October 22, 2025 • 5 mins
How does the Mayoral election in New York City impact you? We check in with Tonya J. Powers in New York City on who has the best chance at being the next mayor of New York.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, how could the mayor of New York City have
anything to do with you? It's not my first question.
This is West Michigan's Morning News. Steve Kelly and Brett
Keita Andrew Cuomo last night in their last debate.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
And Zoran is the second one. Curtis Sleiwa has no
shot at winning. He's run many times for mayor, He's
never won.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Wait a minute, Curtis Sliwa, Let's find out what's going
on in our nation's biggest city with one of our
friends with Fox News Radio, Tanya J. Powers. Thanks for
doing this in New York City this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Sure, thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
We've heard a lot about maybe one of the other candidates,
but certainly not Curtis Sliwa. So I want to start.
There is this a guy, this is the Guardian Angels
guy from the eighties. Does he have a shot at
this thing? And doesn't he have a talk show?
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Yeah? He's the Redbrey guy. This is just, for lack
of a better way to put it, this is that's
how a lot of people would would know. They may
not know his name, but if they saw a picture
of him wearing his red beret, which is is a
throwback to the Guardian Angel, you know, Subway patrol group
way back in the day. They probably know what he
looks like, and yes, it is. It is. It is
(01:18):
kind of sunning that you have this race between the
Democratic nominees, the Romodani independent nominee which is the former
governor Andrew Cuomo, which he just played the sound from,
and the Republican nominee Sliwa, And Slewa is the one
getting the attention right now. He's pulling in the team, okay,
And like Clomo wasn't wrong, he has run several times.
(01:39):
I mean, he's kind of like a mainstay on the
on the mayoral ballot, but he's he's kind of the
word cut scrappy comes to mind because he's he's still
in there, like he's not given up, and he's had
some high level pressure to get out of the race.
I mean, Cuomo has put this pressure campaign on him
(02:00):
to to get him to drop out. And I think
the thinking by at least Cuomo, if not some other folks,
is that if Slivo drops out of the race, then
his Republican conservative voters are going to vote for Cuomo,
which is I don't think a given necessarily for you know,
all of them, maybe some you know they they they're
(02:20):
running on the same kind of you know, battling crime,
law and order kind of platform, so that may that
may be enough of a you know, a platform plank
for somebody to go, Okay, I can vote for Cuomo
in that case. But it is it has been quite
interesting to watch this. Uh, even the President has sort
of mocked Lela for staying in the race and you know,
(02:41):
still still being in there. Solea's like, I'm not going anywhere,
which I mean, if you think about it, the Guardian
Angels guy who definitely came up against Lord those fot
in the seventies and eighties in the in the subway,
I can't imagine he would be easily easily scared off
some things, especially not you know, in the political realm,
(03:02):
which he's been in for quite some time. This should
be an interesting debate tonight. It's the final one ninety minutes.
There is a live audience at this one at LaGuardia
Community College in Queens. The last one did not have
a live audience, so that is also an aspect I
imagine will be quite interesting in this. Mam Donnie has
been leading in the polling for you know, for weeks
(03:23):
by at least ten points or more. Some have him
with a much wider gap than that quote. Colonel has
been like in the thirties, maybe Mom Donnie has been
at least forty five plus most of that time. And
like I said, Sleiwa has been in the teams for polling.
But again, you know, he may not have the biggest
(03:45):
amount of polling, but he definitely doesn't want people to
count him out.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Fascinating. We will keep you posted and check back in
with Tanya Jay Powers on it. Lastly, any advice we
let in in the last half hour talking about the
one time in my life that I drove and it
was a station wagon. Oh boy, when I drove into
New York City. We lived in Maine at the time,
and I don't know what you know about traffic and Maine.
(04:10):
There's a heart Any advice for anyone from Michigan ever
driving into New York City.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Listen, I grew up in a town with three with
two red lights. Actually we got we got the third
at one point. But I avoid driving in New York
City like the plague. I will walk across this city
to keep from driving. It is it is something that
I highly do not recommend, if if you're if you're
(04:37):
not used to doing battle in a car, because the
the the lane suggestions are merely a suggestion, uh that
the little lines are just you know, and tabs. Nobody
signals it's just a it's a it's a driving like
you stole the situation it is.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
It is dangerous, honest to Jay Powers with Fox News
Radio in New York, thanks for your time this morning.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
First
Well, how could the mayor of New York City have
anything to do with you? It's not my first question.
