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This is Sid and Friends in the morning. 76 WABC.

Now in studio, former governor of New York, David Patterson, my sometime sparring partner on the left versus the right.

Governor, good to see you here in studio.

Thank you.

Yeah, nice to have you.

And joining us on the line, Ed Cox, the chairman of the New York Republican State Committee, a regular contributor on Katz and Cosby, our 5 p.m. show, a must-listen show.

And John, I guess as we've been talking about, a lot of stuff going on for the city of New York

and Republicans, Democrats, independents, all involved.

Well, Ed Cox, New York State GOP chairman, Ed, where do you want to begin this morning?

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