they are actually one of the sponsors of the cuny staten island academy. i think that gladys who runs it, the commissioner, is very much open to innovation. she certainly gave me the time of day. a year and a half ago, i met her at a conference and here we are. we already have an academy at cuny. there are other places that are just benighted. what is extraordinary is there are 2200 jurisdictions in the united states. you talk to experts, when i was doing my research years ago i would say, tell me somewhere good, and the judge or whoever would name a city, and i would say, why is that good? they would say, it is not rocket science. about 20 years ago the mayor called a meeting with the chief of police, head of school district, head of the children's hospital, etc., and the head of children's services, and they decided to do a better job with weekly meetings. they do joint triage. they share software, etc. and i would say that make sense, tell me about a close-by city. the same expert would say, oh no, that is a terrible cesspool of inept bureaucratic failu

host: here is rose from staten island on a democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i really like the things that you mentioned about the tax plans. putting it into perspective, a couple of things that i would like to say that the transparency of money, especially when it comes to taxes, like sweden apparently doesn't use cash bills anymore. they have electronic funds. taxingu mentioned about the employees, the construction workers with -- what their income dollars will pay, if they were not working before and now they are being taxed and there is money from that, it prevents the disparity of immigrants that are being paid off the books. --there's more transparency the positive train control that approved of,nally amtrak, like you said, the northeast corridor, there's ashley nee train station signs. as you are arriving on the train station, if you arrive in the middle of the night on a seven train, you have no idea what is your stop. just a lot of concern. the luxury tax is a great idea. now i understand why it just doesn't fund it. guest: the whole concept of transp

city university of new york, staten island, first intake of youth is september. the job posting for the director position went up this week. and so that will be our first new york academy, the first of many because it is part of our arrangement with cuny that we make a success of this, and they would do it on all the campuses. we are very delighted. and there are about another 12-15 universities across the country that are in development. also, three outside the u.s. one in london, one in toronto, and one of multicultural, multireligious, multiethnic one in jerusalem, israel. we are on a roll. we are replicating. [applause] soledad: congratulations. incredible. give me the setup. peter:we are replicating. the ce third academic, one third life skills made up on the back of an envelope. how to brush your teeth sexual , education, std's, financial literacy, videography, self-assertion, meditation anger -- allement, and all hot taught to a very high level, because what do they have any university? they know how to teach. we are using the power of their professional p

daniel, and from early voter from staten island. go ahead. caller: hi. i voted early this morning. this is the worst i have felt about a presidential election in my entire lifetime. i am 70 years old and i have seen a lot. unfortunately, i voted for clinton. i know eventually someone will try to impeach her. her,he guy who ran against the buffoon who ran against her, is nothing more than a liar who calls everyone else a liar. and he likes to incite riots. i really don't feel that this is the leadership that is required in this country right now. we need someone smart. raise. and the democrats and the republicans did the worst job i have ever seen in putting up candidates. neither one of these people deserve to be president. said,d for clinton, as i because i will push for impeachment if they find more information in her e-mail. host: who did you want to see? bernie sanders? about schumer, the senator from new york? how about all the people who truly work for the people and not for themselves? butld trump is nothing someone who works for himself. his tax papers, by the way? what hap

city university of new york, staten island, first intake of youth is september. the job posting for the director position went up this week. and so that will be our first new york academy, the first of many because it is part of our arrangement with cuny that we make a success of this, and they would do it on all c

up next, we have vera, calling in from staten island, new york, on our republican line. good morning. caller: how are you? host: i'm good. what do you think about governor cuomo's performance and your? caller: governor cuomo, he's out of total control. i waxs s a democrat, but trust me, i changed completely over to republican because when all of the -- murder rates and things going on, governor cuomo, we only see the officials when it is time for reelection for how about that? then they cmome out of the woodwork. they can't oppose anything we have put on the board. it is all about them. and hillary clinton is a lost cause. they take the money and use it for themselves. we have murder rates. the young people on drugs out of control. what are they doing? they sit back and wait for every election and then they come out of the woodwork. and tell us what they have done but there is no proof. host: matt from whittier, north carolina, on our independent line. who will you support in the governor's race there? caller: i wil support roy cooper, i already voted forl him. mccrory h