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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This hour of programming on seven to ten doubr He's
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former Westchester County Executive brob Astria On seven to ten.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Alrighty bend over New York and New Jersey. You ready,
Kathy Hokal's got a nice gift for you. Tonight at midnight,
congestion pricing starts unless last minute the third Circuit in Philadelphia,
where New Jersey has appealed the decision by the Judge
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Leo Gordon, And unless they get a stay, they're gonna
flip the switch tonight and all of your easy passes
will now start gobbling up. Every time you go below
sixtieth they're gonna grab nine bucks from you. And yep,
and that's gonna go up to fifteen dollars within six years.
It basically goes up a dollar every year. So have fun.
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And to all you Democrats who voted for Kathy Hokeel,
thank you. Thanks for giving it to us all. So
don't complain. I'm gonna talk about that. And you know
I did read the decision. It was seventy two pages.
I read it last night, boring very you know, technical
stuff because of the environmental impact statements and this kind
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of thing and whether or not they were done. Don't
read it. I'll save you the trouble. I'll go through it,
but i'll tell you why it was a bad decision.
And I hope, I hope that the Third Circuit at
some point before midnight issues a stay. But this judge,
he was he was wrong, basically, but he also he
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called out New Jersey. He definitely called out Governor Murphy,
and he said he kind of said everyonebody was wrong.
But I mean, it's anyway. I'll get to that in
a moment. Watching a little bit Jimmy Carter's funeral procession.
Actually it's not the funeral, but it's the ceremonies have
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begun for Saint James, Earl of Georgia. He will have
his canonization on the ninth of January in DC. So
between now and then, it's going to be Jimmy Carter
all the time. And just think back of how much
fun it was standing in line to see if you
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can afford groceries. I think it was bad now you
remember back then and the interest rates and checking your
license plate to see if you can go get gas today. Yeah,
all Jimmy Carter. But let's hail him as a hero. Look,
I think we should respect he has died. He served
our country in that way. I totally respect what's happening,
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and he should be given a presidential sendoff. He was
the head of state of the US. He was our
chief executive. Whether you like him or not, I think
they all deserve those honors. But anyway, this will go on.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
They're in Atlanta. They drove past his home in planes.
They'll be here for a few days. Then he'll go
up to d C. He'll lie in state in the rotunda,
and then they'll have the whole funeral session, and you
know all those kind of things. All right, So I
got to talk about Trump being sentenced. That's coming up
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a little bit. The Medal of Freedom. Did you see
this today? I wanted to yack all over the place
when Joe Biden. Joe Biden gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
the highest civilian honor you can get in this country.
He gave it to I think it was seventeen or
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nineteen people. Hillary Clinton was one of them. All right,
say what you want. I'm fine. Actually, even though I
can't stand her or disagree with her, at least she's
served as a US senator, she was Secretary of State.
That's fine, again, his prerogative. But to give it to
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George Soros, a guy who has spent thirty two billion
dollars over the last ten years, twenty years to destroy
this country. All the mess that we're dealing with in
our cities, the lawlessness, the no cash bail, all these
district attorneys like Alvin Bragg were backed by George Soros.
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That's the kind of America he wants. He wants to
take America apart. He hates America. And Joe Biden just
gave George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom Honor. What
a despicable act that is, if he even knew he
did it. All right, So let me just tell you
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about this whole congestion pricing scheme, which starts tonight at
midnight again, unless there's an emergency stay issued by the
Third Circuit. Third Circuit is in Philadelphia, and there's a
reason why Randy Mastro, the attorney for the State of
New Jersey, went there. Actually, Leo Gordon, the judge sits
in Newark, so they went to Jersey. They went to Philly,
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which is probably a little bit better than the second Circuit,
which sits in Manhattan. But either way, they're all bad.
But so let me just walk you through real quickly
what this decision said. All right, and I can take
your calls. One eight hundred three two one zero seven ten.
One eight hundred three two one zero seven ten. So anyway,
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it gets down to whether or not the Feds and
the state did their job with regard to the studies,
all these environmental studies. I mean, have you ever tried
to do anything, by the way, on your own property,
like put a shed up or a deck up. You
know the rigamarole you got to go through on your
local zoning board or planning board or whatever to get
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this approved. Multiply that by a gazillion for something like this.
So they had to do a two year study on
the traffic impacts as well as the air quality. And
then I love this the environmental justice issues, and this
is where it could actually come back to bite them.
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So the Federal Highway Administration, they had determined that there
were no significant effects or would be after they gave
one hundred and fifty five million dollars over the next
five years for mitigation. So what are some of the
mitigating factors to some communities, more so in Jersey that
would be affected by congestion pricing, Because what they admitted
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was that congestion pricing might might reduce some traffic in
the zone below sixtieth, but push traffic elsewhere. It's like
a water balloon. You squeeze it, it doesn't go away,
it just goes somewhere else. So in this case, the
somewhere else is likely parts of New Jersey, but also
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other areas. So their way of saying, okay, we'll waive
our magic wand this is how we'll get it through.
We will fork over one hundred and fifty five million
dollars spread out over all these communities that are going
to be affected over five years. That's nothing. And what
are they gonna do? Of course, it's a green lover's agenda.
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Will put ev charging stations, will renovate some parks, will
make plantings, all this bull crap. So they have to
do two things. What's called a final environmental assessment and
what's called a fonsie. Everything is an acronym and all
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this government speak. But that's a final finding of no
significant impact. Okay, So they do all these studies, they
listen to all these people come up, and then they
just basically come to their own conclusion. Anyway, it really
doesn't matter what you say. They were gonna do this
no matter what. So, no matter what their studies came
out to be, basically, they were gonna get this through.
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And that is how you can win based upon Okay,
your study said this, but you're still making this decision.
It shows that it's not going to reduce traffic. In fact,
it's gonna make it worse in certain areas, but you
still come to the conclusion that this is a good thing.
That's what Jersey was kind of saying in this lawsuit.
But Judge Leo Gordon, a George W. Bush appointee by
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the way, who's retired but still sitting on the bench,
he basically came through with all these reasons why, yeah,
the deference has to be given to the agencies, blah
blah blah. Now the EPA, ironically, and this is where
if we can get this over the next twenty days
into the Trump administration, then there's hope that this can
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be stopped. That's why hopefully there's a stay tonight stops
the clock, pauses everything. And if we can get across
that finish line and let Lee Zeldn take over the
EPA and let the Trump administration get in there, they
can figure out why this can stop. They can say, well,
wait a minute, we need to take another look at this,
and obviously we have questions. So the EPA wanted more study.
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By the way, this is Biden's EPA wanted more study
on the entire region, the entire region, and especially though
in New Jersey like Bergen County, Fort Lee, those areas.
But the environmental assessment that was done only studied four
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intersections believe it or not, out of one hundred and
two that they identified. So that's what they're saying, Wait
a minute, there's more to do here. And even the
judge admitted that and let it. But yet he let
to go past, he let to continue to go. Now
the environmental justice nonstine, which the progressives love to push,
that actually might be a saving grace here because they're
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looking at ten counties. You got the five boroughs and
then you got five different counties Bergen Essex, Hudson, and
Union in New Jersey, and then Nasau on Long Island.
I don't know why they didn't look at Westchester or
others in part of this. But then they looked at
some of these minority communities, minority majority communities like Fort Lee, Newark, Bayonne, Elizabeth,
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Perth Amboy, and they're saying, hey, these people are gonna
be the impacted the most. And so this is where
the environmental justice comes in. But look at these good
little white liberals like Kathy Hochel and all these others.
They don't care. They never care. It's all about the shutole,
it's all about the money, it's all about getting their
green agenda. In all this environmental justice. Were all for
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the little guy. We're all for minorities. It's such bs.
And this proves it because these communities will be impacted.
They say so in their own studies. So the court
says that, and here's where it really takes a shot
at Murphy. The court says that the New Jersey governor
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and his Transportation Department and their agencies like the New
Jersey Turnpike Association, whatever it's called, that they failed in
their job to go to these local communities and get
their input and have them part of the studies. So
Jersey was screwing itself anyway, that's in a nutshell what
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the decision was. And even though Gordon at the end
in his conclusion basically said, well, I agree they didn't
do some of this stuff, so they have then he
puts a timetable, you have X amount of days to
come back, weeks or months to come back and tell
that's how you get okay. So if they haven't done everything,
why the hell did you give them the green light?
Because once this starts tonight at midnight, it ain't stopping.
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It's not so unless that there is an emergency, stay
pause to get these things answered and get us across
the finish line in fifteen days to when Donald Trump
takes the oath of office, and the Trump Administration, the
Trump Department of Transportation, the Trump's Federal Highway Administration, Trump's EPA.
