Tom DiNapoli

The only one that's on the ballot that I...

I do like Tom DiNapoli.

I think he's a nice guy.

Yes.

At least a dozen.

Well, excellent job by my friend running for state comptroller, the Republican candidate running against Tom DiNapoli, my buddy Joseph Fernandez, who I did host a fundraiser for at Dorian's.

I've hosted two for local candidates, Joe Fernandez for comptroller, and of course, Caroline Schinkel, running in that old Jerry Nadler district against that waste, Michael Lascher.

So Fernandez went back and actually counted it.

So who replaces Brad Lander as the city comptroller? Don't forget, state comptroller, we got the race going on right now.

My guy, Joe Hernandez, up against a guy I actually like.

I kinda like Tom DiNapoli.

I don't dislike him, but I'm a Republican.

And I'm Mark Dunlea.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, we start off hearing about an ethics complaint against New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli over his purchase of Israeli bonds.

Then we hear about the increasing attacks by Trump and Putin to the International Criminal Court.

Later on, we hear from Joe Donahue about his role as a radio host on WAMC as part of On the Brink.

It prohibits riders from operating the motorized vehicles on highways, streets, and sidewalks owned by the county.

And that's it for headlines.

Our first story, we start off with hearing about the complaint filed by Break the Bonds New York State, charging New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for ethical violations related to his ongoing investment in Israel.

We're talking with Jim McCabe, who's with, uh, Break the Bonds on New York State, and they have been filing a number of complaints about the, uh, I guess, conflict of interest with the current New York State Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli, uh, to the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying and Government.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman not only marched in the Columbus Day Parade, he changed his name to Bruno for the day.

[upbeat music] And while there was no Mayor Mamdani, there were plenty of other politicians on hand, like Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Congressman Tom Suozzi.

Happy Italian Heritage Month, New York.

Mayor Mamdani chose to avoid the controversy on whether to celebrate Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day by issuing a video for Italian Heritage Month and celebrating the work of someone he could identify with, Vito Marcantonio, a left-of-center progressive politician who served seven terms in Congress from 1935 to 1951, mostly as a member of the American Labor Party.

Um, Mamdani was there.

The Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli was there.

Yep.

Um, Kathy Hochul surprise showed up.

What is the, what was the alleged crime other than uncovering their incompetence?

Yeah, the, yeah, the interesting thing, the district attorney, the attorney general, district attorney of Westchester, attorney general of New York State, the surrogates court, the grievance committee of the bar association, nobody pursued this as, as, or viewed it as, as, as a crime, but the, um, U.S. attorney and the, um, um, and the state controller, Tom DiNapoli.

And, and, uh, interestingly enough, I was arrested on August 20th, 2018, just, um, uh, two and a half months before DiNapoli's election day.

I believe that he, uh, messed up here because I filed objections against, um, uh, against the, uh, administrator who had been appointed by the, um, by the court.

You've seen some of the bonus ones that we've been putting out there.

We'll continue to do so, but we do have the statewide race comptrollers, Joseph Hernandez running to replace Tom DiNapoli.

He is the incumbent.

Conversations with both of those individuals.

There's, there's systemic, and there's ways that the state's looking to address these, you know, when someone is sexually assaulted or comes to-- comes out and says that, but some of those things aren't working right now.

So that's another issue here that, you know, you'll hear from the Comptroller.

That's the end of the interview with Tom DiNapoli.

I've asked him about that.