John Catsimatidis | Red Apple Media Owner & Operator | 09-15-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, News, Comedy

4.2 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

John Catsimatidis, Red Apple Media Owner & Operator, joins Sid for his weekly Monday morning hit to talk about the political climate in New York. He expresses concerns about the possible shift of New York City and State towards socialism, highlighting Governor Kathy Hochul's endorsement of Zohran Mamdani and pressure from the Socialist Party. Catsimatidis shares his conversation with President Trump, who shows interest in saving New York and suggests that Andrew Cuomo has the best chance of achieving that goal. The discussion also covers Trump's strained relationship with Curtis Sliwa and the need for voter registration among common-sense New Yorkers. Catsimatidis emphasizes the importance of standing up for common sense within the Democratic Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.6	John Katz and Matidis is our guy, he's our leader.
0:50.9	He's the best.
0:51.9	Hosts not one but two great shows.
0:56.1	5 p.m. every weekday afternoon,
1:02.2	alongside Rita Cosby, the Cats and Cosby show 8 a.m. every Sunday morning. The Cats Roundtable. Good Monday morning, John Katz, Matidis. How are you, pal?
1:07.0	Well, good morning, Sid. The sun is shining out there, and, uh, uh, well, the only thing we're worried about is losing New York City, and now we have a chance of losing New York State, losing the city and the state. And that's a big concern to everybody.
1:21.3	Yeah, we'll start right there talking about the state. We'll go to Albany. The governor, Kathy Hochl. She now has officially endorsed Mamdani.
1:29.9	Now we know that people like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffreys are not going to be far behind.
1:34.3	But this one you knew was coming, you knew was coming, but it still hurts when it comes,
1:39.9	Hokal endorsing Mamdani.
1:42.3	I did not know it was coming because of the fact that the fact is that the breakfast
1:49.9	we have in South Hampton, she said New York is a capitalist town.
1:55.2	And we don't want socialism.
1:57.7	She actually said that.
1:59.0	There was 100 people there.
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