It's the Brian Lair show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom. Good morning, everyone.

Coming up on today's show, we'll talk with Julie Rovner from KFF Health News on how the

domestic policy bill just passed in the Senate will affect health care, including major

cuts to Medicaid.

Now, the House is taking up the bill where there are reportedly some skeptical Republicans.

We'll see if they're able to pass it before the July 4th deadline, which President

Trump has made clear, is his deadline.

Plus, we'll take a deeper dive into what my guest calls the Mamdani Coalition.

The writer and researcher Michael Lang has looked closely at the demographics of neighborhoods

and voters.

He'll explain how the assembly member was able to deliver his resounding

win in the Democratic mayoral primary. And we'll wrap today's show with some useful information

about just how bad the tick season is this year. My guest will share some advice on how to avoid a bite

and what to do if you find a tick in your skin. But to start things off, we take a deep dive

into city politics. What a week it has been. There's a new city budget, new ranked choice primary

results, newly official Democratic nominees for mayors, city controller, and more, and a new general

election campaign season launching into full swing.

Joining me now to talk about all of these developments and more is my colleague, WNYC and Gothamist

politics reporter Elizabeth Kim, who joins the show each week to talk about the latest

out of City Hall and the campaign trail. Liz, great to have you here this morning as always. Good morning, Bridget. Listeners probably don't know, but Bridget and I sit next to each other.

So I really feel like this conversation is bringing the conversation we have, you know,

where we're sitting next to each other, to the studio. I agree. And I hope listeners enjoy it because

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