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Until they get in there, it's we're dead, and it's
just it's it's this is Kathy Hokeel, who is the
most inept governor I have I think I've ever seen,
and I've seen some bad ones. And say what you
want about Cuomo who was horrific and deserves to have
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resigned because he put this in. Congestion pricing is because
of Andrew Cuomo. She's just a nebt. He would have
been smart enough to put the pause on indefinitely. She's
she doesn't have a brain cell in her body. She
is so stupid, but she's gonna screw you good tonight
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at midnight one and one hundred and three two one
zero seven ten. I can't believe this is happening, honestly,
and you have the Democrats all circling around the wagons,
and you've got way too many county executives have been silent.
Both parties, by the way, have been silent on this
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because their appointee to the MTA voted for it. Only
one one member of the MTA voted against this, and
that is Bruce Blakeman's appointee in Nasau. Everyone else, every
other county, their representative voted for congestion pricing because they
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forgot actually who they were working for and representing. You're
not representing the MTA when you put on the MTA board,
you are representing the people of your county or city
who put you there. This is it's not congestion pricing,
because we know it doesn't work. It's been tried in
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London and other cities. It doesn't work. Congestion pricing. Just
call it a toll that you need money, because if
this really were about congestion pricing and alleviating congestion, we
would turn off the tolls at night. There's no congestion
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other than construction. Basically, there is no congestion at three
am in Manhattan. This is nothing more than they want
to gobble up more of your money to feed a broken, bloated,
and corrupt MTA that can't do anything right. All right now,
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mass transit is so inconvenient to a lot of people
if they have to go somewhere. Do you know how
many lanes that they've cut off in New York city
for bike paths and pedestrian paths and the restaurant sheds.
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How about going back to what it normally was and
maybe we'd have less congestion.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
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I gave you my opinion I'll take your calls next
one eight hundred and three to two one zero seven ten.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
Robs on seven ten wo So I was listening Larry
Menti in his promo from Monday Morning Show, and Mark
Simone just said, for Monday Morning Show, they're going to
talk about congestion pricing.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
They should. I'm sure you want to talk about it
Monday and now one eight hundred and three to two
one zero seven ten. But before I do that, if
you want to go somewhere where you're not going to
get told, head down to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx.
See I do bad thing. I say head down. That's
because when I'm in Westchester, I head down to the Bronx.
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But if you're in Brooklyn, you're not heading down to
the Bronx. You're heading up to the Bronx. So I
was taught that a long time ago. It never stuck though.
I remember an old news director said, don't use directions
when describing someplace, because everyone's from different places and what
might be up to you is down to He's right. Anyway,
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I'm going to head down to the Bronx and to
Domini's on Arthur Revenue. I think I'm gonna do that. Tomorrow.
My daughter and I are going to the Jets Dolphins game,
so maybe before we head to the Meadowlands, maybe get
a nice good meal at Domini's because they have everything
I love there. You know, they've got all the great pastas,
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and they've got their Sunday specials which I really love.
Got it Deli beef Brazole. They got these pasta combos,
and then all the chicken and veal dishes and the
pork and eggplant palm. They have tripe. You don't find
tripe on a lot of menus. I think tripe is disgusting.
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It's stomach lining of a cow. But a lot of
people like it. It's a real Italian thing too. You
put it in with you know, with tomato, sauce and everything.
But if you like tripe, you can't find it a
lot of places. You can edit at Arthur Avenue on
at Domini's Restaurant. So that's the place to go. And
of course they got fish and all the other good stuff.
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So stop by, say hi to Charlie at Dominick's Restaurant
twenty three thirty five Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. I
don't think they take reservations, So just show up and
you know, give them your name, tell them I said hello,
and you'll be treated very kindly. One in one hundred
and three two one zero seven ten rob Astorino here
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Speaker 5 (20:09):
Is it okay?
Speaker 2 (20:09):
As long as you listen? All right, let's head to
the calls. One one hundred and three to two one
zero seven ten. Andrew and Stanhope, New Jersey.
Speaker 6 (20:17):
Hi, Andrew, Yeah, that sounds great. Is the restaurant and
my wife and I will have to check it out
because my mom's Italian, so I know great Italian food
and my wife is Thai, so we found a great
Thai restaurant, so we're covered. I'm both delicacy delicious foods,
and I want to stay with the And let me
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do who real quick before you let me go Kathy Hochel,
who she reminds me of. But if they are, social
justice is their objective? Aren't they moving the congestion and
more pollution into a majority minority community. Yeah, isn't that
the case?
Speaker 2 (20:54):
And they admit that. They admit that, And that's what
the judge said, You didn't you did and explain what
mitigating factors you're really going to do, Nor did you
really study overall what's going to happen with regard to
the pollutants and congestion and added traffic. They only picked
a few areas and that was New Jersey's argument, But
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given that they still didn't do it, the judge allowed
them to go through, but allowing congestion pricing, but said, Okay,
in the in the weeks and months to come, you
need to come back to me and explain how you're
going to do that. No, no, no, he should have said, okay,
then until you do that, I'm gonna put this on
pause and you could always get going again once you
once she's explain how you're going to do the mitigating factors,
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but he didn't do that.
Speaker 6 (21:44):
And lastly, she always when she speaks, she reminds me
of the hunting Mooners, Harvey. Remember when Ralph nor In
picks a fight with for Ralph with the big guy
at the pool hall Harvey, and he's got like the
deep voice and he's like, I'll fight you any time. Like,
so you want to fight like her voice and her
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tough guy like. She always reminded me too of like
a drunken man, not like a woman, but like a
drunk middle aged woman at a bar, like hitting on
you or picking a fight with someone. Well, but you
remember that episode, right.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
I do. Yeah, there weren't a lot of honeymooners, by
the way, I think they were, Like there were less
than thirty total, I think anyway, Andrew, thanks for the call.
One eight hundred and three two one zero seven ten.
Rob Astarino. Here Maria in Tarrytown. She's got a bridge
near hers too, and it ain't bridge I'll tell you
that much.
Speaker 5 (22:40):
Hi, rob Hi, Maria.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
I love Dominic's too, and Charlie gives me a big
kiss every time he sees me. Anyway, I got we're
seeing both the MTA and New York City desperate for money,
and because we the people have to pay for their mistake,
their high salaries giving benefits, the abuse that's being done.
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We need, we desperately need Elon Musk or Vivek to
look at this agency, this MTA agency, and c all
the abuse that the way they use their money incorrectly,
And like you said, they're pushing traffic to the Bronx
and New Jersey and Queens and they're going to be
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a mess because then everybody's going to park there or
go to the restaurants there or the parking lots there
and then take maybe a subway going down to below
sixtieth from there.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Well, I think, and I hope, and thanks for the call, Maria,
that these communities, the Bronx Brooklyn minority voters who have
been so loyal to the Democratic Party, especially in this state,
and have been never taken care of, in fact, perpetually
screwed over. I hope they start to see some of
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this stuff, because how are you gonna blame Republicans. We're
not in charge here in New York. We haven't been.
It's the Democrats doing this, and they talk out of
both sides of their mouth environmental justice. I'm gonna talk
about reparations later, because this is another thing that they're
pushing in New York. And they have a committee which
is studying this, so that's around the corner. But they
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always love to talk about helping poor people, working class Minard,
all this stuff that they could care less about. The
Liberal Democrats could care less about you, And I hope
at some point at least some of you wake up
to this. It's like the Democratic Party, how much more
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anti Semitic could it be? They are outwardly saying to Jews,
we hate you, we hate you, we're in favor of Hamas.
Actually we're very pro Palestinian. You know, we don't want
to stop these anti Israel quote anti Jewish, anti Semitic demonstrations,
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so we you know, we kind of hate you. And
then seventy two percent of Jewish voters still vote for
the Democrats, still vote for Kamala Harris and the party
that says to them we hate you, So at some
point something's got to give. At some point you have
to stop voting for the team that you're on that
hates you and is screwing you every which way they can.
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One and three, two, one zero seven ten. Rob Astarino
here Alvo in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Hi, Alvo.
Speaker 8 (25:42):
Yes, Hello, Hello Roberto. The bottom line is, with this
new year, let us praise to Christ to protect Trump
and advance in their families. And let's bring it into
the high American veteran suicides. Let's support pos of war
VMC and doctors posido.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Okay, all right. Sondra in New Jersey, Hi, Sandra, rob.
