanize it, like you know. And that to me
was incredible because when you adopt these cats, a lot
of times when they do have any potential medical issues,
they're not footing the bill for any of the medical care,
so it's whether it's on them to you know, relinquish
(14:21):
the animal. Knowing that any medical care you have to supply.
I mean, there's no cost to them to allow you
to take that animal home. So again they just decided, well,
we took a second look, and we don't really think
this this cat's gonna, you know, farewell, so we're just
gonna go ahead and euthanize it, knowing I was on
my way to get this cat. So that was really heartbreaking.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
I remember, people need to know. My wife was crying
for days. She pulled the vehicle over and I vow
to you right then, I said, if I become the mayor,
this becomes a priority. Can you remember.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
And then the other side note to that was because
you want to mention that story about what happened with
the animal care and control. Right away, they've pulled my
ability to actually get these animals from the shelter as
like a stick of to youth type moment, apparently because
they don't like when people tell the truth about what's
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going on in the shelter system. So right away they
took me off the list of being able to adopt
these animals. So that was a real nice touch.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
So to all of our critics out there, including the
President of the United States, I rememberless Maria Bartoloma. He
was on the show Fox Business in the White House
and he was railing against you and I for rescuing cats,
and if I was elected, they would be in Gracie Mansion.
(15:44):
And I'm saying to myself while I'm watching him almost
with great delight, attacking us, saying, excuse me, mister president,
you realize in the room you're in now was another
great Republican president called Teddy Roosevelt who had eighty animals
at the White House when he was president, dogs and
cats in the White House right where you're sitting now,
(16:05):
speaking to Maria Bartoloma. But of course he wouldn't care
about that. Who cares only about Donald Trump? Up next,
we got it. We have to have this conversation. It's
the lead story today about student loans garnishing. The United
States will bail out countries like Argentina, corrupt as they are,
(16:28):
but our country will not bail out those who are
in debt because of student loans. We'll get an update
from Nancy Sleews. We work our way right into Christmas
Day at your newfound station. A gift to all of
you seven to ten wor Talk Radio.
Speaker 1 (16:46):
With Street crab literally Curtis Slaywad joined sevent ten WR
to guess those from Mark Samon.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
At our Newfounds station seven to ten WR. For so
many of you, you don't need to go where you
used to listen to me or Nancy. I'll be here
till January. Second substitute for Marc Simone and I. I
love radio. When I was growing up, I didn't make
it through high school, got kicked out by the Jesuits
(17:21):
at Brooklyn Prep. They shine the boots on my backside.
I never looked back. It's pumping gas, packing shelves at
an AMP, and I remember listening to talk radio and
then King of Talk Radio Bob Grant at the old WMCA,
and then at nine wn W Allison Steele the Nightbird,
free form music radio. It was it could. It was
(17:44):
a mood elevator because talk radio can be a real downer.
Got to reach for the title and all in advil.
Sometimes it's just negativity, negativity. And so what my wife
Nancy has done for me is she knows she's working
all day. I'm working all day, and I'm in all
the places that most people don't want to go. Can
be pretty depressing. And she'll put on electronic dance music
(18:08):
for me when I get to the house with the kiddies.
You know, chain Smokers, our favorite Don't Let Me Down Paris.
Last night you were playing for me was great. But
you've also introduced me to songs and normally I would
never listen to like Justin Bieber with that song Stay
that video from Downtown LA that I'm familiar with. Wo wow,
(18:31):
that's great. That's a mood elevator. Then Miley Cyrus, I
would never listen to Miley Cyrus Midnight Sky. Oh, that's great.
Post Malone, I liked him, he was out of Syracuse Sunflower.
These all mood elevator's song. So boy, you really know
how to get my mood back into gee And mostly
(18:53):
it's with electronic dance music. And that's because you're of
a different generation than me. I'm a baby boomer, but
your generations of Millennials and Gen Zas have been just destroyed.
The American dream has been robbed from you if you
got sucked into these student loans. And now basically the
president the government is saying we're coming after you. If
(19:17):
you've defaulted, We're gonna take every nickel diamond penny. You
have a make We're gonna have a look underneath the uh,
the Castro convertible that you might be sleeping on. We're
gonna get you, my little pretty if it's the last
thing we do. Could you explain how this American dream
has been robbed from so many of your peers and
(19:39):
your generation.
Speaker 3 (19:42):
I mean, i'd say just the excess of burdens student loans.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
That's that's the really most surprising part to me that
when I when I got out and you know again,
you're you're kind of going through the motions. It's you know,
it's it's kind of forced on you in a way
as you're going through you know, junior high high school,
like obviously you have to go to college. Like how
else would you expect to get any sort of job
of values that you're going to need to have in
(20:10):
the future. So, you know, and they're very quick to
throw paperwork in front of you, where, well this is
how you go.
