November 7, 2025 • 5 mins
David in Brooklyn, NY, called Mark to explain how statistical numbers highlighting voting in NYC's recent election may not have been accurate. Bill in Pennsylvania thinks U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik should use the phrase "common sense" instead of "affordability" for her branding on her gubernatorial campaign.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
If you're listening to Mark on the iHeart Radio app,
save time and tap the preset button.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Now.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
Now back to the Mark Simone Show on woor.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Hey, let's take some calls. Let's go to h David
in Brooklyn. David, how you doing? Hey, good morning, how
are you good?
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Okay?
Speaker 4 (00:19):
I just want to if you give me thirty seconds,
I make my point. You speaking yesterday that the election
turnout was only forty five percent, So I want to
explain to something my training statistics. I think forty percent
is actually too high. And I'll explain to you why
New York City does not have as system of people
removing themselves from the from the voting world. Meaning when
(00:40):
someone registers to vote in New York, then they move
to Florida, they move wherever. They don't call up.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
People do not know. That's a good point. The actual
total might be higher, but people aren't.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
By the way, you don't have to say give me,
give me thirty seve. Be interesting. If you're really interesting,
you can stay on. You'll be on for ten minutes.
If it's not so interesting, it might be ten seconds.
Let's go to Mike in Florida. Mike, how you doing?
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Good morning Mark, Yes, Mike, just to get off the
politics for a couple of seconds. I was cruising YouTube
and I came across a bunch of Neil Sidaka videos
and I was wondering if you were friends with him,
and also how short is Neil Sidaka? He looked. It
was one where he's dancing, he's singing, there's a bunch
of dancing girls and he looks like he comes up
(01:24):
to their waist.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Well, no, he's not. He's a good friend of mine.
He's not. He's not tall, but I would say he's
five nine probably, oh okay, maybe he's five five to nine.
But he You know, when they put you in the
show with the dancing girls, they're always like six feet tall,
these these dancers. So true. Yeah, but he tells.
Speaker 5 (01:41):
He's doing it. He's pushed. He's in his eighties.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I know that. Yeah, you can see how he's doing
because if you're follow him on Facebook or online, probably
on YouTube too. Every couple of days in his own
apartment over there on the Upper East Side, he makes
these videos him at the piano and he sings some
of his songs. He might want to get a little
better dressed for them, it's usually him and his pajamas.
Speaker 5 (02:08):
He's an underrated genius.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
I say, oh, he's a brilliant guy, and he's one
of the few artists in the world. Like some of
those videos, you'll see him do laughter in the rain,
just at the piano. He's one of the few guys
in real life can When he does it, it sounds
exactly like the like the recording, exactly like the record.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
That's impressive.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
You know how many times you go to a concert
and they're doing their hit and it doesn't sound anything
like the single that you've heard for years, But now
Sadaka sounds perfect. Thanks for calling, Mike. Let's go to
Aaron in Indianapolis. Erin, how you doing.
Speaker 6 (02:38):
Good morning, Mark. I want to talk about the new
incoming New York mayor. Yes, I think I think we
should extend the peace offering and send him some gift
boxes of hand sandwiches.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I don't know what that means, but I think we
should send him in Indianapolis. Let him run your town
for a little while. Hey, it didn't like that had
a lot of silence there. Let's go to Bill in Pennsylvania. Bill,
how you doing okay?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Mark's I'm wondering why right ways like Steffanic use the
word affordability. Those are the left wards. But we should
be using the slogan common sense.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Well we use that a lot now. President Trump uses
that a lot.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
I know, but it should be the rallying cry. Everybody
says that they that these people are saying, you know, affordability,
and they're going to wait across the country with that slogan.
We should respond by saying common sense.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well we do, we do, we do. President Trump, as
they say, he says it a lot. You can't decide
what the big slogan is. You can just keep saying it.
Then you see what catches on. For some reason, affordability
caught on with the public. They like the word, you know,
it's it's like branding. Sometimes it catches on, sometimes it doesn't.
But affordability it's a big issue right now. But you
(03:57):
got a lot of the President's policies and a lot
of the things in the pipeline going through the economy
that will bring prices down. So in six months prices
might be a lot lower, and then it won't be
a very good word for a campaigning anymore. Let's go
to Susan and Brooklyn, Susan. How you doing, Hi?
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Great Mark, love your show. I just have to make
a comment. I received my two hundred dollars inflation refund
check from local and the thing is, they tell you
on this to keep the stub on the top to
file with your twenty twenty five taxes. And it even
says it on the check. This is insane. I'm being
(04:34):
taxed on money that I was already taxed on.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Well, I don't know. Does that mean you have to
pay taxes on it just because you have to keep
the stub?
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Well, it says this refund is issued on your income
tax return for the years shown below, tax year twenty
twenty five.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I don't know. You got to ask an account. That
might mean you don't have to pay tax on How
come I didn't? I didn't get it check? How come
I didn't get one?
Speaker 1 (04:56):
I don't know. Maybe you make too much money? What
can I say? Mark, have a good day.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
All right, thanks for calling. Hey, We'll take a break
for the news, get caught up on everything, and when
we come back, we'll talk to Clay Travis. Last night
was the Patriot Awards in Long Island. Fox News, Fox Nation.