Speaker 9 (26:04):
Rob I'm upset about Marshan. He's like Judge Marshan. He's
like a cancer that won't go away. So he decides
on as you will know, on January tenth, to give
Donald Trump a sentence of uh. He wants to basically
put felony next to his name, and and and and
it concerns me because Alan Dershow had said that the
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sentence is going to be too small to appeal, and
then he's gonna have that name stuck to him for
the rest of his life. I'm sure that his royals
will try to h fight this. I'm sure that they will,
like they did they did everything else. But it bothers
me that this presidential uh you know, this this immunity
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thing he rejected and he's gonna go forward on January tenth.
He's gonna look like a knife guy. You can do
it on on on zoom.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
You don't have to come.
Speaker 9 (26:58):
We'll make it easy for you because we know you
have a big job ahead of you. But meanwhile, he's
gonna try to wound his name with that stupid word
felony that he really doesn't deserve because he didn't do
anything wrong. So I'm upset that Alan dersher in the
fields that they're going to make it so it's not fixable.
They're gonna make the sentence small enough that you can't
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appeal it, and that's my concern.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
I don't know about that. I mean, I don't think
that the sentence determines and thanks Andra, whether or not
you can appeal. You can appeal if if they messed up,
and they did, I mean, there's a million things you
could appeal on here. And most people understand that even
in the legal field that are left this case never
should have been brought. I mean, there's so many different
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avenues where they can go. And you know, when you're convicted,
and you're not convicted until the sentence is handed down,
so technically he is not a convicted felon, but there
is a sentence attached to it no matter what it is,
then you're the convicted fella that they want you to be.
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But they should never allow that can to continue. And
hopefully the appellate courts in New York will do the
right thing and not be not be the junkyard that
they are, and they're they're terrible in New York, but
I think I think they will be throwing this out
on appeal at some point. Joe in Manhattan, you're on
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seven to ten w R one eight hundred and three
two one zero seven ten.
Speaker 5 (28:33):
Hi Joe, Hi, Happy New twenty five, twenty twenty five.
Trump here to you, Rob, Thank you Rob. Correct. But
congestion pricing is BS. Congestant pricing is another democratic inflation tax.
And also people meeting president election, you know Trump, like
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Jeff Beazels met with President elect Trump. There's like Joe
Biden sent you customs who harassed you Fazios are rating
his super yards like US Customs had done, like an
excuse for a routine inspection of lawyers. Actress big either.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
I appreciate the call, Joe, thank you, Happy New Year
to you. Anyway, we'll find out. I've been looking, but
I have not seen anything yet. If the Third Circuit
has made a ruling on the emergency appeal by New Jersey,
so I have not seen anything yet. Hopefully they do that.
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It would be the right thing to do again, because
once something is started, it's nearly impossible to stop, and
you have to prove that there will be harm once
it starts. And I think there will be harm, and
based on again the environmental studies and even the ruling
of the court, there was admission that there will be harm.
They haven't said how they're going to fix it, and
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he set a timetable in the future to come back
and tell us how he's how they're going to do that. Well,
when you want to know before this starts. It is
so outrageous, by the way, I don't know if you
had a chance to watch it. Joe Biden giving the
Presidential Medal of Freedom to a whole bunch of people
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most of which I have no problem with. I mean,
every president's been doing this since nineteen sixty three. They're
going to give it to the people they like. They're
going to reward some people and their party. You know,
it's it's not uncommon. And I mean Obama gave it
to Bill, Bill Cosby and then couldn't take it back
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or didn't take it back. And Trump gave one to
Bill Belichick, believe it or not. And Belichick was the
only one that chose not to accept it because it
was after January sixth happened, and so for whatever reason,
he didn't want to He didn't want to go to
the White House, obviously with as hot as it was
back then. But you know, there's so there's a lot
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of actors and actresses and musicians and entertainers and people
who have contributed to society. You may not agree with this,
but of this list today again Hillary Clinton got it.
She's not my favorite. And you know, trust me, what
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they have done corruption wise with their foundation. But at
least again I can make the argument. All right, she
was secretary of State, she was a first lady, she
was a trailblazer, she was a US senator, all Right, fine,
but to give the highest civilian award to George Soros,
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it's beyond disgraceful. I cannot imagine that they were not
alarms set off by this by anybody with their antenna up.
But they don't care. This is how they are. I mean,
George Soros is their hero in many ways. He has
funded the Democratic Party, the far left for so long
now thirty plus billion dollars over the last twenty or
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thirty years. And he's the one that is ripping apart
this country with his far left Open Society Foundation. Look
that one up. They're the ones doling out money to
Alvin Bragg, to Krasner in Philadelphia, San Francisco, La Seattle,
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all of these district attorneys who have let the vicious,
violent animals run free and care more about not the
victims of crime, but are making victims out of those
that not only have been accused, but have been convicted
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of crimes. The illegal alien the open border. Who do
you think is pushing that? George Soros? George Soros, and
I hope to god it doesn't happen anytime soon. But
nobody in Venezuela thought, with the snap of a finger
their country was going to totally collapse. If this country
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totally collapses, George Soros will have played a major role
in that. George Soros is a socialist communist at heart.
He was born in Hungary, kicked out and he lives
in Bedford. By the way, he lives in Westchester. He's
got a massive estate. How ironic. The guy worth billions
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who've made billions and billions from capitalism is the biggest
communists and socialist supporter, and he's the guy funding all
this far left stuff. All I can't say all, but
so many of those violent protests after George Floyd. Who
do you think was funding these groups? Who do you
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think Antifa gets their funding from. It's the George Soros
foundations of the world. It's George Soros money. And this
is the human being that are sniffer in chief. The
guy who is a mummy with still fifteen days to go.
This is a guy Joe Biden thinks is a hero
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who deserves the highest civilian award. Give me a break.
Denzel Washington got it.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
Good for him.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
I love Denzel Washington. There were Ralph Lauren. He was
one who got it today. Michael J. Fox Bono from
U two, Magic Johnson, Lionel Messi, the soccer player. So
there's plenty of people, you know, totally fine with it.
I don't care. But George Soros, that is so despicable
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and disgraceful. And that is Joe Biden's basically final f
you to all of us and to this country that
apparently he once loved. And I'm not talking Soorros. I'm
talking Joe Biden once loved. I want to tell you
about reparations. It's right around the corner here in New York.
What a scam this is. Plus I'm going to the
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Dolphins Jets game. I'll tell you about that and what
I did on New Year's Eve. So stick with me
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I want to talk about the reparations. Tom and Yonker
is here on seven to ten. Wor Hey Tom.
Speaker 10 (37:31):
Yeah, Hi Rob. You seem to indicate that Westchester did
not oppose congestion pricing.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
No, they did not, because so as county executive when
I was there, I had an appointment to the MTA,
a full vote, and if there was something coming on,
whether it was a fair hike or whatever, my appointee
and I would discuss what impact that would have on
Westchester and whether I supported it or not. County Executive
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George Latimer, who's now a Congressman, has a full appointment
to the MTA board and their MTA representative Westchester's voted
for it. Every single member of the MTA board voted
for congestion pricing except the Nassau County executives vote.
Speaker 6 (38:20):
Right.
Speaker 10 (38:21):
So then that makes an interesting issue for the special
election coming up to replace Latimer. Yeah, and that's in February.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
That's right, February.
Speaker 10 (38:35):
Le somebody has a good issue to start with. Rut
up the bat.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
I agree?
Speaker 10 (38:42):
Do you think you think you think you like that opportunity?
Speaker 2 (38:47):
Thanks for the call, Tom. I love what I'm doing.
I love what i'm doing a NEWSMAX. I love what
I'm doing here on seven to ten w R. And
I love the business style. You know, it's going to
be a quick turnaround and hopefully the Republicans put up
a good candidate. Joe Massapequa, Long Island, you're on the
Rob Astorino Show. Hey Joe, Hey.
Speaker 8 (39:07):
Rob, how are you?
Speaker 10 (39:08):
How you been old friends?
Speaker 2 (39:09):
I'm good? How are you, sir?
Speaker 10 (39:12):
I'm doing well.
Speaker 5 (39:13):
Rob.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
I wanted to get your thoughts on the Native American
Energy band.
Speaker 8 (39:18):
Passed by the New York Border Regions.
Speaker 10 (39:21):
I'm one of three school districts that are fighting to
the end here with the chiefs.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
Could you tell me what I'm so glad. I talked
about this a couple of months ago, and I'm really
happy that your district, and I think two others you
said right are are appealing this and taking it to court.
You know, look, the odds are unfortunately, probably not great
in a state like New York. But just think about
the Kansas City Chiefs. They're still in the NFL. No issue.
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Cleveland Indians, they went all woke, scaredy cats, and I
think they're a new ownership and there's discussion I know
in Ohio. Actually, Bernie Marie, you know, the new senator,
and I were together in Columbus, Ohio before the election,
and I asked him this question and he said that
he thinks the new Ownership group and if they put
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it up to a vote, but ninety five percent of
the people would would bring back the Indians name there.
