Laura Curran is a Canadian-born American politician who served as the county executive of Nassau County from 2018 to 2021. She was the ninth county executive in Nassau County history and the first woman to hold the office. Curran worked as a reporter before serving in the Nassau County Legislature. Curran previously served in the Nassau County Legislature from 2014 to 2017 and as a local school board member in her hometown of Baldwin. Prior to holding elective office, Curran worked as a reporter for the New York Daily News and New York Post.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from WOR.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Back now to the WR Saturday Morning Show with Larry Minty.
Former Governor Andrew Cuomo takes a commanding lead in the
race for New York mayor and two polls out this week,
just as political commentator and former NASA County executive Laura
Currn predicted.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Good morning, Laura. I have to give you a lot
of credit.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
You were the one that a couple of weeks in
a row have said, you know, Andrew Cuomo is a
political animal. It doesn't matter what he's pulling right now,
he's going to do well. When many other people, including me,
thought his poll numbers were going to go down once
he got in the race, that has not happened. It's
been impressive. He's now over forty percent. So nice call, yeah, yeah,
(00:48):
you called it. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
And it's interesting that his opponent, they're really you know,
often in a primary there's not a big difference between
the two ones remaining, and it looks like his main opponent,
his most challenging opponent, is a very left wing person,
is a socialist, you know, proudly, so you know, God
blessed we are all allowed to have our own philosophies.
(01:12):
But it is a very stark contrast to what Andrew
Cuomo is. And you know, I was listening to your
report and you're talking about these felony crimes cops getting
beaten up, you know, who are getting assaulted if they
go after fear beaters. I mean that, honestly is I
hate to be so craft and political, but I'm gonna
(01:33):
do it right now. I mean, that will only help
the candidacy of Andrew Cuomo. That kind of news someone
you know, people see him as someone who can solve actual,
concrete problems and is a tough guy as opposed to
the socialist who might be perceived as someone more on
the side of the fair beaters.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
I get that, But wasn't he in office when all
of the soft on crime policies made it through Albany
and didn't he sign all of them into law. I
mean a lot of these fair beaters are out on
parole immediately, even the people that commit assaults are out
on bail immediately. And isn't that going to come back
to his footsteps?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Well, I would say that that is going to be
the argument that his Republican challenger passed the primary. That's
going to be the underbelly, the soft underbelly that's going
to be poked, prodded, punctured potentially by the Republican. By
the Republican who I understand is Curtis Kiwa. So that
will be a fight for after the primary. And I'm
sure we're going to hear a lot about that.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Because you're not going to hear that from Zorhaim, Mom, Donnie, You're.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Saying, no, no, he's going to go. He's going to
go for the lefty vote. And now it's pretty significant
in New York City. This guy is appealing to a
lot of people. I just honestly, again, if I'm a
betting woman, I think Cuomo trouncism.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Here's the reason people should not discount zorham mom, Donnie,
because first of all, he came out of nowhere. He
was pulling at zero or one, and now he's up
to eighteen percent in the polls. He has maxed out
on contributions at eight million dollars. And on top of that,
in that same poll, fifty six percent of the people
(03:14):
didn't even know who he was, which means there's a
lot of people out there that could learn about him
that are far left and that is going to make
him even more of a significant candidate.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I don't get it.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
But when you watch him, Laura, Laura, and I'm sure
you have, he's impressive.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
He is impressive. And you know there's a growing Muslim
community as well, which will be supportive of him, I
would imagine, at least largely. And one thing that don't
just count like working families, party and super progressive groups,
because the one thing they really do well is the
ground game. Is the door knocking, is the organizing, is
(03:56):
the getting people to the polls. That is something that
they is definitely their wheelhouse. Now on the other side,
you got Cuomo, who's going to have a very disciplined,
strong team. So, uh, I think I don't think this
is going to be necessarily a turnout race. I don't
you know. I don't think Mom Donnie's gonna win.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
You never know.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
And if I were Cuomo, if I were advising Cuomo,
I would say, you know, obviously, run like you're behind,
run like the underdog, raise the money, just go completely
nuts in the campaigning and in the ground game. Now,
Mary Adams, you just you just yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Maryor Adam says he's gonna run as a Democrat. But
do you see him becoming an independent at this point
because he's doing so badly in the I don't know.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
I mean, I've seen the numbers if he at the polls,
if he runs as an independent, if he runs as
a Republican, it's still really low. And I just think
politically he is just too damaged. You see that he's
not raising money people that you know, that's often it.
