A few years ago, Vicky Paladino told her husband to stop the car so she could get out and yell at Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was in her Queens neighborhood for a photo op. As he sucked up to her neighbors, she let him have it, and de Blasio scrambled back to his car rather than face her and address her concerns.

Just a few days ago, a guy caught de Blasio off-guard and did the same, except by now the anger of the public has shifted to profane insults and derisive name-calling.

Both instances were captured and shared, and each heckler became a folk hero in their own right. Hear them now, together for the first time on any podcast, and discover some of the real reasons people in New York City HATE Bill de Blasio.

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A Tale of two Heroes