And of course Washington, the stupid commander is what a
dopey name. That is, everyone wants the Redskins back. You
still have your Redskins paraphernalia. But I hope you win this.
I think that would be great. And it's just typical
New York. And they're going to cut off all school
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aid to any school district that does not drop a
quote offensive nickname. Joe, thanks for the call and good
luck with that, all right. Lisa in Delaware? Now, is
it Delaware County in upstate New York or the state
of Delaware where the Bidens.
Speaker 11 (40:51):
Reside state of Delaware.
Speaker 2 (40:54):
Sorry about that.
Speaker 11 (40:54):
I'm proud that lives here. Two things. First of all,
I looked at me for forty two years until I
moved back to Delaware. The reason the streets are so
congested is because of uber cars, is not anything else.
And if those people had to pay an extra five
dollars a ride, they would maybe take the subway or
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a bus.
Speaker 5 (41:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (41:17):
No, that's a good point and no question about it, Lisa,
thanks for the call. The Ubers and Lyfts and all
these ride shares there, they have flooded the streets with
these cars because there used to be just taxis, but
they would control how many through the medallions. But now,
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I mean everyone and their mother basically can be an
Uber driver or a Lyft driver and they're all coming
into the city and that congestion pricing fee is just
going to be added, just like everything else when you
take that ride. So when it costs you, I don't know,
two hundred dollars during rush hour to get from you know,
Westchester or or Bergen County or Nassau into Midtown, you
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can you know who to thank. Frank and Queens. You're
on seven to ten w r.
Speaker 3 (42:09):
Hi Frank, Hi, Rob, It's been a while since I
have talked to you. I just wanted to ask you
off my my brain here. There was a time when
my father was alive. The transit officers had to hoist
them onto a platform. My mother was kicked into some
into into a subway tunnel and some you know, someone
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helped their back up. And I basically I've never had
a problem in the transit system here in New York. Okay,
I've been living here fifty four consecutive and I remember
many incidences in the seventies, people being stabbed at David
Birkwood's running amok. But I want to ask you something
I've never seen, something like I see today the National
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guard I want to ask that I told you cold
screen that this is a specific question. I want to
ask you. Is it legal for Kathy Hockle to dispatch
large amounts of National guardsmen who have no ability to
do certain forms of law enforcement in subway cause and
in the subway platforms, and also block the ability for
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the head of a Guardian Angels to do his safety patrols.
Because I assume that only law enforcement and volunteers that
support law enforcement are allowed to enforce the law rather
than the National God civil defense issue.
Speaker 2 (43:30):
Good call, thanks Frank. Yes, she can lawfully use them,
but if you really see what they're doing, they're standing around.
It's meant to be a physical presence that is supposed
to deter crimes. Did it deter a guy, an illegal
alien from lighting up and killing a homeless lady from
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New Jersey? No, it didn't. And it's just it's like
Andrew Cuomo using the New York State Troopers to go
into Manhattan, Like the NYPD isn't capable of doing their
job in New York City. It was meant to flex
his muscle, flex her muscle by using the New York
Guard the National Guard. But the governor is in control
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of the National Guard and can use them for domestic things,
and they have, you know, obviously they've used them for
natural disasters and everything. This is a complete misuse if
there's no reason for that, obviously, But she's doing it
to pretend she's doing her job, which she's not. But
the NYPD knows how to do it. They just need
the handcuffs taken off them, which is what Mayor Adams
(44:37):
is trying to do. But again, you want to have
a show of force. They're having a problem with the
NYPD recruiting people. They don't want to go. Why would
you want to go into law enforcement in New York
City when you're completely at risk And I'm not talking
about danger that comes with a job. Your whole life, savings,
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your house, all of that is at risk because New
York State, New York City, they're not gonna protect you.
And with all these frivolous lawsuits against you by all
these leftists, it's tougher and tougher to do that New
York State. I was mentioning before another Kathy Hokel wonder
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there's a Reparations Commission. I think I had mentioned this
about a year ago, but now they are studying reparations
and the impact of New York's role in the slave trade.
And this commission, which, of course it's just another joke
in New York, but the joke's on us. Nine members
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of the States Community Commissions on Reparations Remedies. God, they
have six months to complete a five million dollar study
and they're having problems staffing up. Believe it or not,
they have staff members to do this. Of course they do.
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They get to hire people to come up with this pablem.
So they want to make a quality report. So we
need more people to work on this commission, and we
need more time and more money. So then they're going
to have kind of public hearings. It's again, it's like
the congestion pricing. They know where they're going to go,
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they have to get there, and they have to do
certain things to get there. But trust me, the final
chapter it's already written on this. So the commission, they're
going to have public hearings in Albany, Rochester, Ithaca, which
is the far left progressive capital of New York, Brooklyn,
and Utica. How about having some of these in I
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don't know, Massapequa. How about having some of them in again,
I don't know, Putnam County. They don't want to hear
from you, uh huh. So they're going to go into
areas where they're going to be able to draw nice,
big crowds for reparation. And how are they gonna pay
for these who cares? Who cares? They they'll raise the
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congestion pricing fee. You'll pay forty dollars to come in,
so we can pay off people who had nothing to
do with slavery. But everyone's hand is gonna go up.
And California, California did a two year study to study
reporate reparations and they did a final report. And even
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they're rejecting this nonsense. Gavin Newsom, that slicked back Liberal
of California, he's rejected this because they know it is unaffordable.
Everyone wants something, they're never going to agree. It's just
it's more problems than it's worth. Stop the pandering. But
now New York can take California's study if they wanted
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it and just put New York on it. And there's
your answer. But no, they have to hire people to
do this, then have sham public. Heerey to get to
the point where what what's gonna happen? We're gonna really
go through this process? Are you kidding me? And then
finally I did want to talk about. So tomorrow I'm
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going to the Jets Dolphins game with my daughter. A
friend of mine was nice enough to give us tickets. Now,
normally I don't like sitting outside in the cold. I'll
be very honest with you. I go to Dolphins games
because I'm a big fan down in Miami. Yeah, who
doesn't want to sit in seventy five degree weather in
the winter. But my Dolphins need to win. The Jets
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are gonna screw it up. I know Aaron Rodgers is
gonna have the like the game of his career tomorrow
on the way out. But I'm my daughter and I
are going down to the game. It's gonna be like
thirty degrees. The game starts at four to twenty five,
so it's gonna be dark, it probably be windy. I'm
gonna be so miserable, but I'm going, and it's gonna
be a nice, you know, for my daughter and I
to go. But these are one of those things where
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I know, at some point tomorrow probably I'm entering the stadium,
I'm like, why didn't I just stay home and watch
this on TV. I hope you had a New Year's
That was fun. We went out. As I mentioned, I
did Mark Simone show. On Tuesday. My wife and I
went to Ohica Castle with two other couples. We had
a really nice dinner and then we went over to
the Paramount Theater and we saw the New York Begs
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Great Tribute band. We had a fun time. But this
is what happens when you get middle aged people trying
to be cool. So we left at around one fifteen,
one thirty in the morning from from Huntington to get
to Westchester, an hour drive, so I was a designated drive.
They were all fine, But anyway, we get in the car,
I start driving, and not five minutes later, there are
five people in my car snoring. That's what happens when
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you get fifty somethings trying to go out too late.
All right, I hope you have a great weekend. Enjoy
it with somebody fun. Did you make a New Year's resolution?
Of course you didn't, because you're not going to keep it.
I'll be back here next Saturday, four o'clock, right here
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Speaker 2 (00:24):
Alrighty bend over New York and New Jersey. You ready,
Kathy Hokal's got a nice gift for you. Tonight at midnight,
congestion pricing starts unless last minute the third Circuit in Philadelphia,
where New Jersey has appealed the decision by the Judge
(00:45):
Leo Gordon, And unless they get a stay, they're gonna
flip the switch tonight and all of your easy passes
will now start gobbling up. Every time you go below
sixtieth they're gonna grab nine bucks from you. And yep,
and that's gonna go up to fifteen dollars within six years.
It basically goes up a dollar every year. So have fun.
(01:08):
And to all you Democrats who voted for Kathy Hokeel,
thank you. Thanks for giving it to us all. So
don't complain. I'm gonna talk about that. And you know
I did read the decision. It was seventy two pages.
I read it last night, boring very you know, technical
stuff because of the environmental impact statements and this kind
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of thing and whether or not they were done. Don't
read it. I'll save you the trouble. I'll go through it,
but i'll tell you why it was a bad decision.