This is West Michigan's Morning News. Steve Kelly and Brett
Keita Andrew Cuomo last night in their last debate.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
And Zoran is the second one. Curtis Sleiwa has no
shot at winning. He's run many times for mayor, He's
never won.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Wait a minute, Curtis Sliwa, Let's find out what's going
on in our nation's biggest city with one of our
friends with Fox News Radio, Tanya J. Powers. Thanks for
doing this in New York City this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Sure, thanks for having me on.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
We've heard a lot about maybe one of the other candidates,
but certainly not Curtis Sliwa. So I want to start.
There is this a guy, this is the Guardian Angels
guy from the eighties. Does he have a shot at
this thing? And doesn't he have a talk show?
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Yeah? He's the Redbrey guy. This is just, for lack
of a better way to put it, this is that's
how a lot of people would would know. They may
not know his name, but if they saw a picture
of him wearing his red beret, which is is a
throwback to the Guardian Angel, you know, Subway patrol group
way back in the day. They probably know what he
looks like, and yes, it is. It is. It is
(01:18):
kind of sunning that you have this race between the
Democratic nominees, the Romodani independent nominee which is the former
governor Andrew Cuomo, which he just played the sound from,
and the Republican nominee Sliwa, And Slewa is the one
getting the attention right now. He's pulling in the team, okay,
And like Clomo wasn't wrong, he has run several times.
(01:39):
I mean, he's kind of like a mainstay on the
on the mayoral ballot, but he's he's kind of the
word cut scrappy comes to mind because he's he's still
in there, like he's not given up, and he's had
some high level pressure to get out of the race.
I mean, Cuomo has put this pressure campaign on him
(02:00):
to to get him to drop out. And I think
the thinking by at least Cuomo, if not some other folks,
is that if Slivo drops out of the race, then
his Republican conservative voters are going to vote for Cuomo,
which is I don't think a given necessarily for you know,
all of them, maybe some you know they they they're
(02:20):
running on the same kind of you know, battling crime,
law and order kind of platform, so that may that
may be enough of a you know, a platform plank
for somebody to go, Okay, I can vote for Cuomo
in that case. But it is it has been quite
interesting to watch this. Uh, even the President has sort
of mocked Lela for staying in the race and you know,
(02:41):
still still being in there. Solea's like, I'm not going anywhere,
which I mean, if you think about it, the Guardian
Angels guy who definitely came up against Lord those fot
in the seventies and eighties in the in the subway,
I can't imagine he would be easily easily scared off
some things, especially not you know, in the political realm,
(03:02):
which he's been in for quite some time. This should
be an interesting debate tonight. It's the final one ninety minutes.
There is a live audience at this one at LaGuardia
Community College in Queens. The last one did not have
a live audience, so that is also an aspect I
imagine will be quite interesting in this. Mam Donnie has
been leading in the polling for you know, for weeks
(03:23):
by at least ten points or more. Some have him
with a much wider gap than that quote. Colonel has
been like in the thirties, maybe Mom Donnie has been
at least forty five plus most of that time. And
like I said, Sleiwa has been in the teams for polling.
But again, you know, he may not have the biggest
(03:45):
amount of polling, but he definitely doesn't want people to
count him out.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
Fascinating. We will keep you posted and check back in
with Tanya Jay Powers on it. Lastly, any advice we
let in in the last half hour talking about the
one time in my life that I drove and it
was a station wagon. Oh boy, when I drove into
New York City. We lived in Maine at the time,
and I don't know what you know about traffic and Maine.
(04:10):
There's a heart Any advice for anyone from Michigan ever
driving into New York City.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Listen, I grew up in a town with three with
two red lights. Actually we got we got the third
at one point. But I avoid driving in New York
City like the plague. I will walk across this city
to keep from driving. It is it is something that
I highly do not recommend, if if you're if you're
(04:37):
not used to doing battle in a car, because the
the the lane suggestions are merely a suggestion, uh that
the little lines are just you know, and tabs. Nobody
signals it's just a it's a it's a driving like
you stole the situation it is.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
It is dangerous, honest to Jay Powers with Fox News
Radio in New York, thanks for your time this morning.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
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