October 23, 2025 • 6 mins
Diane in Illinois wants to know how much the basketball court that Former Presidnet Obama wants to build will cost? Denise in Staten Island, NY, wants Mark to point out moments from last night's mayoral debate where Curtis Sliwa quieted the crowd.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Well, let's tax some calls. Let's go to Diane in Illinois. Diane,
how you doing.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
I'm doing good, Mark, good morning.
Speaker 4 (00:18):
Hey.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
You know, I was looking at the price tag that Obama.
You his basketball court three hundred and seventy six million,
and that's just a basketball court. Trump is building a
nine hundred seat ballroom for three hundred million. What would
Obama's basketball court? What would that translate into money wise
in the year twenty twenty five?
Speaker 5 (00:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
No, Trump is always pointing that out. When the government
builds a building like that new terminal at LaGuardia twenty
four billion private sector, if they had done it eight
hundred million, they just overspent. Like Trump said in the
they said how much would a wall cost on the
border and he said whatever, he said, one two billion,
(00:58):
and he pointed to the senator, twelve billion. If these
guys did it. Yeah, Obama spent three hundred and eighty
million to build a basketball court, and Trump did it.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
But I guess, but in my what would three hundred
and seventy six million transplate into dollars in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Probably four hundred and fifty million, so like half a
billion dollars to build a basketball court. Thanks for calling, Diane.
You know it's the same thing. This is all started
a million years ago with the woman rink. Remember of
the woman rink. The city was up till like twenty
five million. This is back in the eighties. That's like
one hundred million today. So and it went on for years,
and Trump finally spoke out public He said, it's just
(01:37):
a slab of concrete. It doesn't cost anything. He got
no fight with Koch and Trump said I'll build it
in a few weeks for a few hundred thousand, I'll
pay for it. And then Kotch called his bluff and
he did it. That's the difference between government doing something
in the private sector. Let's go to Christine and Long Island. Christine,
how you doing.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
Wait a minute, I've listened to you for decades.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Oh my god, Well, I hope you were taking time
out for meals and everything.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
Yes, okay. My question is this, and what has Joran
Mandami's done as an assemblyman? He was in for five years.
I believe, and months ago. I heard that he posed
one bill, but I don't know if it ever passed.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
No, he did nothing there, but that's not unusual most
of these Assembly people. It's like part time work for them.
They show up once in a while, most of them
don't do or anything.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Voters picked this up last month. A voter called in
from Idaho, saying, what has this man done? Nobody talks
about what has he actually done?
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Well, imagine if you had actual, actual media instead of biased,
corrupt media, they would be covering this constantly. Where are
you in Long Island.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
I'm in Rockville Center.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Oh, you're going to vote for Bruce Blakeman.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I hope absolutely?
Speaker 1 (02:58):
All right? And A Donnelly's running for DA. Bruce Blakeman
the best county executive in America. Make sure you vote
for him. Let's go to Denise and Staten Island. Denise,
how you're doing.
Speaker 6 (03:08):
Holly, Good morning, Mark, How are you good?
Speaker 7 (03:12):
I wanted to ask you if you could point out
that at last night's debate. First of all, I'm a
big supporter of Courtislila and I will be early voting
for him Saturday morning. I'm on the South Shore area
of Staten Island. But I'd like you to point out
sometime today, if you could one point that Curtis Sliwa
made last night and the room fell silent, and the.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Other two Just what's that point.
Speaker 6 (03:39):
He's mentioned how billions were coming into New York are
being paid for legal immigrants. Well, every day New York
citizens were sufferings financially.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Once he's made that point, everybody makes that point all
the time, all that money wasted on the illegals that
could have been taken care of New Yorkers. Let's go
to Mike in New Jersey. Mike, how you're doing Mark,
how you doing good?
Speaker 4 (04:03):
Good? I'll tell you the thing like this, Curtis is
probably the best carrying we've had in a very long time.
Is a man that's spent decades of his life fighting crime.
You know, he volunteered to do that. And he also
said the homeless, he dealt with a lot of crazy people.