And I hope, I hope that the Third Circuit at
some point before midnight issues a stay. But this judge,
he was he was wrong, basically, but he also he
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called out New Jersey. He definitely called out Governor Murphy,
and he said he kind of said everyonebody was wrong.
But I mean, it's anyway. I'll get to that in
a moment. Watching a little bit Jimmy Carter's funeral procession.
Actually it's not the funeral, but it's the ceremonies have
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begun for Saint James, Earl of Georgia. He will have
his canonization on the ninth of January in DC. So
between now and then, it's going to be Jimmy Carter
all the time. And just think back of how much
fun it was standing in line to see if you
(02:35):
can afford groceries. I think it was bad now you
remember back then and the interest rates and checking your
license plate to see if you can go get gas today. Yeah,
all Jimmy Carter. But let's hail him as a hero. Look,
I think we should respect he has died. He served
our country in that way. I totally respect what's happening,
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and he should be given a presidential sendoff. He was
the head of state of the US. He was our
chief executive. Whether you like him or not, I think
they all deserve those honors. But anyway, this will go on.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
They're in Atlanta. They drove past his home in planes.
They'll be here for a few days. Then he'll go
up to d C. He'll lie in state in the rotunda,
and then they'll have the whole funeral session, and you
know all those kind of things. All right, So I
got to talk about Trump being sentenced. That's coming up
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a little bit. The Medal of Freedom. Did you see
this today? I wanted to yack all over the place
when Joe Biden. Joe Biden gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
the highest civilian honor you can get in this country.
He gave it to I think it was seventeen or
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nineteen people. Hillary Clinton was one of them. All right,
say what you want. I'm fine. Actually, even though I
can't stand her or disagree with her, at least she's
served as a US senator, she was Secretary of State.
That's fine, again, his prerogative. But to give it to
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George Soros, a guy who has spent thirty two billion
dollars over the last ten years, twenty years to destroy
this country. All the mess that we're dealing with in
our cities, the lawlessness, the no cash bail, all these
district attorneys like Alvin Bragg were backed by George Soros.
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That's the kind of America he wants. He wants to
take America apart. He hates America. And Joe Biden just
gave George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom Honor. What
a despicable act that is, if he even knew he
did it. All right, So let me just tell you
(04:54):
about this whole congestion pricing scheme, which starts tonight at
midnight again, unless there's an emergency stay issued by the
Third Circuit. Third Circuit is in Philadelphia, and there's a
reason why Randy Mastro, the attorney for the State of
New Jersey, went there. Actually, Leo Gordon, the judge sits
in Newark, so they went to Jersey. They went to Philly,
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which is probably a little bit better than the second Circuit,
which sits in Manhattan. But either way, they're all bad.
But so let me just walk you through real quickly
what this decision said. All right, and I can take
your calls. One eight hundred three two one zero seven ten.
One eight hundred three two one zero seven ten. So anyway,
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it gets down to whether or not the Feds and
the state did their job with regard to the studies,
all these environmental studies. I mean, have you ever tried
to do anything, by the way, on your own property,
like put a shed up or a deck up. You
know the rigamarole you got to go through on your
local zoning board or planning board or whatever to get
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this approved. Multiply that by a gazillion for something like this.
So they had to do a two year study on
the traffic impacts as well as the air quality. And
then I love this the environmental justice issues, and this
is where it could actually come back to bite them.
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So the Federal Highway Administration, they had determined that there
were no significant effects or would be after they gave
one hundred and fifty five million dollars over the next
five years for mitigation. So what are some of the
mitigating factors to some communities, more so in Jersey that
would be affected by congestion pricing, Because what they admitted
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was that congestion pricing might might reduce some traffic in
the zone below sixtieth, but push traffic elsewhere. It's like
a water balloon. You squeeze it, it doesn't go away,
it just goes somewhere else. So in this case, the
somewhere else is likely parts of New Jersey, but also
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other areas. So their way of saying, okay, we'll waive
our magic wand this is how we'll get it through.
We will fork over one hundred and fifty five million
dollars spread out over all these communities that are going
to be affected over five years. That's nothing. And what
are they gonna do? Of course, it's a green lover's agenda.
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Will put ev charging stations, will renovate some parks, will
make plantings, all this bull crap. So they have to
do two things. What's called a final environmental assessment and
what's called a fonsie. Everything is an acronym and all
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this government speak. But that's a final finding of no
significant impact. Okay, So they do all these studies, they
listen to all these people come up, and then they
just basically come to their own conclusion. Anyway, it really
doesn't matter what you say. They were gonna do this
no matter what. So, no matter what their studies came
out to be, basically, they were gonna get this through.
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And that is how you can win based upon Okay,
your study said this, but you're still making this decision.
It shows that it's not going to reduce traffic. In fact,
it's gonna make it worse in certain areas, but you
still come to the conclusion that this is a good thing.
That's what Jersey was kind of saying in this lawsuit.
But Judge Leo Gordon, a George W. Bush appointee by
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the way, who's retired but still sitting on the bench,
he basically came through with all these reasons why, yeah,
the deference has to be given to the agencies, blah
blah blah. Now the EPA, ironically, and this is where
if we can get this over the next twenty days
into the Trump administration, then there's hope that this can
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be stopped. That's why hopefully there's a stay tonight stops
the clock, pauses everything. And if we can get across
that finish line and let Lee Zeldn take over the
EPA and let the Trump administration get in there, they
can figure out why this can stop. They can say, well,
wait a minute, we need to take another look at this,
and obviously we have questions. So the EPA wanted more study.
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By the way, this is Biden's EPA wanted more study
on the entire region, the entire region, and especially though
in New Jersey like Bergen County, Fort Lee, those areas.
But the environmental assessment that was done only studied four
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intersections believe it or not, out of one hundred and
two that they identified. So that's what they're saying, Wait
a minute, there's more to do here. And even the
judge admitted that and let it. But yet he let
to go past, he let to continue to go. Now
the environmental justice nonstine, which the progressives love to push,
that actually might be a saving grace here because they're
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looking at ten counties. You got the five boroughs and
then you got five different counties Bergen Essex, Hudson, and
Union in New Jersey, and then Nasau on Long Island.
I don't know why they didn't look at Westchester or
others in part of this. But then they looked at
some of these minority communities, minority majority communities like Fort Lee, Newark, Bayonne, Elizabeth,
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Perth Amboy, and they're saying, hey, these people are gonna
be the impacted the most. And so this is where
the environmental justice comes in. But look at these good
little white liberals like Kathy Hochel and all these others.
They don't care. They never care. It's all about the shutole,
it's all about the money, it's all about getting their
green agenda. In all this environmental justice. Were all for
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the little guy. We're all for minorities. It's such bs.
And this proves it because these communities will be impacted.
They say so in their own studies. So the court
says that, and here's where it really takes a shot
at Murphy. The court says that the New Jersey governor
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and his Transportation Department and their agencies like the New
Jersey Turnpike Association, whatever it's called, that they failed in
their job to go to these local communities and get
their input and have them part of the studies. So
Jersey was screwing itself anyway, that's in a nutshell what
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the decision was. And even though Gordon at the end
in his conclusion basically said, well, I agree they didn't
do some of this stuff, so they have then he
puts a timetable, you have X amount of days to
come back, weeks or months to come back and tell
that's how you get okay. So if they haven't done everything,
why the hell did you give them the green light?
Because once this starts tonight at midnight, it ain't stopping.
(12:10):
It's not so unless that there is an emergency, stay
pause to get these things answered and get us across
the finish line in fifteen days to when Donald Trump
takes the oath of office, and the Trump Administration, the
Trump Department of Transportation, the Trump's Federal Highway Administration, Trump's EPA.
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Until they get in there, it's we're dead, and it's
just it's it's this is Kathy Hokeel, who is the
most inept governor I have I think I've ever seen,
and I've seen some bad ones. And say what you
want about Cuomo who was horrific and deserves to have
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resigned because he put this in. Congestion pricing is because
of Andrew Cuomo. She's just a nebt. He would have
been smart enough to put the pause on indefinitely. She's
she doesn't have a brain cell in her body. She
is so stupid, but she's gonna screw you good tonight
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at midnight one and one hundred and three two one
zero seven ten. I can't believe this is happening, honestly,
and you have the Democrats all circling around the wagons,
and you've got way too many county executives have been silent.
