Joe Tacopina | Defense Attorney | 09-05-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, Comedy, News

4.2 • 828 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Defense Attorney Joe Tacopina joins the show for his weekly Friday morning appearance to talk about the New York mayoral race and Manhattan DA contest. Tacopina reflects on Jim Walden’s exit from the race, praising his qualifications but recognizing Curtis Sliwa as the candidate gaining real momentum. He criticizes Alvin Bragg for abandoning common-sense prosecution and praises Maud Maron for her strong plan to restore accountability and public safety, including repealing bail reform and Bragg’s “day one memo.” He also discusses the lack of mandatory debates, which allows incumbents like Bragg to avoid scrutiny. The conversation then shifts to sports scandals, where Tacopina bluntly asserts that Shohei Ohtani did bet on baseball and criticizes MLB for protecting its stars. Finally, Tacopina shares a lighthearted story about having lunch with Alex Rodriguez, praising his career, ownership role with the Timberwolves, and making the case that A-Rod deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's your buddy, Sid Rosenberg, and yeah, I'm famous. But guess what? So is my guy Mike. I love him and his son, Michael, at Genesis of Brooklyn. This is not your typical dealership. Trust me, I've been there. It's a gorgeous place. The service, legendary. Brooklyn Family Values, Baby, that's what I'm talking about. Free valet pickup up to 25 miles. Current year Genesis loaners, three years of maintenance included, transparent, efficient,
0:24.0	respectful, the best luxury service around.
0:27.3	Genesis of Brooklyn, these are my guys.
0:29.6	Mike and Mike, more luxury, less money.
0:32.5	Good stuff right there, Curtis Sliwa.
0:34.3	So you're going to read the newspapers and hear President Trump and watch Fox News and other personalities on the station, talk about nine days, eight days.
0:47.0	I don't know how it can be any clearer.
0:49.9	There's three names that are not dropping out.
0:52.5	Adams, he's going to go.
0:54.5	Now there's a new report in the New York Times, which Dana just sent me, that has Eric Adams,
1:00.0	possibly as the ambassador.
1:02.8	Are you ready for this known?
1:04.6	The Saudi Arabia.
1:06.2	Oh, you can't make that stuff up.
1:07.5	Well, you know who's at Whitkoff yesterday.
1:09.3	Yeah.
1:09.5	And Whitkoff is up the Saudi's ass. So you can make it up. Well, you know, he's at Whitkoff yesterday. Yeah. And Whitkoff is up the Saudi's
1:11.1	ass. So you can make it up. That makes sense. Either way, he's got. I know his people yesterday really tried hard, hard to convince me that he was still going to run. And he had a rally yesterday. And I love his people. I love him. I'm not going to name their names. But they really tried to convince me, but he's gone.
1:29.2	Is he going to wait until the last day, you know, that there's this 10-day window the president's giving him to get out? He'll be gone next week. That's my prediction. By Wednesday, he'll be gone. But again, at the risk of repetition, he doesn't matter. He's irrelevant in the race. Irrelevant.
1:46.1	If he drops out, it doesn't mean anything. There's not enough there. If Cuomo drops out,
1:52.2	Curtis can win. If Curtis drops out, Cuomo can win. Those are the names. Adams doesn't matter.
1:58.9	Everybody knows that. It's got to be Cuomo or Slewa.
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