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Sid & Friends In The Morning

NYPD Leadership Tensions, Anticipated Mamdani-Trump Meeting, and Epstein Files Unsealed | 11-20-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, Comedy, News

4.2828 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 160 minutes

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Summary

On this Thursday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid delves into the appointment of Jessica Tisch as the NYPD Commissioner by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who praises her work on corruption and crime reduction. Sid then covers skepticism towards this appointment and the need to hold leadership accountable. Next, Rosenberg expands on an upcoming meeting between Mayor-elect Mamdani and President Trump, addressing their contentious relationship and public safety challenges. Finally, Sid discusses the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump's involvement, and the implications for transparency and accountability in revealing connections to Epstein. Arthur Aidala, Brian Kilmeade, Nicole Malliotakis, Stephen A. Smith & Vincent Vallelong join Sid on this Friday-eve installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sid and Friends in the morning.

0:03.6

Entertaining and informative on the Red Apple Podcast Network.

0:09.4

We're done with Stern. We're done with Colbert.

0:11.9

We're on to Sid Rosenberg. This is what we want.

0:14.0

It's what the people want, Sid. Come on.

0:16.2

Merilegg Zohran Mamd, has officially appointed Jessica Tisch to commissioner of the NYPD, and she has accepted.

0:22.3

All throughout the campaign, Mamdani said he intended to keep Tisch in his statement.

0:25.7

Mamdani praised Tisch for what he says was rooting out corruption and reducing crime.

0:30.3

He went on to say, quote, together we will deliver a city where rank and file police officers and the communities they serve alike are safe, represented,

0:38.3

and proud to call New York their home.

0:39.9

Tish also put out a statement saying she and Mondani share some of the same public safety goals for the city.

0:45.2

Well, well, well, Zeromemdani has asked Jessica Tish to stay on in her role as NYPD commissioner.

0:52.2

Here's his quote.

0:53.5

I have admired her work cracking down on the corruption

0:56.1

in the upper echelons of the police department, driving down crime in New York City, and standing

1:00.7

up for New Yorkers in the face of authoritarianism. And what does Jessica Tisch have to say about it?

1:06.8

That's because he and I share many of the same public safety goals for New York City, lowering crime, making communities safer,

1:12.6

rooting out corruption, and giving our officers the tools, support, and resources they need to carry out their noble work.

1:18.6

Really? I don't believe this for a second. This is a move. This is a temporary move for optics. But I will remind all of you, Linda Sarsor's words.

1:33.8

The DSA has a mandate and Jessica Tisch, I don't have a problem with holding people accountable.

1:40.4

So voting for Zahran is not we're going to vote for Zahran and just let him do whatever the hell he wants when he gets to City Hall. Our job as a movement is we have to hold whoever goes to City Hall accountable. You know, I'm not going to lie. I wasn't really happy about the news that he was going to keep Tish on for the NYPD. So I'll just say that point blank. And what's most important is that in New York City, the police commissioner

2:01.8

works for the mayor. They are not a separate elected official. So that means if Zahran says to

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