Both parties, by the way, have been silent on this
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because their appointee to the MTA voted for it. Only
one one member of the MTA voted against this, and
that is Bruce Blakeman's appointee in Nasau. Everyone else, every
other county, their representative voted for congestion pricing because they
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forgot actually who they were working for and representing. You're
not representing the MTA when you put on the MTA board,
you are representing the people of your county or city
who put you there. This is it's not congestion pricing,
because we know it doesn't work. It's been tried in
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London and other cities. It doesn't work. Congestion pricing. Just
call it a toll that you need money, because if
this really were about congestion pricing and alleviating congestion, we
would turn off the tolls at night. There's no congestion
(14:42):
other than construction. Basically, there is no congestion at three
am in Manhattan. This is nothing more than they want
to gobble up more of your money to feed a broken, bloated,
and corrupt MTA that can't do anything right. All right now,
(15:09):
I am lathered up one one hundred and three two,
one zero seven ten. If you want to chime in here.
Speaking of cars, Nissan City, I would buy a brand
new Nissan from Nissan City, and I would stop right
at sixty first Street. I wouldn't even drive lower than that.
(15:31):
I mean, if you have to, you have to. And
that's the problem. They think everyone's gonna jump on mass transit. Now,
mass transit is so inconvenient to a lot of people
if they have to go somewhere. Do you know how
many lanes that they've cut off in New York city
for bike paths and pedestrian paths and the restaurant sheds.
(15:53):
How about going back to what it normally was and
maybe we'd have less congestion.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Anyway.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
Nissan City and port they're part of the Integrity or
Automotive Group. I love these guys, Big Mike. They're gonna
treat you the right way. They're not gonna treat you
like Hocel and screw you every which way you can
and all the Democrats. But if you want a Nissan,
they've got the inventory. They add all the models and
trims and stock. They got really good competitive lease rates.
(16:21):
They can help you with financing. They're transparent, unlike our government,
and they show you the respect again, unlike our government.
So be a proud member as I am, of the
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port Chester right off twenty one, right off ninety five,
exit twenty one. And if you don't want to drive
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over there, then just go to Nissan cityeny dot com,
nissancityeny dot com because you're gonna get transparency, efficiency and respect.
They're the good guys. Nissan City in port Chester. All right,
I gave you my opinion I'll take your calls next
one eight hundred and three to two one zero seven ten.
Speaker 4 (17:05):
Robs on seven ten wo So I was listening Larry
Menti in his promo from Monday Morning Show, and Mark
Simone just said, for Monday Morning Show, they're going to
talk about congestion pricing.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
They should. I'm sure you want to talk about it
Monday and now one eight hundred and three to two
one zero seven ten. But before I do that, if
you want to go somewhere where you're not going to
get told, head down to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx.
See I do bad thing. I say head down. That's
because when I'm in Westchester, I head down to the Bronx.
(17:41):
But if you're in Brooklyn, you're not heading down to
the Bronx. You're heading up to the Bronx. So I
was taught that a long time ago. It never stuck though.
I remember an old news director said, don't use directions
when describing someplace, because everyone's from different places and what
might be up to you is down to He's right. Anyway,
(18:01):
I'm going to head down to the Bronx and to
Domini's on Arthur Revenue. I think I'm gonna do that. Tomorrow.
My daughter and I are going to the Jets Dolphins game,
so maybe before we head to the Meadowlands, maybe get
a nice good meal at Domini's because they have everything
I love there. You know, they've got all the great pastas,
(18:23):
and they've got their Sunday specials which I really love.
Got it Deli beef Brazole. They got these pasta combos,
and then all the chicken and veal dishes and the
pork and eggplant palm. They have tripe. You don't find
tripe on a lot of menus. I think tripe is disgusting.
(18:47):
It's stomach lining of a cow. But a lot of
people like it. It's a real Italian thing too. You
put it in with you know, with tomato, sauce and everything.
But if you like tripe, you can't find it a
lot of places. You can edit at Arthur Avenue on
at Domini's Restaurant. So that's the place to go. And
of course they got fish and all the other good stuff.
(19:07):
So stop by, say hi to Charlie at Dominick's Restaurant
twenty three thirty five Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. I
don't think they take reservations, So just show up and
you know, give them your name, tell them I said hello,
and you'll be treated very kindly. One in one hundred
and three two one zero seven ten rob Astorino here
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Four I listened Sundays.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
Is it okay?
Speaker 2 (20:09):
As long as you listen? All right, let's head to
the calls. One one hundred and three to two one
zero seven ten. Andrew and Stanhope, New Jersey.
Speaker 6 (20:17):
Hi, Andrew, Yeah, that sounds great. Is the restaurant and
my wife and I will have to check it out
because my mom's Italian, so I know great Italian food
and my wife is Thai, so we found a great
Thai restaurant, so we're covered. I'm both delicacy delicious foods,
and I want to stay with the And let me
(20:38):
do who real quick before you let me go Kathy Hochel,
who she reminds me of. But if they are, social
justice is their objective? Aren't they moving the congestion and
more pollution into a majority minority community. Yeah, isn't that
the case?
Speaker 2 (20:54):
And they admit that. They admit that, And that's what
the judge said, You didn't you did and explain what
mitigating factors you're really going to do, Nor did you
really study overall what's going to happen with regard to
the pollutants and congestion and added traffic. They only picked
a few areas and that was New Jersey's argument, But
(21:18):
given that they still didn't do it, the judge allowed
them to go through, but allowing congestion pricing, but said, Okay,
in the in the weeks and months to come, you
need to come back to me and explain how you're
going to do that. No, no, no, he should have said, okay,
then until you do that, I'm gonna put this on
pause and you could always get going again once you
once she's explain how you're going to do the mitigating factors,
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but he didn't do that.
Speaker 6 (21:44):
And lastly, she always when she speaks, she reminds me
of the hunting Mooners, Harvey. Remember when Ralph nor In
picks a fight with for Ralph with the big guy
at the pool hall Harvey, and he's got like the
deep voice and he's like, I'll fight you any time. Like,
so you want to fight like her voice and her
(22:05):
tough guy like. She always reminded me too of like
a drunken man, not like a woman, but like a
drunk middle aged woman at a bar, like hitting on
you or picking a fight with someone. Well, but you
remember that episode, right.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
I do. Yeah, there weren't a lot of honeymooners, by
the way, I think they were, Like there were less
than thirty total, I think anyway, Andrew, thanks for the call.
One eight hundred and three two one zero seven ten.
Rob Astarino. Here Maria in Tarrytown. She's got a bridge
near hers too, and it ain't bridge I'll tell you
that much.
Speaker 5 (22:40):
Hi, rob Hi, Maria.
Speaker 7 (22:43):
I love Dominic's too, and Charlie gives me a big
kiss every time he sees me. Anyway, I got we're
seeing both the MTA and New York City desperate for money,
and because we the people have to pay for their mistake,
their high salaries giving benefits, the abuse that's being done.
(23:06):
We need, we desperately need Elon Musk or Vivek to
look at this agency, this MTA agency, and c all
the abuse that the way they use their money incorrectly,
And like you said, they're pushing traffic to the Bronx
and New Jersey and Queens and they're going to be
(23:29):
a mess because then everybody's going to park there or
go to the restaurants there or the parking lots there
and then take maybe a subway going down to below
sixtieth from there.
Speaker 2 (23:40):
Well, I think, and I hope, and thanks for the call, Maria,
that these communities, the Bronx Brooklyn minority voters who have
been so loyal to the Democratic Party, especially in this state,
and have been never taken care of, in fact, perpetually
screwed over. I hope they start to see some of
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this stuff, because how are you gonna blame Republicans. We're
not in charge here in New York. We haven't been.
It's the Democrats doing this, and they talk out of
both sides of their mouth environmental justice. I'm gonna talk
about reparations later, because this is another thing that they're
pushing in New York. And they have a committee which
is studying this, so that's around the corner. But they
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always love to talk about helping poor people, working class Minard,
all this stuff that they could care less about. The
Liberal Democrats could care less about you, And I hope
at some point at least some of you wake up
to this. It's like the Democratic Party, how much more
(24:48):
anti Semitic could it be? They are outwardly saying to Jews,
we hate you, we hate you, we're in favor of Hamas.
Actually we're very pro Palestinian. You know, we don't want
to stop these anti Israel quote anti Jewish, anti Semitic demonstrations,
(25:09):
so we you know, we kind of hate you. And
then seventy two percent of Jewish voters still vote for
the Democrats, still vote for Kamala Harris and the party
that says to them we hate you, So at some
point something's got to give. At some point you have
to stop voting for the team that you're on that
hates you and is screwing you every which way they can.
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One and three, two, one zero seven ten. Rob Astarino
here Alvo in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Hi, Alvo.
Speaker 8 (25:42):
Yes, Hello, Hello Roberto. The bottom line is, with this
new year, let us praise to Christ to protect Trump
and advance in their families. And let's bring it into
the high American veteran suicides. Let's support pos of war
VMC and doctors posido.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Okay, all right. Sondra in New Jersey, Hi, Sandra, rob.
