Street Smarts: ICE, Idle Government, and Iron-Willed Candidates | 10-22-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, News, Comedy

4.2 • 826 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 132 minutes

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On this Wednesday edition of Sid & Friends in the Morning, Sid covers a series of significant events in New York City and the broader political scene: escalations on Canal Street where federal agents and street vendors clashed over counterfeit goods leading to arrests; the ongoing migrant challenge faced by New Yorkers; coverage of the 21st day of the government shutdown with President Trump and Senate Republicans trying to pass a funding bill while facing criticism from Democrats; and the fierce competition in the New York City mayoral race where candidates aim to sway voters in their final debate. Curtis Sliwa, John Catsimatidis, Maud Maron, Scott LoBaido & Tony Carbonetti join Sid on this hump day Tunnel to Towers installment of Sid & Friends in the Morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.6	Download and subscribe at be bullish.com.
0:19.6	Sid and Friends in the morning.
0:22.5	Entertaining and informative on the Red Apple Podcast Network.
0:28.1	We're done with Stern.
0:29.6	We're done with Colbert.
0:30.7	We're on to Sid Rosenberg.
0:32.0	This is what we want.
0:32.7	It's what the people want, Sid.
0:33.9	Come on.
0:34.9	Chaos on Canal Street.
0:36.6	When federal agents swore men to crack down on street vendors.
0:40.1	Of course, all of this going down in our area, popular with tourists and New Yorkers alike,
0:44.8	looking for a bargain.
0:46.2	I would just use reporter Lucy Yang in the middle of it as it all went down.
0:49.8	The migrant challenge was front and centered as a crowd of New Yorkers faced off against federal agents trying to remove migrants from this popular tourist location.
1:00.3	It turned very ugly, very quickly.
1:06.3	Tempers flared.
1:08.5	Shouting followed by shoving.
1:13.4	One officer pointing a taser at the angry crowd to get them to move. There were arrests as federal agents swept through Canal Street in
1:20.0	Chinatown Tuesday afternoon. We're told this show of force was a joint federal operation, including immigration and customs,
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