NEW YORK – For months, New Yorkers have been hearing ideas from top candidates vying to be the next mayor of New York City.
Both Democratic candidate Eric Adams and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa were interviewed separately by our sister network. NBC New York less than 48 hours to Election Day on November 2.
For Adams, 61, running for mayor while he is Brooklyn Borough President can often put him in high-stress situations. When the going gets tough, Adams said she practices breathing exercises. He did it during the debate with other primary candidates that was presented by Telemundo 47 and NBC 4.
“Four inhalations from the stomach and eight exhalations,” he explained during his tour of Brooklyn Heights with the policy reporter from News 4 Melissa Russo on how she keeps her mind and body calm. It’s something he wants public schools to teach children if he becomes mayor.
“It’s amazing how something as important as breathing is not taught anywhere. You do it 10 times and it’s amazing how it slows down your mind and brings you peace,” Adams said.
Adams, who is also a former NYPD police officer and longtime civil servant, said he wants to screen all children in public schools for gifted and learning disabled programs because he doesn’t want any student to struggle like him. he did it without resources.
“He used to hear the alarm clock and was traumatized” because he was afraid to go to school, he said. Adams has previously been open about his dyslexia, a learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading, but has not been officially diagnosed.
Adams noted that she received word processing help when she got to college. Also to improve the overall health of school-age children, Adams argues that he hopes to promote healthier eating habits and reduce extra-processed foods.
“It’s not about whether you get enough calories, it’s that you get the right calories,” added Adams, who stopped eating animal products in 2016 and said it reversed his diabetes, noting that he will not consume sugary drinks or high-calorie foods. salt content like Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
He also promised to improve the performance of current Mayor Bill de Blasio, in which he gave a B + rating during one of the debates. “I’m not a good student,” he joked.
When it comes to his own election results, Adams doesn’t seem concerned. In a survey of PIX 11 / Emerson Posted last Monday, Adams is shown to have a dominant advantage over Sliwa, with 61 percent of likely voters saying they would support the Democrat. Sliwa garnered 25 percent of the support of likely voters, according to the poll.
Sliwa did not let potential outcomes, or even a broken arm after being hit by a yellow cab, keep him from campaigning to the end.
From his 350-square-foot studio apartment, the leader of the Guardian Angels showed the great heart he has for New York City, as well as for all the things that live in it, including 15 rescued cats.
Ajax the cat is Sliwa’s favorite, he told Russo. The 67-year-old added that Ajax helped him as he recovered from prostate cancer. When asked what his house says about what kind of mayor he will be, he said “we have to learn to do more with less.”
The small Upper West Side apartment he shares with his wife and cats is all he can afford after paying $ 15,000 a month in child support. He promised to treat New Yorkers as well as he treats his beloved animals.
“The way you treat your animals is the way you treat people in society. We don’t treat animals well, our disturbed people, our homeless people well,” Sliwa said, promising to support all. New Yorkers.
In recent weeks, Sliwa tried to attract votes from city workers who oppose Mayor de Blasio’s vaccination mandate, which took effect a day before Election Day, but wanted to make it clear that he is not against it. vaccination.
“There is a segment that is against vaccines. That is not me and many people. We are against the mandate,” he said.
But given that the number of New York City Democrats far exceeds the number of republics, it is unlikely that Sliwa could win a majority of the vote in his own neighborhood. Still, it doesn’t stop you from trying by citing how you will tackle crime and homelessness.
When asked why he would be a preferable candidate to Adams Sliwa said: “They realize that this guy doesn’t fly the Trump flag. He’s a different kind of Republican. He’s also independent. He rides the subway and walks the streets. “.
If cats and dogs could vote, Sliwa said “I would win overwhelmingly.”
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