Sentences with phrase «paladino said this event»
A source close to Paladino said this event, which is closed to the press, was organized by a Buffalo real estate investor who lives in Williamsburg.
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Also present at the event were Rep. Peter King, Sen. Andrew Lanza, Assemblyman Louis Tobacco, NYC Council Minority Leader James Oddo and US Senate hopeful David Malpass (who is running on Paladino's independent Taxpayers Party line, but says he'll drop off that if he doesn't win the GOP primary).
«We're going to send out a message for the whole country: New York is no longer a haven for the poor and disenfranchised and illegals,» Paladino said at a campaign event in Troy earlier today.
He says it's «curious» that the decision came one day after a protest disrupted a Buffalo school board meeting on Wednesday night, where he says demonstrators attempted to «link» the events in Virginia to Paladino.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn also blasted Paladino, saying the comments were «not only deeply offensive» but «dangerous» given recent events.
WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley says the event is called «Pushing Past Paladino», a forum on moving forward.
Paladino campaign manager Michael Caputo summed it up tidily in the spin room afterward, saying of the candidate representing The Rent Is Too Damn High Party who wore a high - collared black suit jacket and black gloves throughout the event, «I think Jimmy McMillan probably won this debate.»
«You voted for John Heyer because some other power brokers and power seekers fooled you and your distinguished rabbis, Moshe Wolfson and Yaakov Perlow into thinking Heyer opposed all forms of same gender marriage,» Paladino said, as soon on a YouTube video of the event.
At Wednesday's event in front of 7 World Trade Center, Paladino said his stance on the mosque was an indication of how he would govern New York if elected.
Caputo said the Paladino campaign is well aware of the DA's investigation, but are «satisfied with John's version of events» after a long discussion with him and his attorney, former AG Dennis Vacco.
At a public event Thursday, Higgins said he was not yet an elected official when Paladino helped pay for his education.