Mayoral Opponents Make Last-Minute Pleas
Above, hear WNYC reporter Brigid Bergin's update on the latest news in the mayoral race.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and his Republican opponent, Nicole Malliotakis made last-minute appeals to voters on Sunday, ahead of Tuesday's election.
Speaking at a church in Crown Heights filled with black congregants, de Blasio argued that the city had reduced the number of stop and frisks and simultaneously brought crime down.
"We're gonna double-down on a better relationship between police and community by creating the ultimate measure of trust and accountability: every police officer will be wearing a body camera in this city, in the next two years," said de Blasio. "Every officer on patrol."
Meanwhile, Malliotakis was in midtown Manhattan, criticizing the mayor's record on homelessness and other issues. She said New Yorkers are frustrated.
"As they drive around the city, there's potholes, as they ride the trains, there's 70,000 delays a month," said Malliotakis. "There's litter issues, there's sanitation issues. These are basic services that New Yorkers want and that they're not getting, because the city is being mismanaged."
Malliotakis also called the mayor's integrity into question, pointing to the relationship between him and a businessman, Jona Rechnitz, who has testified that he bought access and favors from de Blasio with $100,000 in campaign donations.
The mayor has said he doesn't recall the details of Rechnitz's campaign contributions and met him only "a handful" of times.
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