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The Mark Simone Show

Hour 2: Schumer Shutdown

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3694 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Ken Rosato is filling in for Mark Simone and talks about Curtis Sliwa’s campaign as he sits third in the Mayoral race but continues to gain support. Ed in Huntington talks about the affordable care act and the issues with it that Joe Biden created. Lawler explains how the shutdown is hurting the country and all for Democrats to try and combat Trump over every little detail.

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0:00.0

and for mark here's ken rosado and it's always an honor to do so a happy thursday to you and

0:06.1

yes i was the guy who was on tv in new york for about a thousand years back when tv was a fake

0:11.8

cardboard box and a little piece of plastic and somebody would sit inside the box and say hello

0:16.2

sunday we'll have a tv i'm ken rosato and uh yeah i used to be on Channel 7. I was there for 20 years. Yes, they literally built the station around my body. I spent some time anchoring Good Day, New York, as well, on Channel 5. That was a good time. Now I host a daily show on a New Jersey-based news channel. It is called On New Jersey. We talked about that in the last hour.

0:39.5

It's one of these new streaming channels, which is free to the public. It's the next level,

0:45.2

the next generation of television is now this. People cut the cord. They don't want to pay for cable

0:50.0

anymore. So these channels are called fast channels and they are free.

0:59.1

And you can get them when you buy your like Samsung TV or Sony, whatever, they come with like a thousand channels that are free.

1:01.0

That's one of the channels that I'm on, on New Jersey.

1:03.8

You could also stream it on your phone at onnj.com.

1:07.2

And I run a food website for you foodies.

1:09.4

If you're like me and you love food and all things food, go to thefooddood.us. It's 100% free. Thefooddood.us. Well, we got a lot to talk about today. Our phone lines are open. We'd love for you to call up, take part in the conversation today. And the number, as always, is 1-800-3-2-1-0-0-7-10.

1:31.1

800-3-2-1-0-7-10.

1:34.5

Well, of course, tonight is the big Merrill debate.

1:36.6

It's on Channel 4 from 7 to 9, and David Ushery is going to be taking it.

1:41.5

David is awesome, so he'll do a great job. Love David, worked with him. In fact, when I started at Channel 7, David had just left Channel 7 to go to Channel 4. And I had only met him a couple of times, but anytime we see each other, he could not be a nicer guy, and I know he's going to do great. So, of course, you have Curtis, uh, um, Donnie and Andrew Cuomo tonight. Uh, we,

2:04.8

uh, could not be a nicer guy, and I know he's going to do great. So, of course, you have Curtis, Mamdani, and Andrew Cuomo tonight. We have a lot of people who are supporting Curtis. Even though he's third in the polls, he still believes he has that shot, and we keep our fingers crossed for him. Johan Mandami and Andrew Cuomo believe that migrants should vote. I say no. They are for no cash bail. I say no.

2:18.5

Mom Dani, in the meantime, has his own beliefs, of course, and he has not been secretive about it.

2:25.0

Yesterday, of course, he was on Fox News Channel. They could not nail him down on a few things.

2:29.5

Here's Mamdani talking about Andrew Cuomo. Andrew, you had your chance to lead this state. You took that time to sell out working class New Yorkers to your billionaire donors. And instead of actually meeting the needs of people who couldn't afford to live in the city, you gave $959 million in tax breaks to Elon Musk. And now you want us to believe that we can't spend less money than that to make every bus fast and free in the same city yeah fast and free have first of all buses can't be fast because

2:55.3

the roads are congested as long as you make bike lanes everywhere they're ubiquitous in new

3:01.2

york city you know streets that are supposed to be made for vehicles and by vehicles i mean

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