Right now, New York City is something of a bellwether for where America’s cities are headed. Will voters finally wise up and vote for a more moderate path? Or will towns like New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Francisco, Los Angeles, etc, continue down the suicidal path of hyper-progressivism?

While disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo appears likely to grab New York’s Democratic nomination this year, his toughest adversary may be — for once — a Republican in the general election. And that would be Curtis Sliwa, head of the Guardian Angels, who is running on a solid law-and-order platform.

Never before has Sliwa — who has run for NYC Mayor before — had a better shot at the big seat. And never before has New York needed him more.

Hear why in today’s pod.

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