Speaker 9 (26:04):
Rob I'm upset about Marshan. He's like Judge Marshan. He's
like a cancer that won't go away. So he decides
on as you will know, on January tenth, to give
Donald Trump a sentence of uh. He wants to basically
put felony next to his name, and and and and
it concerns me because Alan Dershow had said that the
(26:26):
sentence is going to be too small to appeal, and
then he's gonna have that name stuck to him for
the rest of his life. I'm sure that his royals
will try to h fight this. I'm sure that they will,
like they did they did everything else. But it bothers
me that this presidential uh you know, this this immunity
(26:48):
thing he rejected and he's gonna go forward on January tenth.
He's gonna look like a knife guy. You can do
it on on on zoom.
Speaker 5 (26:57):
You don't have to come.
Speaker 9 (26:58):
We'll make it easy for you because we know you
have a big job ahead of you. But meanwhile, he's
gonna try to wound his name with that stupid word
felony that he really doesn't deserve because he didn't do
anything wrong. So I'm upset that Alan dersher in the
fields that they're going to make it so it's not fixable.
They're gonna make the sentence small enough that you can't
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appeal it, and that's my concern.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
I don't know about that. I mean, I don't think
that the sentence determines and thanks Andra, whether or not
you can appeal. You can appeal if if they messed up,
and they did, I mean, there's a million things you
could appeal on here. And most people understand that even
in the legal field that are left this case never
should have been brought. I mean, there's so many different
(27:45):
avenues where they can go. And you know, when you're convicted,
and you're not convicted until the sentence is handed down,
so technically he is not a convicted felon, but there
is a sentence attached to it no matter what it is,
then you're the convicted fella that they want you to be.
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But they should never allow that can to continue. And
hopefully the appellate courts in New York will do the
right thing and not be not be the junkyard that
they are, and they're they're terrible in New York, but
I think I think they will be throwing this out
on appeal at some point. Joe in Manhattan, you're on
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seven to ten w R one eight hundred and three
two one zero seven ten.
Speaker 5 (28:33):
Hi Joe, Hi, Happy New twenty five, twenty twenty five.
Trump here to you, Rob, Thank you Rob. Correct. But
congestion pricing is BS. Congestant pricing is another democratic inflation tax.
And also people meeting president election, you know Trump, like
(28:54):
Jeff Beazels met with President elect Trump. There's like Joe
Biden sent you customs who harassed you Fazios are rating
his super yards like US Customs had done, like an
excuse for a routine inspection of lawyers. Actress big either.
Speaker 2 (29:14):
I appreciate the call, Joe, thank you, Happy New Year
to you. Anyway, we'll find out. I've been looking, but
I have not seen anything yet. If the Third Circuit
has made a ruling on the emergency appeal by New Jersey,
so I have not seen anything yet. Hopefully they do that.
(29:36):
It would be the right thing to do again, because
once something is started, it's nearly impossible to stop, and
you have to prove that there will be harm once
it starts. And I think there will be harm, and
based on again the environmental studies and even the ruling
of the court, there was admission that there will be harm.
They haven't said how they're going to fix it, and
(29:56):
he set a timetable in the future to come back
and tell us how he's how they're going to do that. Well,
when you want to know before this starts. It is
so outrageous, by the way, I don't know if you
had a chance to watch it. Joe Biden giving the
Presidential Medal of Freedom to a whole bunch of people
(30:19):
most of which I have no problem with. I mean,
every president's been doing this since nineteen sixty three. They're
going to give it to the people they like. They're
going to reward some people and their party. You know,
it's it's not uncommon. And I mean Obama gave it
to Bill, Bill Cosby and then couldn't take it back
(30:39):
or didn't take it back. And Trump gave one to
Bill Belichick, believe it or not. And Belichick was the
only one that chose not to accept it because it
was after January sixth happened, and so for whatever reason,
he didn't want to He didn't want to go to
the White House, obviously with as hot as it was
back then. But you know, there's so there's a lot
(31:00):
of actors and actresses and musicians and entertainers and people
who have contributed to society. You may not agree with this,
but of this list today again Hillary Clinton got it.
She's not my favorite. And you know, trust me, what
(31:22):
they have done corruption wise with their foundation. But at
least again I can make the argument. All right, she
was secretary of State, she was a first lady, she
was a trailblazer, she was a US senator, all Right, fine,
but to give the highest civilian award to George Soros,
(31:47):
it's beyond disgraceful. I cannot imagine that they were not
alarms set off by this by anybody with their antenna up.
But they don't care. This is how they are. I mean,
George Soros is their hero in many ways. He has
funded the Democratic Party, the far left for so long
now thirty plus billion dollars over the last twenty or
(32:13):
thirty years. And he's the one that is ripping apart
this country with his far left Open Society Foundation. Look
that one up. They're the ones doling out money to
Alvin Bragg, to Krasner in Philadelphia, San Francisco, La Seattle,
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all of these district attorneys who have let the vicious,
violent animals run free and care more about not the
victims of crime, but are making victims out of those
that not only have been accused, but have been convicted
(32:57):
of crimes. The illegal alien the open border. Who do
you think is pushing that? George Soros? George Soros, and
I hope to god it doesn't happen anytime soon. But
nobody in Venezuela thought, with the snap of a finger
their country was going to totally collapse. If this country
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totally collapses, George Soros will have played a major role
in that. George Soros is a socialist communist at heart.
He was born in Hungary, kicked out and he lives
in Bedford. By the way, he lives in Westchester. He's
got a massive estate. How ironic. The guy worth billions
(33:37):
who've made billions and billions from capitalism is the biggest
communists and socialist supporter, and he's the guy funding all
this far left stuff. All I can't say all, but
so many of those violent protests after George Floyd. Who
do you think was funding these groups? Who do you
(33:59):
think Antifa gets their funding from. It's the George Soros
foundations of the world. It's George Soros money. And this
is the human being that are sniffer in chief. The
guy who is a mummy with still fifteen days to go.
This is a guy Joe Biden thinks is a hero
(34:21):
who deserves the highest civilian award. Give me a break.
Denzel Washington got it.
Speaker 4 (34:28):
Good for him.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
I love Denzel Washington. There were Ralph Lauren. He was
one who got it today. Michael J. Fox Bono from
U two, Magic Johnson, Lionel Messi, the soccer player. So
there's plenty of people, you know, totally fine with it.
I don't care. But George Soros, that is so despicable
(34:51):
and disgraceful. And that is Joe Biden's basically final f
you to all of us and to this country that
apparently he once loved. And I'm not talking Soorros. I'm
talking Joe Biden once loved. I want to tell you
about reparations. It's right around the corner here in New York.
What a scam this is. Plus I'm going to the
(35:13):
Dolphins Jets game. I'll tell you about that and what
I did on New Year's Eve. So stick with me
till five. Rob Astorino here on seven ten WR. The
number to call one one hundred and three to two
one zero seven ten.
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them all. Right, a couple more calls here and then
I want to talk about the reparations. Tom and Yonker
is here on seven to ten. Wor Hey Tom.
Speaker 10 (37:31):
Yeah, Hi Rob. You seem to indicate that Westchester did
not oppose congestion pricing.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
No, they did not, because so as county executive when
I was there, I had an appointment to the MTA,
a full vote, and if there was something coming on,
whether it was a fair hike or whatever, my appointee
and I would discuss what impact that would have on
Westchester and whether I supported it or not. County Executive
(37:59):
George Latimer, who's now a Congressman, has a full appointment
to the MTA board and their MTA representative Westchester's voted
for it. Every single member of the MTA board voted
for congestion pricing except the Nassau County executives vote.
Speaker 6 (38:20):
Right.
Speaker 10 (38:21):
So then that makes an interesting issue for the special
election coming up to replace Latimer. Yeah, and that's in February.
Speaker 2 (38:34):
That's right, February.
Speaker 10 (38:35):
Le somebody has a good issue to start with. Rut
up the bat.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
I agree?
Speaker 10 (38:42):
Do you think you think you think you like that opportunity?
Speaker 2 (38:47):
Thanks for the call, Tom. I love what I'm doing.
I love what i'm doing a NEWSMAX. I love what
I'm doing here on seven to ten w R. And
I love the business style. You know, it's going to
be a quick turnaround and hopefully the Republicans put up
a good candidate. Joe Massapequa, Long Island, you're on the
Rob Astorino Show. Hey Joe, Hey.
Speaker 8 (39:07):
Rob, how are you?
Speaker 10 (39:08):
How you been old friends?
Speaker 2 (39:09):
I'm good? How are you, sir?
Speaker 10 (39:12):
I'm doing well.
Speaker 5 (39:13):
Rob.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
I wanted to get your thoughts on the Native American
Energy band.