They do this Great Patriot Awards. First Lady was there,
Erica kirk Clay Travis was there. He's also got a
new book out. We'll talk to him about that.
If you're listening to Mark on the iHeart Radio app,
save time and tap the preset button.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Now.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
Now back to the Mark Simone Show on woor.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Hey, let's take some calls. Let's go to h David
in Brooklyn. David, how you doing? Hey, good morning, how
are you good?
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Okay?
Speaker 4 (00:19):
I just want to if you give me thirty seconds,
I make my point. You speaking yesterday that the election
turnout was only forty five percent, So I want to
explain to something my training statistics. I think forty percent
is actually too high. And I'll explain to you why
New York City does not have as system of people
removing themselves from the from the voting world. Meaning when
(00:40):
someone registers to vote in New York, then they move
to Florida, they move wherever. They don't call up.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
People do not know. That's a good point. The actual
total might be higher, but people aren't.
Speaker 5 (00:49):
Hey.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
By the way, you don't have to say give me,
give me thirty seve. Be interesting. If you're really interesting,
you can stay on. You'll be on for ten minutes.
If it's not so interesting, it might be ten seconds.
Let's go to Mike in Florida. Mike, how you doing?
Speaker 5 (01:03):
Good morning Mark, Yes, Mike, just to get off the
politics for a couple of seconds. I was cruising YouTube
and I came across a bunch of Neil Sidaka videos
and I was wondering if you were friends with him,
and also how short is Neil Sidaka? He looked. It
was one where he's dancing, he's singing, there's a bunch
of dancing girls and he looks like he comes up
(01:24):
to their waist.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Well, no, he's not. He's a good friend of mine.
He's not. He's not tall, but I would say he's
five nine probably, oh okay, maybe he's five five to nine.
But he You know, when they put you in the
show with the dancing girls, they're always like six feet tall,
these these dancers. So true. Yeah, but he tells.
Speaker 5 (01:41):
He's doing it. He's pushed. He's in his eighties.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
I know that. Yeah, you can see how he's doing
because if you're follow him on Facebook or online, probably
on YouTube too. Every couple of days in his own
apartment over there on the Upper East Side, he makes
these videos him at the piano and he sings some
of his songs. He might want to get a little
better dressed for them, it's usually him and his pajamas.
Speaker 5 (02:08):
He's an underrated genius.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
I say, oh, he's a brilliant guy, and he's one
of the few artists in the world. Like some of
those videos, you'll see him do laughter in the rain,
just at the piano. He's one of the few guys
in real life can When he does it, it sounds
exactly like the like the recording, exactly like the record.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
That's impressive.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
You know how many times you go to a concert
and they're doing their hit and it doesn't sound anything
like the single that you've heard for years, But now
Sadaka sounds perfect. Thanks for calling, Mike. Let's go to
Aaron in Indianapolis. Erin, how you doing.
Speaker 6 (02:38):
Good morning, Mark. I want to talk about the new
incoming New York mayor. Yes, I think I think we
should extend the peace offering and send him some gift
boxes of hand sandwiches.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
I don't know what that means, but I think we
should send him in Indianapolis. Let him run your town
for a little while. Hey, it didn't like that had
a lot of silence there. Let's go to Bill in Pennsylvania. Bill,
how you doing okay?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Mark's I'm wondering why right ways like Steffanic use the
word affordability. Those are the left wards. But we should
be using the slogan common sense.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Well we use that a lot now. President Trump uses
that a lot.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
I know, but it should be the rallying cry. Everybody
says that they that these people are saying, you know, affordability,
and they're going to wait across the country with that slogan.
We should respond by saying common sense.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
Well we do, we do, we do. President Trump, as
they say, he says it a lot. You can't decide
what the big slogan is. You can just keep saying it.
Then you see what catches on. For some reason, affordability
caught on with the public. They like the word, you know,
it's it's like branding. Sometimes it catches on, sometimes it doesn't.
But affordability it's a big issue right now. But you
(03:57):
got a lot of the President's policies and a lot
of the things in the pipeline going through the economy
that will bring prices down. So in six months prices
might be a lot lower, and then it won't be
a very good word for a campaigning anymore. Let's go
to Susan and Brooklyn, Susan. How you doing, Hi?
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Great Mark, love your show. I just have to make
a comment. I received my two hundred dollars inflation refund
check from local and the thing is, they tell you
on this to keep the stub on the top to
file with your twenty twenty five taxes. And it even
says it on the check. This is insane. I'm being
(04:34):
taxed on money that I was already taxed on.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Well, I don't know. Does that mean you have to
pay taxes on it just because you have to keep
the stub?
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Well, it says this refund is issued on your income
tax return for the years shown below, tax year twenty
twenty five.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
I don't know. You got to ask an account. That
might mean you don't have to pay tax on How
come I didn't? I didn't get it check? How come
I didn't get one?
Speaker 1 (04:56):
I don't know. Maybe you make too much money? What
can I say? Mark, have a good day.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
All right, thanks for calling. Hey, We'll take a break
for the news, get caught up on everything, and when
we come back, we'll talk to Clay Travis. Last night
was the Patriot Awards in Long Island. Fox News, Fox Nation.
They do this Great Patriot Awards. First Lady was there,
Erica kirk Clay Travis was there. He's also got a
new book out. We'll talk to him about that.
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