Speaker 5 (20:18):
You just sign you know.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
It's like, you know, again, I think it's very hard
to comprehend when you're you know, like I was barely eighteen.
I think when I signed it, because I graduated, it
was July. You know, I turn eighteen July, and you know,
you're basically taking on this level of debt that is
really incomprehensible, and by the time you actually graduate from school.
(20:40):
What really surprised me was that the amount that I
owed was way more than what I even borrowed. So
you know, they funt end it with the interest, so
it'll take you, you know, years, like paying the normal
payment that you have to pay, it'll take you years
just to get down to what you initially borrowed in
the first place. And you know, they kind of have
(21:02):
it where it's you know, like sort of based a
little bit on your income, like the federal loans, at least,
you know, they try to be a little bit more
flexible in terms of what your salary is, so you know,
they'd have like they call it like income sensitive and
you know, just all based upon that. But the reality
is so anytime that you start to make a little
bit more money, the student loan increases, like, you know,
(21:25):
incredibly more so again, when I started working at the
law firm and I was making an okay salary the
first time, that's when the student loan And that's also
when the Obama care kicked in because I didn't have
health insurance. So all of a sudden, now I was
getting a penalty for not having the health insurance. And
I had this massive student loan every month. I mean,
you can bailu your fort to just live, just pay
(21:45):
your rent and pay your basic bills when you're looking
at things like that. I mean, I was paying like
twenty five hundred close of three thousand a month just
in student loans. I mean, and this is you know,
looking down like the line of knowing you're going to
have to be paying it for a decade or two,
you know, based on how much you ultimately owe. So
unfortunately I had to borrow a lot of money for everything,
(22:08):
and law school is just way expensive. So yeah, I
mean it's it's it's really tough to get started in
your life. When you're right off the bat, you're paying
you know, several grand.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
A month, and so it makes you angry, makes you
angry that that dream that was promised you if you
did your four years, You graduate school, you get your degree,
you know, your financial analysts, CPA, a lawyer, whatever, you
do all of that, and now you're living in an
apartment still with three other people like you're back in
your dormitory in school.
Speaker 3 (22:40):
Yeah, I mean, I yeah, thankfully I didn't have to
sort of go into that direction of having like multiple people,
but I always had like maybe one roommate possibly, Yeah,
I mean, but but again it's you know, you look
at the the costs for everything within New York City,
I mean. And the first thing too that blew my
mind was realizing that not only they're more expensive live
(23:03):
in New York City, but then when you do your taxes,
you're getting a city tax on top of that. Like wait, what,
Like it already costs so much money to live here
in the first place, and I'm not even sure what
I'm paying for.
Speaker 2 (23:13):
Maybe some people from what you've just said, understand the
anger that led to the election of Zorahan Mandami, who
it was all about a cost of living affordability. And
then to hear our presidents say, if you vote for
Javier Milai of Argentina, my friend will bail out Argentina
(23:33):
for the twentieth time. These dead beats, we bail them out,
but won't even bail out people from this student loans
in the United States.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
Unbelievabah, Like, I mean, I could see if you if
you're if you have the money if and again I
think they the disconnects too between the charges that they
have for you know, higher education to begin with, and
then the likelihood of getting a job that really sort
of fits the criteria to be able to pay that back. Like,
I don't think there's any ramifications for these higher educational
(24:08):
institutions to really I mean, they're not guaranteeing you jobs,
so you know, the best they can do is maybe
tell you, you know, try to like you know, sort
of gear you in the right direction, but you know,
to be putting so much money in for something that
you may or may not get down the road. I
you know, I feel like they do take advantage of
a lot of the young people out there. I always
(24:29):
thought when I was younger too, that, oh, the people
who straight out of school, when they just went into
a job so like you know, especially like the ones
that require more of like the technical skills like the
plumbing and things like that.
Speaker 5 (24:41):
I was like, oh, well, that.
Speaker 3 (24:42):
Those people aren't going that Like I had no idea
how much ahead of the curve that they were, because
right out the gate they have a skill that's you know,
that that kind of really less a test of time.
And then plus they don't have any of the student
loan debt, and they start making money years before you
even get a chance to start making money. So those
those people really know what they're doing out there.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
Well, on that note, you have a chance to speak
to Nancy. The best thing that ever happened in my life,
my wife and yours truly right here at our new station,
our favorite to listen to, seven ten WOR at one
eight hundred three to two one zero seven ten. That's
one eight hundred three to two one zero seven.
Speaker 1 (25:19):
Ten, Street Smart Straight Talk. Curtis Leewall guest host for
Mark Simone on sevent ten woar.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
Two Great Christmas Presents broadcasting here on our new favorite station,
seven to ten WOR. The many of you are discovering
for the first time, I say we it's my wife, Nancy.