He very dedicated, selfless individual, and he has he's articulate,
he has ideas.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Familiar We're familiar with Curtis.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
I get it. So if in the end of the
day they want to blame Curtis, if God forbid, this
guy's are on wins wins. This is a societal issue.
There's not Curtis Lee was problems.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
No, Curtis belongs in the race. Everything you said is correct.
If you want to blame somebody, blame Cuomo. What the
hell is he doing in this race? Why did he
even show up for this Curtis everything you just said
is correct. And Clomos never even lived in New York City.
He's from the suburbs. You know, every mayor who's run
for mayor of New York lives in New York City.
(04:56):
Is the first time we've ever had a mayor who
spent his entire adult life not living in New York City,
living in the suburbs. We've had mayors born out of town,
you know. Mike Bloomberg was from Massachusetts, David Dinkins grew
up in New Jersey, but they all lived in New
York City their entire adult life. One more real face,
Let's go to Katie and Chappaqua. Katie, how you doing, Hi?
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Mark? I have a comment about the debate, and then
I have a question. So I watched it online and
you know, on the side there's chat comments and there
it was really fun. I mean almost There was lots
and lots of support for Curtis and mostly criticism for
Cuomo and Mandani. And then I wanted to ask you, like,
(05:40):
how in the world could it be asking Curtis to
drop out when he's the only Republican and he's against
two Democrats.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Yeah, well, you know, most people are not asking him
to be out. That Trump has recruited some of these
public figures, some billionaires like Bill Ackman to be all
over the airwaves telling Curtis to drop out, But if
you talk to actual voters, they're not. They don't want
Curtis to drop out.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
You can't.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
You can't have a major party candidate dropout. They had
Cuomo not been in the race, it would have been
a whole different story. Cuomo is like a third party
candidate who just showed up here because he had nowhere
else to go. But you gotta give him credit. He
had a good debate last night. He was strong in
that debate last night. Hey, when we come back, Steve
Moore will be with us. We hope we'll see No.
(06:25):
I want to talk to him. A lot of big
economic things to talk. We'll get to that next on
seven to ten. Wor
If you're listening to Mark on the iHeartRadio app, save
time and dap the breset button. Now.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Now back to the Mark Simon Show on wor.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
Well, let's tax some calls. Let's go to Diane in Illinois. Diane,
how you doing.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
I'm doing good, Mark, good morning.
Speaker 4 (00:18):
Hey.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
You know, I was looking at the price tag that Obama.
You his basketball court three hundred and seventy six million,
and that's just a basketball court. Trump is building a
nine hundred seat ballroom for three hundred million. What would
Obama's basketball court? What would that translate into money wise
in the year twenty twenty five?
Speaker 5 (00:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:37):
No, Trump is always pointing that out. When the government
builds a building like that new terminal at LaGuardia twenty
four billion private sector, if they had done it eight
hundred million, they just overspent. Like Trump said in the
they said how much would a wall cost on the
border and he said whatever, he said, one two billion,
(00:58):
and he pointed to the senator, twelve billion. If these
guys did it. Yeah, Obama spent three hundred and eighty
million to build a basketball court, and Trump did it.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
But I guess, but in my what would three hundred
and seventy six million transplate into dollars in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Probably four hundred and fifty million, so like half a
billion dollars to build a basketball court. Thanks for calling, Diane.
You know it's the same thing. This is all started
a million years ago with the woman rink. Remember of
the woman rink. The city was up till like twenty
five million. This is back in the eighties. That's like
one hundred million today. So and it went on for years,
and Trump finally spoke out public He said, it's just
(01:37):
a slab of concrete. It doesn't cost anything. He got
no fight with Koch and Trump said I'll build it
in a few weeks for a few hundred thousand, I'll
pay for it. And then Kotch called his bluff and
he did it. That's the difference between government doing something
in the private sector. Let's go to Christine and Long Island. Christine,
how you doing.
Speaker 5 (01:58):
Wait a minute, I've listened to you for decades.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Oh my god, Well, I hope you were taking time
out for meals and everything.
Speaker 5 (02:06):
Yes, okay. My question is this, and what has Joran
Mandami's done as an assemblyman? He was in for five years.
