Craig McCarthy reports and oversees a team of journalists to cover all things in government and politics in and around the Big Apple. He has won numerous honors, including the Investigative Reporters and Editors Freedom of Information Award and New York Press Club Award in Crime Reporting. He was also recently selected for the John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Reporting Fellowship, his second time with the honor, and named a fellow for the Nation Press Foundation’s Reporting Conference on Criminal Justice in the Age of George Floyd. Craig earned his undergraduate degree at Montclair State University in English and graduate degree at Rutgers University in digital media.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from WR. Here again is Larry
Minty with the WR Saturday Morning Show. This week, Mayor
Adams testified before the House Oversight Committee investigating sanctuary cities,
and it was Democratic representatives who attacked the mayor because
of his relationship with the Trump administration. New York Posts
(00:23):
City Hall Bureau Chief Craig McCarthy was there. Craig, thanks
a lot for doing this this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Thanks for having me on, Larry.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yeah, no real, why are you laughing? Because of the
leading and they've having a very very bad, horrible day. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
I think what you left out and having me a
bad day is the people that were calling him to
him to resign and were ruining him yesterday were not
the House Republicans, which the three other mayors he sat
with were facing a series of blistering questions from the GOP,
but from House Democrats. They laid into him pretty hard
yesterday to Mayor Eric Adams calling him into resign to
(00:59):
repeated the questioning Hi about a potential quid pro quote
between him and the Adam and the Trump DJ. It
was it was a very you were It was very
strange to see that four Democrats and the one Democrat
on there, you know, getting preferential treatment from the GOP.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Well that that leads us to the poll, because the
poll showed he had a higher approval rating that was
all low by the way, he didn't break fifty percent
in any of the groups, but he had a higher
thirty five percent of Republicans like them, and only seventeen
percent of Democrats thought he's doing a good job. And
so his working with Donald Trump obviously as having an
(01:37):
effect not only on Capitol Hill but in New York City.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah. Mayor Adams has always been a moderate Democrat, and
he was always appealed to not just Democratic Wingham Party
but also Republican Wingham the party in New York City,
for instance, because it's not as far right in New
York City and it is in other places of the country.
But his boost with Donald Trump, in his close relationship
in the last few months, it likely had something to
(02:04):
do at least with that partially.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, well, especially with the Democrats. I mean, he is
just cratered with the Democrats, and as you said, you
saw it play out on Capitol Hill yesterday, the Democrats
felt in bolden to go after him.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, I mean, this is just the latest poll that
shows him, you know, as an incumbent mayor, which is
almost unheard of to not be leading in the polls.
And it's just the latest example of him losing support
within the party.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Oh absolutely, And that brings us to this election. Adriane
Adams is in. Now what kind of candidate is Adrian Adams?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yeah, more news for yesterday. Apparently late last night this
council speaker Adrian Adams jumped into the race. Adrian Adams
is going to try to run as a moderate Democrat.
He's going to try to carve out similar voters that
Adams and Cuomo would have grabbed. But also she's been
created you know, working with members of the council and
(02:59):
the little the more left key council members over the
last few years. So she's looking to create a coalition
that could kind of cut across the entire Democratic Party.
She's going to get some union support and that's also
going to cut into what Pomo was looking at grabbing.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
In what world is Adrian Adams a moderate? You should
have seen his stunned face. She is one of the
most liberal members of the City Council, isn't she. I mean,
she's on the wrong side of everything. She loves sanctuary cities.
She won't talk about ever, even bringing it up for conversation.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah, I think her views in her position has changed
over the last few years. I mean, she came into
council as a modern Democrat, her father being you know,
a city corrections officer. But over the last few years
she's really surrounded herself with bus side from a few
the very more liberal members of the council, and as speaker,
(03:58):
they tend to feed into those and let those CUSA
members kind of like run their agendas as well. And
it's going to be she's going to try to run
as a moderate, let's put it that way. Whether or
not the voters and everybody will accept her as that,
we will see going forward.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Well, I don't think she could probably get away with
running for a moderate until she starts rising in the
polls and then everybody can go after it because she
has a record in city Council that is far from moderate.