It is the best present that I've ever had, best
thing that ever happened in my life of seventy one years.
And she remains on the line. But it's time for
(25:58):
our listeners to be heard now and see let's go
to Madeleine, who's calling from the Bronx. Oh what a
great day it is Madeline.
Speaker 6 (26:09):
Yes, especially because I'm talking to you and there I
remember you from I think nineteen seventy eight. That's for
but number four trained Rep Brigade. I always tell you
that we're not full of books here anyway.
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Hold on, hold on, hold on, if you can police,
hold on. You're coming in broken up, Crash, Let's see
what you can do. I'd hate to see if the
disconificator is preventing us from hearing folks from your borough,
the Bronx and the borough where I started the Guardian
Angels in nineteen seventy nine. On that note, while Crash
goes to work on that, let's go to Carlatto, who's
(26:48):
calling from Brooklyn. Your turn to be heard here at
seven ten wr Well.
Speaker 7 (26:54):
How do you do it? Merry Christmas? And God bless
you for staying in the race, because if you order
went out, we were being down to one party, a
hard social and a thought social who could have turned hard.
And this is very serious because if you weren't dropped
out the way I look at it down, this is
a Crown Jule in New York. Down the road, the.
Speaker 3 (27:12):
Same thing could happen. We are going to go into
one party this is very scary times.
Speaker 7 (27:18):
The Marxists are here.
Speaker 2 (27:22):
Let me explain, Carlotta, it's already here. When I return
Friday morning, I think I will be to have connected
all the dots of how Republican leadership through Congresswoman at
least Stephanic under the bus and created the pathway for
Bruce Blakeman eliminating a superstar. I mean, Republicans are the
(27:47):
worst enemy of Republicans in New York City and in
New York State. They do everything to help the Democrats
to keep it a one party system. And I saw
the grifter in chief last night. She was all over
New Yor York with Eric Adams Swaggerman with no plan. Oh,
they were having a love fest. And she was surrounded
(28:08):
by Republicans all day long who are making backroom deals. Oh,
you had better be listening Friday morning. Hopefully I will
have connected all the DUTs by then. Let's go if
we can to Lenny, who's calling from Staten Island. You're
turning to be heard here at seven ten wr Lenny.
Speaker 5 (28:32):
Hey, Curtis, we know each other. Good to hear your
voice on the radio. And you gave me an early
Christmas present. Let me tell you my son is on
the DMZ in Korea. He just got promoted yesterday, the
sergeant staff sergeant Lenny, right, And that's why people listen
to you. You bring the real stuff to us by
(28:55):
mentioning our servicemen who cannot be home for this time
of year. It really it touched my heart and I
thank you very much for giving that shout out to
the servicemen that are away from their families this time
of the year. God bless you.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
Thank you, Lenny, and to your son serving us there
in the DMZ. Remember that's a war that never ended
nineteen fifty three, still on there, separating South Korea from
the evil seed of Kim Jung mentally ill and the
crazies of North Korea. On that note, Nancy, as you
(29:35):
prepare for our swinging soiree through the Tri State area
members of your family, what was it like for you
growing up in Bohemia and Suffolk County looking forward at Christmas?
Speaker 3 (29:50):
Well, you know, I mean, obviously it's I always enjoyed
Christmas growing up. My mom this years very into the tradition,
and you know, the Christmas tree, the outdoor decorations.
Speaker 5 (30:07):
We would have.
Speaker 3 (30:07):
You know, either people would come over. I mean mainly
it was always kind of hosted at our house to
some extent, so you know, I didn't really do a
lot of traveling to other family member's house. It was
just always you know, stationed at our house. And you know,
back then we used to have in the real winters,
so a lot of times there was snow, which is
always nice. And then being off of school as a kid,
(30:28):
you know, you can't go wrong with that either. So
it was always just a nice time out in Long
Island growing up.
Speaker 2 (30:33):
And I'm wondering how many people listening to us in
the Tragity State area and beyond throughout the world on
the internet. At wor seven remember that last minute present
that either Mam or Dad or maybe your older brother
or sister would get you at the Hesh gas station,
(30:55):
which was the HESH truck, the hash car, you know,
a quickie. Many people would never go to Hesse because
it was considered low budget gasoline. Low budget. It wasn't
like Sinoco, you know, with all the five seven grades.
But they drive into Hesse where they wore the white
suits and it came out and pumpedy gas and they said, no, no,
(31:17):
not here for the gas and please don't put that
dirty squeegee on my window. I'm here for the Hess truck,
last minute present, and it's still available even though there
are no more Hest stations. Hessel, Murada, they had the
huge petro chemical plant and the refinery in New Jersey
(31:39):
along the Cancer Belt. When you're on a New Jersey
Turnpike and you're going south, once you pass Newark Airport,
which is always a dollar short in a day late
for everything, hit south DM boy. Then you look at
all the petro chemical plants, You look at all the
refineries that used to be Leon Hess's refinery. Who owned
(31:59):
the New York that's at one point.