That's that's a sign of enthusiasm. Whether you like fundraising
or not. It's a sign of are people excited about
(05:04):
your candidacy. And it's just it's just feeling very flat
for Mayor Adams. You know, it's a shame because I
feel like a lot of people felt he came in
with so much potential and it's just so sad to
see it just have been squandered so much.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
And nothing he can do helps him break through. I mean,
he's out there campaigning and he's out there working it,
and he's saying all the right things, but his poll
numbers keep going down. He's going in the wrong direction
right now.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
He's going in the wrong direction, and I think on
some level he and his campaign have to know that.
I'm sure they'll put up a good front, but it's disappointing.
But honestly, all of that aside. New York needs someone
who can handle difficult problems. And the thing that you
know attracts me to Cuomo is politicians bloviate and talk
a lot. I look at what have you done, what
(05:54):
have you achieved? And I see very concrete literally concrete achievements,
you know, in a hand station, ten station, I take
the train into the East Side from the LRR. That's
the thing that convinces me more than bloviating in words.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Talk about the relationship real quick between Kathy hoche and
Donald Trump. I'm fascinated by it because for sebinating they
seem to get along when they meet and they say
some nice things about each other. But then when they
get out in public. Sometimes, especially Kathy Hochel, she'll act
like she's fighting Donald Trump, and then she'll say in
(06:29):
the next breath, and I'm going to meet him again
pretty soon.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
What's going on?
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Yeah, Yeah, it's you know, politics. You have personal animosities
with people that you have to work with, whether they're
in your party or they're in the other party, and
so you're going to be careful with what you say
in public, but then if you're talking to another audience,
you'll probably say things that are not so nice about
that person. There's gonna be a lot of that, uh.
(06:55):
And I think it's going to be interesting if Cuomo
becomes the mayor. I mean, think about all of the
subtaps in that relationship between Governor Hokel and a Mayor Cuomo.
I mean, there's so much resentment on both sides that
but they gotta work together, they gotta do stuff together
for their mutual constituents. So it's always interesting to that theater.
(07:16):
That the theater and the subtext between but underneath everything
is always fascinating.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
As are you.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Thank you so much, Laura Curran, political commentator and former
NASA County executive.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
We'll talk again next week. Thanks Laura, thank you. This
has been a podcast from wor
This is a podcast from WOR.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Back now to the WR Saturday Morning Show with Larry Minty.
Former Governor Andrew Cuomo takes a commanding lead in the
race for New York mayor and two polls out this week,
just as political commentator and former NASA County executive Laura
Currn predicted.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
Good morning, Laura. I have to give you a lot
of credit.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
You were the one that a couple of weeks in
a row have said, you know, Andrew Cuomo is a
political animal. It doesn't matter what he's pulling right now,
he's going to do well. When many other people, including me,
thought his poll numbers were going to go down once
he got in the race, that has not happened. It's
been impressive. He's now over forty percent. So nice call, yeah, yeah,
(00:48):
you called it. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
And it's interesting that his opponent, they're really you know,
often in a primary there's not a big difference between
the two ones remaining, and it looks like his main opponent,
his most challenging opponent, is a very left wing person,
is a socialist, you know, proudly, so you know, God
blessed we are all allowed to have our own philosophies.