Right now, I mean, with Eric Adams doing so bad
in this poll, you have Cuomo leading in every single
(04:34):
poll when he just got into the race. Is there
anyone else that you see that we should be paying
attention to that could take on Cuomo.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Well, I think we should all be noting that, you know,
Cuomo was in early polls. It's name recognition. Andrew Cuomo
is widely known by New York City voters. However, he's
never run in such a he's never run in New
York City. He doesn't know New York City media as
well as these other guys, and it's gonna be brutal
with with his past. You know, his past history with
(05:06):
with COVID, the allegations of sexual harassment and sexualist conduct
and all these other things that are gonna come up.
I think where I keep seeing it in all polls
is that there's there is a Liane for a left
lane left wing candidate. There's a lane for a Mandani
or a Lander, and that's what we keep seeing over
(05:26):
and over again, that they're the ones that are growing
in support while Andrew Cuomo and since there's no person
that's kind of in that same lane that's not growing.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Yeah, Mondannie was a surprise. He seemed to come out
of nowhere. And then I'm sure you know more about
him than I do, but apparently he's been running a
very good campaign.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
It is he's running a great campaign. I mean he is,
he's he came out, he's nowhere, out of nowhere, no
name recognition at all, and the last three polls he's
saying second or third. I mean he's he's coming up
some radical ideas, city run food stores, free bus routes,
free childcare. But also noted in the last few weeks,
(06:09):
since he's been saying since he started running, the last
few months, last few weeks, some of the other candets
such as Andrew Cuomo and all these other candets are
kind of plucking away from some of those agendas and
maybe not doing it as far as he he is doing,
but they're bringing in, like I guess, the light version
of those progressive values.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Well, he's socialists. He calls himself a socialist. So yeah,
it's going to be a fascinating race. So I hope
we get to talk to you again. This has been great,
Thanks Greg.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Yeah, I have me on whenever.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
New York Post City Hall Bureau Chief Craig McCarthy. This
has been a podcast from wor
This is a podcast from WR. Here again is Larry
Minty with the WR Saturday Morning Show. This week, Mayor
Adams testified before the House Oversight Committee investigating sanctuary cities,
and it was Democratic representatives who attacked the mayor because
of his relationship with the Trump administration. New York Posts
(00:23):
City Hall Bureau Chief Craig McCarthy was there. Craig, thanks
a lot for doing this this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Thanks for having me on, Larry.
Speaker 1 (00:30):
Yeah, no real, why are you laughing? Because of the
leading and they've having a very very bad, horrible day. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
I think what you left out and having me a
bad day is the people that were calling him to
him to resign and were ruining him yesterday were not
the House Republicans, which the three other mayors he sat
with were facing a series of blistering questions from the GOP,
but from House Democrats. They laid into him pretty hard
yesterday to Mayor Eric Adams calling him into resign to
(00:59):
repeated the questioning Hi about a potential quid pro quote
between him and the Adam and the Trump DJ. It
was it was a very you were It was very
strange to see that four Democrats and the one Democrat
on there, you know, getting preferential treatment from the GOP.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Well that that leads us to the poll, because the
poll showed he had a higher approval rating that was
all low by the way, he didn't break fifty percent
in any of the groups, but he had a higher
thirty five percent of Republicans like them, and only seventeen
percent of Democrats thought he's doing a good job. And
so his working with Donald Trump obviously as having an
(01:37):
effect not only on Capitol Hill but in New York City.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah. Mayor Adams has always been a moderate Democrat, and
he was always appealed to not just Democratic Wingham Party
but also Republican Wingham the party in New York City,
for instance, because it's not as far right in New
York City and it is in other places of the country.
