Rockin' the Barrel: Hochul, Trump, and the Secretary of Wit | 08-27-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, News, Comedy

4.2 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

On this Wednesday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid dives into all the pertinent news of the day including the mayoral race in New York City, highlighting former Governor Andrew Cuomo's surprise attendance at a Bronx event and Curtis Sliwa’s busy campaign schedule, pointing out that Mayor Eric Adams had only a photo op event which turned out to be an appreciation event for a young brain cancer fighter, the strategies and challenges faced by the candidates, Governor Hochul's opposition to President Trump's executive order on cashless bail and threats to withhold federal funding from cities, including New York, that maintain such policies, the tension between federal and local governance is explored, President Trump’s capital punishment proposal for DC, which would require congressional action to reinstate, the Cracker Barrel logo controversy following public backlash and President Trump’s involvement via social media, leading to the company's decision to retain its original logo, and global geopolitical issues featuring Islamist extremism and the struggle for common values in the West. Jennifer Harrison, Joe Borelli, Curtis Sliwa, Scott LoBaido, Monica Crowley & Emily Austin join Sid on this hump day installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. 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, respectful, the best luxury service around.
0:27.3	Genesis of Brooklyn, these are my guys.
0:29.5	Mike and Mike, more luxury, less money.
0:33.3	This is Sid and Friends in the Morning.
0:36.1	Entertaining and informative. on the Red Apple Podcast Network.
0:42.1	We're done with Stern.
0:43.5	We're done with Colbert.
0:44.6	We're on to Sid Rosenberg.
0:45.9	This is what we want.
0:46.7	It's what the people want, Sid.
0:47.8	Come on.
0:48.6	And now to the race for New York City Mayor.
0:50.8	That's right.
0:51.1	Former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has not been seen often on the campaign trail lately, announced a late this afternoon event.
0:58.9	Foxxley's Lisa Avers is live in the newsroom, and Lisa Cuomo wasn't the only one trying to get some attention today.
1:04.1	Yes, that's right. And the campaign schedules, actually the campaign schedules for the mayoral candidates started out lightly, and they were not exactly jam-packed today.
1:13.3	No events for Zoran Mamdani, no campaign events for Mayor Adams except for an official photo op,
1:19.2	and no events scheduled for Andrew Cuomo until we got a call that they were adding an event at 340.
1:25.4	But even with a short notice, our Fox 5 camera crew made it there.
1:29.3	Andrew Cuomo, who was coming in second place in double digits behind Zoran Mamdani,
1:34.3	had no official events on his schedule or on the calendar, but at approximately 340,
1:39.3	he showed up at a backpack giveaway on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, a community event arranged by
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