A Tale of two Heroes

The New York City Crime Report with Pat Dixon

Pat Dixon

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4.2 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

A few years ago, Vicky Paladino told her husband to stop the car so she could get out and yell at Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was in her Queens neighborhood for a photo op. As he sucked up to her neighbors, she let him have it, and de Blasio scrambled back to his car rather than face her and address her concerns.

Just a few days ago, a guy caught de Blasio off-guard and did the same, except by now the anger of the public has shifted to profane insults and derisive name-calling.

Both instances were captured and shared, and each heckler became a folk hero in their own right. Hear them now, together for the first time on any podcast, and discover some of the real reasons people in New York City HATE Bill de Blasio.

guest Pete Paduccio, veteran NYPD NightWatch detective, ret.

Transcript

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0:00.0	From the smallest room in New York City comes a show that gives you a reason to live.
0:04.6	New York City jacked up.
0:06.4	It's like it always is.
0:08.3	I don't care what anybody says.
0:09.4	It is a bit of a ghost town.
0:11.3	There is just not the same things that there once were in New York.
0:15.6	You know, like, well, like fun, like comedy clubs, like theater.
0:20.1	If you like that shit, musicals and stuff, I guess there's no movies anywhere.
0:25.3	But, you know, this will be the last place that gets any of that stuff back.
0:30.0	And some of the last things, you can't even go shoot pool, as far as I know.
0:34.7	Retired Detectors Pete Paduccio, hey Pete?
0:37.4	Oh, you're back. I'm, Pete. How are you, Pat?
0:38.0	I'm all right.
0:38.7	What do you think about, anyway?
0:39.5	It's kind of like not what it once was.
0:42.2	No, not at all.
0:43.1	Not even close.
0:44.3	Near shell of its former self.
0:46.1	Mm-hmm.
0:46.7	Yeah, it's like me.
0:49.8	I fit right in here now. Well, I got 10 years on you, so don't even go there.
0:56.0	There was more to you to begin with, though.
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