(01:12):
But it is a very stark contrast to what Andrew
Cuomo is. And you know, I was listening to your
report and you're talking about these felony crimes cops getting
beaten up, you know, who are getting assaulted if they
go after fear beaters. I mean that, honestly is I
hate to be so craft and political, but I'm gonna
(01:33):
do it right now. I mean, that will only help
the candidacy of Andrew Cuomo. That kind of news someone
you know, people see him as someone who can solve actual,
concrete problems and is a tough guy as opposed to
the socialist who might be perceived as someone more on
the side of the fair beaters.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
I get that, But wasn't he in office when all
of the soft on crime policies made it through Albany
and didn't he sign all of them into law. I
mean a lot of these fair beaters are out on
parole immediately, even the people that commit assaults are out
on bail immediately. And isn't that going to come back
to his footsteps?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Well, I would say that that is going to be
the argument that his Republican challenger passed the primary. That's
going to be the underbelly, the soft underbelly that's going
to be poked, prodded, punctured potentially by the Republican. By
the Republican who I understand is Curtis Kiwa. So that
will be a fight for after the primary. And I'm
sure we're going to hear a lot about that.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
Because you're not going to hear that from Zorhaim, Mom, Donnie, You're.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
Saying, no, no, he's going to go. He's going to
go for the lefty vote. And now it's pretty significant
in New York City. This guy is appealing to a
lot of people. I just honestly, again, if I'm a
betting woman, I think Cuomo trouncism.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
Here's the reason people should not discount zorham mom, Donnie,
because first of all, he came out of nowhere. He
was pulling at zero or one, and now he's up
to eighteen percent in the polls. He has maxed out
on contributions at eight million dollars. And on top of that,
in that same poll, fifty six percent of the people
(03:14):
didn't even know who he was, which means there's a
lot of people out there that could learn about him
that are far left and that is going to make
him even more of a significant candidate.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
I don't get it.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
But when you watch him, Laura, Laura, and I'm sure
you have, he's impressive.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
He is impressive. And you know there's a growing Muslim
community as well, which will be supportive of him, I
would imagine, at least largely. And one thing that don't
just count like working families, party and super progressive groups,
because the one thing they really do well is the
ground game. Is the door knocking, is the organizing, is
(03:56):
the getting people to the polls. That is something that
they is definitely their wheelhouse. Now on the other side,
you got Cuomo, who's going to have a very disciplined,
strong team. So, uh, I think I don't think this
is going to be necessarily a turnout race. I don't
you know. I don't think Mom Donnie's gonna win.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
You never know.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
And if I were Cuomo, if I were advising Cuomo,
I would say, you know, obviously, run like you're behind,
run like the underdog, raise the money, just go completely
nuts in the campaigning and in the ground game. Now,
Mary Adams, you just you just yeah, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Maryor Adam says he's gonna run as a Democrat. But
do you see him becoming an independent at this point
because he's doing so badly in the I don't know.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
I mean, I've seen the numbers if he at the polls,
if he runs as an independent, if he runs as
a Republican, it's still really low. And I just think
politically he is just too damaged. You see that he's
not raising money people that you know, that's often it.
That's that's a sign of enthusiasm. Whether you like fundraising
or not. It's a sign of are people excited about
(05:04):
your candidacy. And it's just it's just feeling very flat
for Mayor Adams. You know, it's a shame because I
feel like a lot of people felt he came in
with so much potential and it's just so sad to
see it just have been squandered so much.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
And nothing he can do helps him break through. I mean,
he's out there campaigning and he's out there working it,
and he's saying all the right things, but his poll
numbers keep going down. He's going in the wrong direction
right now.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
He's going in the wrong direction, and I think on
some level he and his campaign have to know that.
I'm sure they'll put up a good front, but it's disappointing.
But honestly, all of that aside. New York needs someone
who can handle difficult problems. And the thing that you
know attracts me to Cuomo is politicians bloviate and talk
a lot. I look at what have you done, what
(05:54):
have you achieved? And I see very concrete literally concrete achievements,
you know, in a hand station, ten station, I take
the train into the East Side from the LRR. That's
the thing that convinces me more than bloviating in words.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Talk about the relationship real quick between Kathy hoche and
Donald Trump. I'm fascinated by it because for sebinating they
seem to get along when they meet and they say
some nice things about each other. But then when they
get out in public. Sometimes, especially Kathy Hochel, she'll act
like she's fighting Donald Trump, and then she'll say in
(06:29):
the next breath, and I'm going to meet him again
pretty soon.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
What's going on?
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Yeah, Yeah, it's you know, politics. You have personal animosities
with people that you have to work with, whether they're
in your party or they're in the other party, and
so you're going to be careful with what you say
in public, but then if you're talking to another audience,
you'll probably say things that are not so nice about
that person. There's gonna be a lot of that, uh.
(06:55):
And I think it's going to be interesting if Cuomo
becomes the mayor. I mean, think about all of the
subtaps in that relationship between Governor Hokel and a Mayor Cuomo.
I mean, there's so much resentment on both sides that
but they gotta work together, they gotta do stuff together
for their mutual constituents. So it's always interesting to that theater.
(07:16):
That the theater and the subtext between but underneath everything
is always fascinating.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
As are you.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Thank you so much, Laura Curran, political commentator and former
NASA County executive.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
We'll talk again next week. Thanks Laura, thank you. This
has been a podcast from wor
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