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This race is going to come down to two people, Zaron Mandami and Andrew Cuomo.

We may wish that there were a better set of choices.

There aren't.

And Andrew Cuomo, in my view, as flawed as he may be, is an absolutely better choice than somebody who wants to defund the police, wants to raise taxes, wants to spend lots of money that we don't have and is an extreme, in my view, opponent of the state of Israel.

So those are the choices. And nobody should be under any illusions

about that when they go to vote. If you are a registered Democrat and what you have heard today

concerns you or you really care about the future of New York, do not sit this out.

It's 1 15 on Friday, June 20th here in New York City.

It is 8.15 p.m. on Friday, June 20th, in Israel, as Israelis have wound down for the day after what has been a very intense week and have already started their Shabbat.

Hopefully it will be a quiet Shabbat and not one spent in safe rooms and bomb shelters.

For members of the Jewish community who live here in New York City, there are two major

news stories that are front of mind.

There is, of course, Israel's War with Iran, which we are covering extensively here at Call Me Back.

And then there is the New York City Democratic primary for

mayor, which will take place this Tuesday, June 24th. And I should say that this mayoral election

is actually capturing the attention not only of city residents here, but also the Jewish community nationally and throughout

the diaspora. And it's even, and even with the war, been getting extensive coverage in the Israeli

media. Why? Well, this year's New York City mayoral election is of particular consequence

because of the candidate that is currently polling second place in the race, and that is 33-year-old

Zoran Mamdani.

The candidate leading in the polls is former New York governor, Andrew Cuomo.

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