Speaker 3 (32:01):
Yeah, I never I never got a Hess truck, nor
did I give a Hess truck. But I would say
I always look forward to the stocking more than even
the presidence. You know, I didn't have like a lot
of presents, but to me, the stocking was the best part,
like going there and then seeing that it was all
filled up and there was always nice goodies in there.
So I was really a fan of the stocking.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
Let's go if we can to George, who's calling your
turn to be heard here at seven ten w or George.
Speaker 8 (32:31):
How are you, Curtis is George the core clerk. I
just wanted to tell you they did you bed in
one way. I don't want to keep bringing back the past.
Like Einstein said, only God could change the past. When
they said, you know about the Republican Party, you had
the real you had the seat, they gave it to you.
The fact nobody wanted to run against you, they gave
(32:51):
it to you, and that was very unfair. And also
about the guy at night, Lionel, he's a smart guy.
He's a great vocabulary in all that.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
You know.
Speaker 8 (33:01):
I have a statue in my backyard and I'm not
a school ball. It was a court clark for many years.
I'm a normal guy. I have a statue of Saint
Francis in my backyard. I feed birds, and Saint Francis said,
treat your animals like your brothers and your sisters. People
who don't like animals are weird. And that's you know,
people who people who did harm to animals, or half
(33:25):
of them when they used to come to court. I
used to read in their background they used to abuse
animals when they were a kid. I'm not saying Lionel
did that, and I also say one other thing, if
I could sure. This is just a suggestion, and Nancy's dad,
she should listen to this. You are a very popular
guy and in Brooklyn, and then I know you're not
going to do it. I try to call you a
(33:47):
few months ago or when things were getting hot for
mayor and said, who run for borough president in Brooklyn?
And this is why you have a say in the
Brooklyn Zoo, which is world class, the aquarium. The you're
half Polish, I know you are half Italian. The people
in Greenport, uh, green Point love you, even the yuppies.
They'll vote for you because you know the crime there.
(34:10):
The Russians will vote for you. The Hasidic will vote
for you. The people in Coney Island will vote for you,
even the Gumbas, most of them. The Italians will all
for you. Even the Gumbaugh gangsters will vot for you.
Speaker 2 (34:21):
Well, well, let me let me step in one second here.
You were born in green Point to.
Speaker 3 (34:27):
Nancy, Yeah, I was, Yeah, I was born in green Point.
Speaker 2 (34:33):
You know.
Speaker 3 (34:33):
I lived in Ridgewood for until I was about six
seven years old. That's before we went on to Long Island.
Speaker 2 (34:38):
And you went to a Catholic school there where they
spoke Polish.
Speaker 3 (34:41):
Right, Well, let's see, so they did speak pol but
it wasn't primarily Polish. I went to, you know, our
Lady of Miraculous Metal, so that was very you know,
like you had the nuns teaching type thing. I went to,
you know, and I went to I guess what the
I'm not even sure you called the equivalent of like
the preschool at this point they had Polish speaking there.
(35:06):
But yeah, in the actual Catholic school itself, it was
you know, definitely English, definitely English.
Speaker 2 (35:12):
Well, George, the old Clark Court clerk, you could forget
about running for Brooklyn Boro president. All you do is
cut ribbons.
Speaker 4 (35:20):
You do nothing. Most of these elected officials they're impotent.
They can do nothing. Oh boy, we're in for a ride.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
Zara Mandami will be sworn in on January first by
Bernie the out the CACA Sanders originally from Brooklyn went
to Brooklyn the College and Tish James will be holding
the Bible and look, he's entitled to an opportunity to
put his agenda into effect. A grace period. Every person
(35:54):
who was elected mayor should have a grace period. I
know some of you are mumbling and grumbling. He won.
He kicked Cuomo's butt in the primary where Cuomo was
expecting a carnation, and then instead of going back to
his hovel and sliding under the rock in the Hamptons
with his billionaire friends, he decided to re emerge and say, well,
(36:15):
this time I'll do it better.
Speaker 5 (36:16):
Ha.
Speaker 2 (36:17):
How did that work out? And Republicans backed Cuomo destroyed
the party here in New York City. And when I
return on Friday, after visiting relatives on my wife side
all throughout the Tragy State area, I believe I will
have connected the dots and can tell you how Republicans
(36:40):
stabbed at least staphonic in the back. Oh yeah, Republicans
in New York State and New York City seemed to
be all gaga. Google for anyone who's a Democrat in
this case, the grifter in chief, Kathy Hoko
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