Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
News
Paladino Tries To Explain Why He Hates 3/5 Of NYC
By
Jen Chung
Published Sep 5, 2010
Modified Sep 5, 2010
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
Jen Chung
Published Sep 5, 2010
Modified Sep 5, 2010
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Last week, notoriously straight-talking Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino told upstate supporters that while Queens and Staten Island are "just like us...That leaves Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn — and they can have them. First, you can’t get around down there, and secondly, there aren’t many Republicans." Now his campaign is trying to set the record straight!
According to NY1, "Paladino's campaign manager Michael Caputo said that the candidate was responding to a question about the logistics of traveling in New York City, and not what he thought of the three boroughs, which are home to 30 percent of New York State's population."
Paladino has also previously badmouthed Manhattan ("This ruling class of people, no matter what the party, are all from Manhattan. They're smug, they're elitist, they're wealthy, they have guilt for the wealth they have accumulated and they want the downtrodden, they want them taken care of, but not on their nickel") which probably works with his "mad as hell" persona. But there are Republican voters in NYC, which could come in handy for the primary: The Daily Politics offers these numbers, "Number of Republicans in Paladino’s home city of Buffalo: 14,734. Number of Republicans in Erie County, which includes Buffalo: 152,853. Number of Republicans in New York City: 449,124. That includes: 128,763 in Queens, 112,415 in Brooklyn, 92,336 in Manhattan, 74,179 in Staten Island and 41,431 in the Bronx."
Tagged
bronx
brooklyn
carl paladino
election 2010
manhattan
nyc
republican
Jen Chung
Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE news
Better days ahead for NYC commuters with Democrats in control of Congress, MTA chair says
Republicans’ “anti-city” agenda was rejected by voters, MTA Chair Janno Lieber said.
By
Stephen Nessen
and
Ramsey Khalifeh
Published Nov 5, 2026 at 5:59 p.m. ET
$20 rent-control cap coming to Elizabeth, New Jersey
Voters approved the annual limit in this week's election.
By
Michael Sol Warren
News
$20 rent-control cap coming to Elizabeth, New Jersey
Voters approved the annual limit in this week's election.
By
Michael Sol Warren
Feds accuse former FBI agent of Brooklyn hit and run, leaving victim on a bench
By
Charles Lane
Battery found at deadly Sunset Park fire days after similar blaze in Bronx
By
Ramsey Khalifeh
Inside New York's bitter Republican civil war after blue wave
By
Walter Wuthmann
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .