Interview Highlights – States that her husband (Chris Christie) has a record of working with members of both political parties, “I could see him transferring those skills on the national level, because he knows the issues so well and because he can really bring people together and forge compromise and get things done, he’s a real doer; he’s not just a […]

Interview Highlights – “Australia and the United States enjoy one of the closest relationships that can exist between two countries- politically, socially, economically, culturally, and strategically.” – Australia is “very excited about the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement…it is one of the most ambitious and wide-ranging trade agreements that the world has seen…it represents a significant boost to the economies” that are […]

Interview Highlights – “David Brock ( long-time Clinton ally) … has been collecting dirt on Joe Biden, which they’re ready to release if Biden gets into the race, you can be sure the Clintons are not going to stand idly by and let Biden have a free ride.” – States that President Obama would endorse Biden over Hillary Clinton but “what he’s […]

Interview Highlights – States that regulations are causing Wall Street to downsize their operations, “The continued implementation of the new financial regulations – Dodd-Frank and so on – some of that is requiring changed business models where … because of that they’re selling off some of the aspects of their business.” About Thomas DiNapoli Thomas DiNapoli, Democrat, is the 54th Comptroller of […]

Interview Highlights – CUNY is the “great American dream machine…it is a place of opportunity to move generations into the middle class.” – CUNY is recognized nationally as one of the greatest values in college education with “tuition low, and the quality of education very high.” – “8 of 10 graduates leave with no federal debt, which is unlike the […]

Interview Highlights – “Hey look, this is Times Square. Quirky is fine, but creepy is not…Some commercial activity is fine but let’s not let it overwhelm civic activities.” – The Times Square Alliance conducted a survey of those who work in Times Square and found 60 percent of them said that they have had an “unpleasant interaction with either a solicitor or […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about the upcoming election for Staten Island District Attorney and the GOP candidate Joan Illuzzi. “Her resume is incredible.” – Says that Republican Assemblyman Joe Borelli is running unopposed for the Staten Island South Shore City Council seat. The Governor may not call a special election to fill Borelli’s seat in the State Assembly. “We have […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about the Pope’s visit to NYC. “What jumps out at you when in his presence is his humility.” – “In our inner city schools 65% of our kids live below the poverty line, yet 97% of them are going to college.” – “Our biggest challenge is trying to keep our schools financially sustainable.” – The cost […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about the recent discovery on Mars. “It gives us evidence of liquid water on Mars today…we had known water has flowed on Mars but billions of years ago.” – Speaks about the next mission to Mars in March that will get there on September 28, 2016. The purpose is to “study the inside of Mars” including […]

Interview Highlights – When Putin came to power in Russian in 2000 he had two missions: “Restore Russian statehood… and restore Russia’s traditional zones of security on its borders.” – President Obama’s bombing campaign against ISIS “has failed”. In Syria, Russia says we need Assad to fight terrorism, whereas the White House is saying we can only join this fight if […]

Interview Highlights – “We’re going to be well into January before this thing (the Iowa Republican Presidential Caucus) starts flushing out to the point where you can even start talking about the top five and the bottom five….The people are waiting to make up their minds…” – “I am still hearing the buzz about Donald Trump, I hear people with strong opinions about […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about her new book, In This Together: My Story.  It is a heartfelt memoir of faith, family, and survival and a message of hope that we are all In This Together.  – Speaks about her battle with multiple sclerosis and depression. – Says that all people will deal with something that” will bring us to our knees” and we are […]

Interview Highlights – “There’s so many trouble spots, you’ve got Iraq, you’ve got the Iran situation, you’ve got Syria, you’ve got several wars in Africa going on, you’ve got Columbia and Venezuela fighting each other, you’ve got the immigration issue unsettled, you’ve got North Korea, you’ve got the refugee situation in Syria – this kind of explosion of problems.” – “What we […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about her Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. Based in London, the Foundation provides women with the skills, technology, networks and access to capital that they need to become successful small and growing business owners, so that they can contribute to their economies and have a stronger voice in their societies. – For more information about The […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about the global reach of the Clinton Foundation. The Foundation works with businesses, governments, Non-Government Organizations, and individuals to improve global health and wellness, increase opportunity for girls and women, reduce childhood obesity, create economic opportunity, and help communities address the effects of climate change. – For more information about The Clinton Foundation, go to: www.clintonfoundation.org To […]

Interview Highlights – “No one knows what Joe Biden’s going to do…I think in the end he won’t, because if you look at the polls in every significant state, he’s in third place slightly behind Bernie Sanders and significantly behind Hillary Clinton, the only way he can catch up, since he and Hillary basically agree on the same issues … is […]

Interview Highlights – Predicts that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will be the next Speaker. “He’s (McCarthy) a very bright, capable guy. He was the leader in the California assembly for the Republicans, he has been rising steadily, and he’s very widely liked and very widely accepted.” – “For Boehner, I think, he realized it would never get better than this (The […]

Interview Highlights – “Taking care of this leadership issue was a pretty selfless act that Speaker Boehner decided to make a little bit easier for everyone, I might imagine he would have been able to hang on, but the truth is he’s just not the type of guy to put up with it, so he just said, ‘Forget it, I’ll move on.’” […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about the Second Annual Rolex Central Park Horse Show which occurred between Wednesday September 23rd- Sunday, September 27th. The show hosted the inaugural U.S. Open in jumpers, dressage, hunters, under-25 jumpers and Arabians.  To hear John CATS upcoming roundtable radio shows, tune in at 9 AM New York time every Sunday morning on 970 AM Radio: The […]

Interview Highlights – “Gov. Cuomo “just keeps putting wet blanket after wet blanket” over the upstate economy, “he has killed the natural gas industry.” – Presented the Republican plan for economic growth in NYS. – “We’ve been winning in blue areas in NYS.” Notes that when he came into the position of NYS Republican Chairman, NYS only had two Republican […]

Interview Highlights – “I’m now beginning to really look at [the] city council as a real problem for law and order in New York City, some of the things they do, I think they do just for the purpose of garnering votes.” – “There’s a fear factor on behalf of police officers with getting involved and stopping someone and, ultimately, being accursed […]

About Alfonse D’Amato Senator Alfonse D’Amato served as United States Senator from New York from 1981 to 1999.  He is a Republican.  Senator D’Amato had a distinguished 18-year career in the U.S. Senate, served as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, was a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee – specializing in defense and transportation issues – and served on the Senate […]

Interview Highlights – “The attorney general has a conflict of interest and needs to appoint an independent special counsel” to investigate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State. – “The Clintons decided the rules that apply to you and me don’t apply to them, and frankly they’ve been able to get away […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about his role as Chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee which has jurisdiction over programs at NASA. – This administration, as seen through its pattern of cutting NASA funding over the years doesn’t “consider space exploration the priority that a lot of the American people do.” – “In the next 2 years we are […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about his research on inner city gangs and work to prevent violent acts among street gangs, and innovative crime fighting techniques. About David M. Kennedy Professor David M. Kennedy is a criminologist, professor, action researcher, and author specializing in crime prevention among inner city gangs, especially in the prevention of violent acts among street gangs.  Kennedy currently directs a […]

Interview Highlights – Jon Huntsman: “We’ll spend the whole day — Oct. 12 — not necessarily talking about what they want to do as president, but realistically how they are going to get it done. That is the question that all Americans should be asking these candidates. How are you going to do what you are talking about? Because that gets […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about No Labels, a national citizen’s organization working inside the Beltway and around the nation to usher in a new era of focused problem solving in American politics. The centrist group is sponsoring a convention in New Hampshire on October 12th with presidential candidates pushing them to commit to a plan to create 25 million jobs in the next […]

Interview Highlights – Spoke about his early childhood of growing up poor to becoming the youngest Mayor of Ithaca at age 24 in 2012. – Inherited a budget deficit of $3 million but through “merging departments, streamlining operations, reducing the size of our staff..and growing our tax base” the deficit has been erased. – “We (Ithaca) now have the lowest […]

Interview Highlights – Speaks about his recent announcement with Vice President Joe Biden to pool $38 million from his office and $40 million from the federal government to “once and for all eliminate the backlog of rape kits” around the country. – Rape kits, which get DNA samples to prosecute those that sexual assault women and men, “have remained on […]

Interview Highlights – “Ridership is surging…bus ridership is relatively flat, but the rail side has grown substantially….putting tremendous demands on the system.” – We are trying to “enhance the ridership experience, expand the system with new construction” to serve more parts of the city that have not been served by the MTA. – NYC has only committed $657 million to […]