But his boost with Donald Trump, in his close relationship
in the last few months, it likely had something to
(02:04):
do at least with that partially.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, well, especially with the Democrats. I mean, he is
just cratered with the Democrats, and as you said, you
saw it play out on Capitol Hill yesterday, the Democrats
felt in bolden to go after him.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Yeah, I mean, this is just the latest poll that
shows him, you know, as an incumbent mayor, which is
almost unheard of to not be leading in the polls.
And it's just the latest example of him losing support
within the party.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Oh absolutely, And that brings us to this election. Adriane
Adams is in. Now what kind of candidate is Adrian Adams?
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Yeah, more news for yesterday. Apparently late last night this
council speaker Adrian Adams jumped into the race. Adrian Adams
is going to try to run as a moderate Democrat.
He's going to try to carve out similar voters that
Adams and Cuomo would have grabbed. But also she's been
created you know, working with members of the council and
(02:59):
the little the more left key council members over the
last few years. So she's looking to create a coalition
that could kind of cut across the entire Democratic Party.
She's going to get some union support and that's also
going to cut into what Pomo was looking at grabbing.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
In what world is Adrian Adams a moderate? You should
have seen his stunned face. She is one of the
most liberal members of the City Council, isn't she. I mean,
she's on the wrong side of everything. She loves sanctuary cities.
She won't talk about ever, even bringing it up for conversation.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah, I think her views in her position has changed
over the last few years. I mean, she came into
council as a modern Democrat, her father being you know,
a city corrections officer. But over the last few years
she's really surrounded herself with bus side from a few
the very more liberal members of the council, and as speaker,
(03:58):
they tend to feed into those and let those CUSA
members kind of like run their agendas as well. And
it's going to be she's going to try to run
as a moderate, let's put it that way. Whether or
not the voters and everybody will accept her as that,
we will see going forward.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
Well, I don't think she could probably get away with
running for a moderate until she starts rising in the
polls and then everybody can go after it because she
has a record in city Council that is far from moderate.
Right now, I mean, with Eric Adams doing so bad
in this poll, you have Cuomo leading in every single
(04:34):
poll when he just got into the race. Is there
anyone else that you see that we should be paying
attention to that could take on Cuomo.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Well, I think we should all be noting that, you know,
Cuomo was in early polls. It's name recognition. Andrew Cuomo
is widely known by New York City voters. However, he's
never run in such a he's never run in New
York City. He doesn't know New York City media as
well as these other guys, and it's gonna be brutal
with with his past. You know, his past history with
(05:06):
with COVID, the allegations of sexual harassment and sexualist conduct
and all these other things that are gonna come up.
I think where I keep seeing it in all polls
is that there's there is a Liane for a left
lane left wing candidate. There's a lane for a Mandani
or a Lander, and that's what we keep seeing over
(05:26):
and over again, that they're the ones that are growing
in support while Andrew Cuomo and since there's no person
that's kind of in that same lane that's not growing.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Yeah, Mondannie was a surprise. He seemed to come out
of nowhere. And then I'm sure you know more about
him than I do, but apparently he's been running a
very good campaign.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
It is he's running a great campaign. I mean he is,
he's he came out, he's nowhere, out of nowhere, no
name recognition at all, and the last three polls he's
saying second or third. I mean he's he's coming up
some radical ideas, city run food stores, free bus routes,
free childcare. But also noted in the last few weeks,
(06:09):
since he's been saying since he started running, the last
few months, last few weeks, some of the other candets
such as Andrew Cuomo and all these other candets are
kind of plucking away from some of those agendas and
maybe not doing it as far as he he is doing,
but they're bringing in, like I guess, the light version
of those progressive values.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Well, he's socialists. He calls himself a socialist. So yeah,
it's going to be a fascinating race. So I hope
we get to talk to you again. This has been great,
Thanks Greg.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Yeah, I have me on whenever.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
New York Post City Hall Bureau Chief Craig McCarthy. This
has been a podcast from wor
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