Frank Morano

Speaking of great things, I did something great today.

I had lunch with the great Councilman Frank Morano today, and I got to hear, uh, all about the ongoings of, uh, City Hall.

[lip smacks] And, um, I don't think Frank would mind, but, uh, me saying that one of the things he told me about the ongoings of City Hall is that although he disagrees with a majority of, uh, Mayor Mamdani's platform, he said when you deal with him one-on-one, he is...

I w- I think the word he used is delightful.

It was the first, and now I think the f- the only time we were in person together.

Then we communicated over this past Columbus Day weekend, and I told her, "Congratulations," and it was great that it was Columbus Day as she's an Italian American.

And then I was just having, uh, lunch with Councilman Frank Morano when, [laughs] when the news came through.

So she did, uh, beat Anthony Scaramucci's record?

Yeah.

But Frank, before I, we talk politics, I just wanna... 80 years old, you know, you could look in the rear view mirror, and, um, if you were gonna give some words of wisdom to s- a kid like me who's 22 years your junior, um, you know, what, what, what, what words of wisdom can you say that you've learned, uh, over these 80 years that maybe can, can help myself and, and those like Frank Morano, who's a lot younger than that, a- and Imran, and a- all the people who you know and, and care for?

Well, first, you're a bad example to use because you have done the right thing by people your whole life.

From the first day, uh, I recall meeting you, uh, till today, you've always been there to help people.

She was there.

Frank Morano, Italian, part of the Italian caucus.

Joanne Ariola, great Italian, Howard Beach.

That can't be true, but if it is, shame on Julie Menin and the city council.

Locally, I couldn't find many.

We got two on the council, Frank Morano and Vicky Paladino, and then we've got, um, the Staten Island Borough President, Vito Fossella.

Otherwise, you couldn't figure out another Italian local politician.

Then I went to Trump's administration, and all I could find was Diaz Posito.

If I hear one more time their First Amendment right, I'm gonna be nauseous.

And this is where I get mad at people like Frank Morano, [laughs] who's one of my best friends.

I do, I love the guy.

I do.

Right.

Somewhere Frank Morano just got a hard-on.

[laughs]

Okay.

He will be the next Staten Island borough president, 'cause I guess, uh, Vito can't, uh, do it anymore.

He's timed out.

And he is a, one of the two city council members from Staten Island, him and Frank Morano, one of the five Republicans, him, Morano, Ina Vernicol, Vada Brooklyn, and the two Queens ladies.

One will join me today, Vicki Paladino and Joanne Ariola, and he seemed to have a really good grasp of all this, really good.

... city councilman out of Staten Island.

One of the two there with Frank Morano.

David, good morning, buddy.

How are you?

So what is...

What do you want to accomplish? When this meeting is over today, what does the city council look to do, David Carr, in the near future?

So I think, I think some of the things you see on the agenda, uh, of the council today, you know, you have, you know, my colleague, you mentioned Frank Morano earlier.

He has a bill that's about, you know, protecting people in terms of their health, right? A lot of people, uh, even before AI, were going to WebMD and doing some self-diagnosis.