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The Brian Lehrer Show

Brian Lehrer Weekend: 30 Issues: Ice in NYC; Free CUNY; Local Law 97

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Politics, News, News Commentary, Wnyc, Radio, Npr, Arts, New, Lerer, Media, Bryan, Nyc, Daily News, York, Public

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.

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0:00.0

Hi, Brian Laira here.

0:01.4

Up next, Brian Lairor Weekend,

0:03.0

three of our favorite segments from the week,

0:04.9

packaged together for you to listen to on the weekend.

0:07.6

So enjoy, and I'll see you back on the radio Monday at 10 a.m.

0:11.2

on WNYC and WNYC, and now as we continue with excerpts and analysis from last night's debate,

0:39.7

we also continue our 30 issues and 30 days election series.

0:43.5

Let the corporate media focus mostly on the horse race.

0:46.8

We continue on New York Public Radio to center the issues that will affect all our lives

0:52.1

and compare the candidates on those for mayor of New York

0:55.6

and governor of New Jersey. Today it's issue 22, the ice raid on Canal Street on Tuesday to go

1:02.1

after street vendors selling counterfeit items and dealing with President Trump generally

1:07.6

as an issue in the mayoral race. We knew all along we would peg today's issue

1:11.9

and 30 issues to something from the WNYC debate, and this is the issue we've chosen. There were three

1:17.9

moderators last night from the three sponsoring news organizations, me from WNYC, Katie Honan from

1:24.6

the local news site, the city, and Erol Lewis, political anchor at Spectrum News,

1:29.5

New York One, and the master of being the master of ceremonies. Errol joins us now to discuss

1:35.4

that opening segment of the debate that he presided over. Errol, I know you're on the air a lot

1:40.0

today with your own post-debate stuff, so thanks for giving us some time. Welcome back to WNYC.

1:45.1

Absolutely. Great to be with you, Brian. The first excerpt includes Cuomo and Mamgani, both rejecting

1:51.6

the ICE raid. Cuomo speaks first. We don't need ICE to do quality of life crimes.

1:59.0

We don't need them to deal, worry about illegal vendors.

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