Speaker 8 (39:18):
Passed by the New York Border Regions.
Speaker 10 (39:21):
I'm one of three school districts that are fighting to
the end here with the chiefs.
Speaker 2 (39:26):
Could you tell me what I'm so glad. I talked
about this a couple of months ago, and I'm really
happy that your district, and I think two others you
said right are are appealing this and taking it to court.
You know, look, the odds are unfortunately, probably not great
in a state like New York. But just think about
the Kansas City Chiefs. They're still in the NFL. No issue.
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Cleveland Indians, they went all woke, scaredy cats, and I
think they're a new ownership and there's discussion I know
in Ohio. Actually, Bernie Marie, you know, the new senator,
and I were together in Columbus, Ohio before the election,
and I asked him this question and he said that
he thinks the new Ownership group and if they put
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it up to a vote, but ninety five percent of
the people would would bring back the Indians name there.
And of course Washington, the stupid commander is what a
dopey name. That is, everyone wants the Redskins back. You
still have your Redskins paraphernalia. But I hope you win this.
I think that would be great. And it's just typical
New York. And they're going to cut off all school
(40:32):
aid to any school district that does not drop a
quote offensive nickname. Joe, thanks for the call and good
luck with that, all right. Lisa in Delaware? Now, is
it Delaware County in upstate New York or the state
of Delaware where the Bidens.
Speaker 11 (40:51):
Reside state of Delaware.
Speaker 2 (40:54):
Sorry about that.
Speaker 11 (40:54):
I'm proud that lives here. Two things. First of all,
I looked at me for forty two years until I
moved back to Delaware. The reason the streets are so
congested is because of uber cars, is not anything else.
And if those people had to pay an extra five
dollars a ride, they would maybe take the subway or
(41:16):
a bus.
Speaker 5 (41:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (41:17):
No, that's a good point and no question about it, Lisa,
thanks for the call. The Ubers and Lyfts and all
these ride shares there, they have flooded the streets with
these cars because there used to be just taxis, but
they would control how many through the medallions. But now,
(41:39):
I mean everyone and their mother basically can be an
Uber driver or a Lyft driver and they're all coming
into the city and that congestion pricing fee is just
going to be added, just like everything else when you
take that ride. So when it costs you, I don't know,
two hundred dollars during rush hour to get from you know,
Westchester or or Bergen County or Nassau into Midtown, you
(42:04):
can you know who to thank. Frank and Queens. You're
on seven to ten w r.
Speaker 3 (42:09):
Hi Frank, Hi, Rob, It's been a while since I
have talked to you. I just wanted to ask you
off my my brain here. There was a time when
my father was alive. The transit officers had to hoist
them onto a platform. My mother was kicked into some
into into a subway tunnel and some you know, someone
(42:32):
helped their back up. And I basically I've never had
a problem in the transit system here in New York. Okay,
I've been living here fifty four consecutive and I remember
many incidences in the seventies, people being stabbed at David
Birkwood's running amok. But I want to ask you something
I've never seen, something like I see today the National
(42:53):
guard I want to ask that I told you cold
screen that this is a specific question. I want to
ask you. Is it legal for Kathy Hockle to dispatch
large amounts of National guardsmen who have no ability to
do certain forms of law enforcement in subway cause and
in the subway platforms, and also block the ability for
(43:16):
the head of a Guardian Angels to do his safety patrols.
Because I assume that only law enforcement and volunteers that
support law enforcement are allowed to enforce the law rather
than the National God civil defense issue.
Speaker 2 (43:30):
Good call, thanks Frank. Yes, she can lawfully use them,
but if you really see what they're doing, they're standing around.
It's meant to be a physical presence that is supposed
to deter crimes. Did it deter a guy, an illegal
alien from lighting up and killing a homeless lady from
(43:51):
New Jersey? No, it didn't. And it's just it's like
Andrew Cuomo using the New York State Troopers to go
into Manhattan, Like the NYPD isn't capable of doing their
job in New York City. It was meant to flex
his muscle, flex her muscle by using the New York
Guard the National Guard. But the governor is in control
(44:16):
of the National Guard and can use them for domestic things,
and they have, you know, obviously they've used them for
natural disasters and everything. This is a complete misuse if
there's no reason for that, obviously, But she's doing it
to pretend she's doing her job, which she's not. But
the NYPD knows how to do it. They just need
the handcuffs taken off them, which is what Mayor Adams
(44:37):
is trying to do. But again, you want to have
a show of force. They're having a problem with the
NYPD recruiting people. They don't want to go. Why would
you want to go into law enforcement in New York
City when you're completely at risk And I'm not talking
about danger that comes with a job. Your whole life, savings,
(44:58):
your house, all of that is at risk because New
York State, New York City, they're not gonna protect you.
And with all these frivolous lawsuits against you by all
these leftists, it's tougher and tougher to do that New
York State. I was mentioning before another Kathy Hokel wonder
(45:18):
there's a Reparations Commission. I think I had mentioned this
about a year ago, but now they are studying reparations
and the impact of New York's role in the slave trade.
And this commission, which, of course it's just another joke
in New York, but the joke's on us. Nine members
(45:39):
of the States Community Commissions on Reparations Remedies. God, they
have six months to complete a five million dollar study
and they're having problems staffing up. Believe it or not,
they have staff members to do this. Of course they do.
(46:01):
They get to hire people to come up with this pablem.
So they want to make a quality report. So we
need more people to work on this commission, and we
need more time and more money. So then they're going
to have kind of public hearings. It's again, it's like
the congestion pricing. They know where they're going to go,
(46:24):
they have to get there, and they have to do
certain things to get there. But trust me, the final
chapter it's already written on this. So the commission, they're
going to have public hearings in Albany, Rochester, Ithaca, which
is the far left progressive capital of New York, Brooklyn,
and Utica. How about having some of these in I
(46:45):
don't know, Massapequa. How about having some of them in again,
I don't know, Putnam County. They don't want to hear
from you, uh huh. So they're going to go into
areas where they're going to be able to draw nice,
big crowds for reparation. And how are they gonna pay
for these who cares? Who cares? They they'll raise the
(47:07):
congestion pricing fee. You'll pay forty dollars to come in,
so we can pay off people who had nothing to
do with slavery. But everyone's hand is gonna go up.
And California, California did a two year study to study
reporate reparations and they did a final report. And even
(47:30):
they're rejecting this nonsense. Gavin Newsom, that slicked back Liberal
of California, he's rejected this because they know it is unaffordable.
Everyone wants something, they're never going to agree. It's just
it's more problems than it's worth. Stop the pandering. But
now New York can take California's study if they wanted
(47:51):
it and just put New York on it. And there's
your answer. But no, they have to hire people to
do this, then have sham public. Heerey to get to
the point where what what's gonna happen? We're gonna really
go through this process? Are you kidding me? And then
finally I did want to talk about. So tomorrow I'm
(48:12):
going to the Jets Dolphins game with my daughter. A
friend of mine was nice enough to give us tickets. Now,
normally I don't like sitting outside in the cold. I'll
be very honest with you. I go to Dolphins games
because I'm a big fan down in Miami. Yeah, who
doesn't want to sit in seventy five degree weather in
the winter. But my Dolphins need to win. The Jets
(48:34):
are gonna screw it up. I know Aaron Rodgers is
gonna have the like the game of his career tomorrow
on the way out. But I'm my daughter and I
are going down to the game. It's gonna be like
thirty degrees. The game starts at four to twenty five,
so it's gonna be dark, it probably be windy. I'm
gonna be so miserable, but I'm going, and it's gonna
be a nice, you know, for my daughter and I
to go. But these are one of those things where
(48:56):
I know, at some point tomorrow probably I'm entering the stadium,
I'm like, why didn't I just stay home and watch
this on TV. I hope you had a New Year's
That was fun. We went out. As I mentioned, I
did Mark Simone show. On Tuesday. My wife and I
went to Ohica Castle with two other couples. We had
a really nice dinner and then we went over to
the Paramount Theater and we saw the New York Begs
(49:21):
Great Tribute band. We had a fun time. But this
is what happens when you get middle aged people trying
to be cool. So we left at around one fifteen,
one thirty in the morning from from Huntington to get
to Westchester, an hour drive, so I was a designated drive.
They were all fine, But anyway, we get in the car,
I start driving, and not five minutes later, there are
five people in my car snoring. That's what happens when
(49:44):
you get fifty somethings trying to go out too late.
All right, I hope you have a great weekend. Enjoy
it with somebody fun. Did you make a New Year's resolution?
Of course you didn't, because you're not going to keep it.
I'll be back here next Saturday, four o'clock, right here
on The rob Astorino Show on seven ten wor bye bye.
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