I believe, and months ago. I heard that he posed
one bill, but I don't know if it ever passed.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
No, he did nothing there, but that's not unusual most
of these Assembly people. It's like part time work for them.
They show up once in a while, most of them
don't do or anything.
Speaker 5 (02:32):
Voters picked this up last month. A voter called in
from Idaho, saying, what has this man done? Nobody talks
about what has he actually done?
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Well, imagine if you had actual, actual media instead of biased,
corrupt media, they would be covering this constantly. Where are
you in Long Island.
Speaker 5 (02:52):
I'm in Rockville Center.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Oh, you're going to vote for Bruce Blakeman.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
I hope absolutely?
Speaker 1 (02:58):
All right? And A Donnelly's running for DA. Bruce Blakeman
the best county executive in America. Make sure you vote
for him. Let's go to Denise and Staten Island. Denise,
how you're doing.
Speaker 6 (03:08):
Holly, Good morning, Mark, How are you good?
Speaker 7 (03:12):
I wanted to ask you if you could point out
that at last night's debate. First of all, I'm a
big supporter of Courtislila and I will be early voting
for him Saturday morning. I'm on the South Shore area
of Staten Island. But I'd like you to point out
sometime today, if you could one point that Curtis Sliwa
made last night and the room fell silent, and the.
Speaker 4 (03:35):
Other two Just what's that point.
Speaker 6 (03:39):
He's mentioned how billions were coming into New York are
being paid for legal immigrants. Well, every day New York
citizens were sufferings financially.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Once he's made that point, everybody makes that point all
the time, all that money wasted on the illegals that
could have been taken care of New Yorkers. Let's go
to Mike in New Jersey. Mike, how you're doing Mark,
how you doing good?
Speaker 4 (04:03):
Good? I'll tell you the thing like this, Curtis is
probably the best carrying we've had in a very long time.
Is a man that's spent decades of his life fighting crime.
You know, he volunteered to do that. And he also
said the homeless, he dealt with a lot of crazy people.
He very dedicated, selfless individual, and he has he's articulate,
he has ideas.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Familiar We're familiar with Curtis.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
I get it. So if in the end of the
day they want to blame Curtis, if God forbid, this
guy's are on wins wins. This is a societal issue.
There's not Curtis Lee was problems.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
No, Curtis belongs in the race. Everything you said is correct.
If you want to blame somebody, blame Cuomo. What the
hell is he doing in this race? Why did he
even show up for this Curtis everything you just said
is correct. And Clomos never even lived in New York City.
He's from the suburbs. You know, every mayor who's run
for mayor of New York lives in New York City.
(04:56):
Is the first time we've ever had a mayor who
spent his entire adult life not living in New York City,
living in the suburbs. We've had mayors born out of town,
you know. Mike Bloomberg was from Massachusetts, David Dinkins grew
up in New Jersey, but they all lived in New
York City their entire adult life. One more real face,
Let's go to Katie and Chappaqua. Katie, how you doing, Hi?
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Mark? I have a comment about the debate, and then
I have a question. So I watched it online and
you know, on the side there's chat comments and there
it was really fun. I mean almost There was lots
and lots of support for Curtis and mostly criticism for
Cuomo and Mandani. And then I wanted to ask you, like,
(05:40):
how in the world could it be asking Curtis to
drop out when he's the only Republican and he's against
two Democrats.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Yeah, well, you know, most people are not asking him
to be out. That Trump has recruited some of these
public figures, some billionaires like Bill Ackman to be all
over the airwaves telling Curtis to drop out, But if
you talk to actual voters, they're not. They don't want
Curtis to drop out.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
You can't.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
You can't have a major party candidate dropout. They had
Cuomo not been in the race, it would have been
a whole different story. Cuomo is like a third party
candidate who just showed up here because he had nowhere
else to go. But you gotta give him credit. He
had a good debate last night. He was strong in
that debate last night. Hey, when we come back, Steve
Moore will be with us. We hope we'll see No.
(06:25):
I want to talk to him. A lot of big
economic things to talk. We'll get to that next on
seven to ten. Wor
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